Tom wrote:

I have a report listing people who gained employment in the detail section .
I to add a number beside each name so I can quickly see how many people
achieved employment this month.

Add a text box to the detail section. Set its controls
source expression to =1 and Running Sum to Over All

If you don't really need to see a number on each detail,
then just use a text box in the report footer with the
expression =Count(*)

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Marsh
MVP [MS Access]