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February 2012: The 10 Best (and Worst) Cities for Finding a Job

By: CareerCast.com

Cities across the country are finally seeing some positive gains in job activity. In February, only a handful of cities had a decline in hiring activity. Los Angeles (-7%), San Francisco (-5%) and Riverside (-5%) and Baltimore (-5%) had a loss of hiring activity, while Detroit (+19%), Cleveland (+16%), Louisville (+16%) Milwaukee (+15%), Houston (+11%), Philadelphia (+12%) and Washington, D.C. (+10%) had double-digit gains.

By: CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index

Hiring Activity Jumps 12-points

CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index
February 2012

February Hiring Overall

February Hiring by Job Title

February Hiring by City

February Hiring by Region

Job seekers were feeling the love in February as hiring jumped 12-points to 107, according to the CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment index. The February 2012 Index, which measures managerial hiring activity online, also showed a sizeable gain over the past two years, with an increase of 23.7 points from the February 2010 Index.

By: CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index

Employment Activity Drops Less Than a Point

CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index
January 2012

January Hiring Overall

January Hiring by Job Title

January Hiring by City

As a new year kicks into high gear, hiring across the U.S. remained flat, according to the CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment activity ended at 95.0 in January, a -0.1 drop from December. Although January’s hiring numbers are down -8.7 points from January 2011, employment activity has grown by double-digits from 2009 and 2010.

January 2012: The 10 Best (and Worst) Cities for Finding a Job

By: CareerCast.com

The start of a new year was a turning point for hiring in many cities, some good and others not so good. San Diego (+14%) and Riverside (+11%) showed significant hiring gains in January, while Memphis (-27%), Cincinnati (-15%), Nashville (-13%), Louisville (-12%), Cleveland (-11%) and Pittsburgh (-10%) all reported double-digit losses.

Throughout 2011, the cities with the most per capita hiring included: Nashville (+19 points), Memphis (+13 points) and Houston (+10). The biggest losers in 2011 were San Diego (-11), Washington, DC (-8), New York City (-7) and Milwaukee (-7).

By: CareerCast.com

While many career fields are booming in 2012, it does not come as much of a surprise that two fields are topping all the rest, healthcare and computers.

By: CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index

While hiring from city-to-city varied in December, Memphis (+19%), Tampa (+16%), and Miami (+19%) saw the job market heating up with double digit gains in hiring levels. Washington, D.C., a strong employment stalwart, dropped dramatically with a 26-point slide to 139, its lowest level since December 2010. New York City (-8%), Chicago (-6%) and Milwaukee (-8%) also saw hiring opportunities decline in December.