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.
Employment Activity Drops Sharply in December CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index December 2011 December Hiring Overall December Hiring by Job Title December Hiring by City As the holiday bustle rose in December, hiring levels fell 8.4 points, according to the CareerCast.com/ JobSerf Employment Index. This seasonal decline landed the employment index at 95.1 in December and -4.8 points behind activity levels of last December. The overall index is still trending positively as managerial hiring activity is nearly 30 points higher than it was in December, 2008.
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As hiring across the nation remained fairly static in November, only a few cities such as Riverside (-10%), Phoenix (-8%), and Cleveland (-7%) had any sort of significant decrease in job activity. Philadelphia (+5%), Washington D.C. (+3%) and Memphis (+3%) were the cities that had the most jobs available this past month.