BusinessBrief.com » Manpower http://www.businessbrief.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:12:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc The best and worst US cities for hiring http://www.businessbrief.com/the-best-and-worst-us-cities-for-hiring/ http://www.businessbrief.com/the-best-and-worst-us-cities-for-hiring/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:04 +0000 Jim Giuliano http://www.businessbrief.com/?p=3787 Here’s where you’ll find (a) the stiffest competition for talent next year and (b) where labor is plentiful.

Manpower, the employment services company, compiled the lists using what’s called the “net employment outlook” (NEO) for listed cities. It’s a figure derived by taking the percentage of employers who say they’re going to be hiring and the percentage of employers who say they’re going to be laying off, and subtracting one from the other.

So, for example, if 20% of employers in a city said they’d be hiring and 11% said they’d be laying off, the NEO would be +9%. If 10% of employers said they’d be hiring and 15% said they’d be laying off, the NEO would be -5%.

Best for employment

  • Lincoln, NE, NEO +17%
  • Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA, +11%
  • Columbus, GA, +10%
  • Rochester, NY, +10%
  • Waco, TX, +10%
  • Lafayette, LA, +9%
  • McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, +9%
  • York-Hanover, PA, +9%
  • Anchorage, AK, +8%
  • Sioux Falls, SD, +8%

Worst for employment

  • Flint, MI, -17%
  • Detroit, MI, -14%
  • Salinas, CA, -15%
  • Dayton, OH, -14%
  • Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA, -13%
  • Las Vegas, NV, -13%
  • Myrtle Beach, SC, -13%
  • San Juan, PR, -13%
  • Bakersfield, CA, -12%
  • Stockton, CA, -12%
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