Cleveland may still be in the throes of a deep economic collapse, and jobs may still be hard to come by, but according to Monster.com, Cleveland sports the 7th best job market in the country right now.
Really. That’s what they say. Cleveland’s a hot destination. Really. There are, hypothetically, jobs out there, and presumably not just at Wendy’s.
Monster said it based the rankings on the relative abundance of job openings in each city for local residents seeking work. Senior vice president Jesse Harriott said the recovery has especially helped free up money for investment in IT. He also expects continued growth in the health care sector as long-in-the-tooth boomers require more and more services.
What other mightily resilient cities are full of job opportunities this year? The top ten from Monster:
1. Washington
2. San Francisco
3. Boston
4. Baltimore
5. Seattle
6. Minneapolis
7. Cleveland
8. Tampa
9. Dallas
10. Kansas City
This article appears in Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2011.
I am amazed that we are the seventh best job market in the country but they say you should judge from your own recent relavent expieriences. We have been hiring at RED Diamond Realty as fast as possible all year so I guess it is true. Think of what we have coming with the casino, the MMPI project,the new bridge project, the west bank of the flats project, the new condo’s in Tremont and other new projects around town such as new construction on the Euclid corridor and the new COSE location so I guess there is a lot going on. You just wouldn’t know it from the way Clevelanders bitch about everything. Make Burke a boardwalk and create more jobs!
I VISITED CLEVELAND RECENTLY I AVIDLY SEEK WORK AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A HIGH RANKING CITY TO WORK IN I ALSO HAD OFFERS THROUGH MONSTER WHO ARE REAL PROFESSIONALS
Well, I’m sitting here waiting and hoping that lucky seven is indeed lucky…also laughing because where I just spent the past two years is ranked eighth….and there you have it.