Employment Spot

Are you convinced that you live in the worst city for employment? Does it seem impossible for you to find a job in your area? Well, here’s some good news – maybe you’re not the problem. If you want to know the worst city for employment, it really depends who you ask. The answer changes based on how you define “worst” – is it the city with the highest unemployment rate, the lowest projected job growth, or the highest cost of living in combination with the lowest average salary? Forbes has ranked the 100 largest cities based on median income, unemployment rate, income growth, cost of living and job growth. According to this list, the best city for employment is Salt Lake City, UT, and the worst city for employment is Detroit, MI. Read the rest of this entry »

 CNNMoney recently released lists of America’s best and worst cities, using a variety of criteria and facts. For example, America’s safest city (of at least 75,000 people) was Brick Township, NJ. This small city had a very low incidence of violent crime. Many of Brick Township’s residents commute to and from their jobs in New York. Closely following Brick Township was Greece, NY. Also on the top five safest cities list were: Orem, UT, Irvine, CA and Troy, MI.

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