U.S. job creation best in five years, Gallup reports

June 5, 2013) -- The net job creation score is based on 37 percent of workers telling Gallup that their employer is hiring new people and expanding the size of its workforce, and 15 percent saying their company is letting people go and reducing the size of its workforce. The percentage "hiring" is the highest since August 2008 and the percentage "letting people go" is the lowest since March 2008.