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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October 8th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Best for employment
Lincoln, NE,(red)
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA, (blue)
Columbus, GA, (red)
Rochester, NY, (blue)
Waco, TX, (red)
Lafayette, LA, (red)
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, (red)
York-Hanover, PA, (blue)
Anchorage, AK, (red)
Sioux Falls, SD, (red)
Red=7, blue=3
Worst for employment
Flint, MI,(blue)
Detroit, MI, (blue)
Salinas, CA, (blue)
Dayton, OH, (blue)
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA, (blue)
Las Vegas, NV, (blue)
Myrtle Beach, SC, (red)
San Juan, PR, -13%
Bakersfield, CA, (blue)
Stockton, CA, (blue)
red=1, blue=8
(just say’n)
October 8th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
This list is bogus. What if the number of employers who say they are going to hire are only going to hire 1-2 people and the number of employers who are going to lay off workers are going to lay off 200-300 each? Kind of throws the stats into a tailspin.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I would rather consider this a meter of local Manpower success, not an overall employment market characterization. The study is biased because:
- does not tell how many entities was questioned (useful to determine what is statistics is called p-value, the probability that the result was computed by chance)
- only considers Manpower customers
- does not normalizes the study with the size of the employer.
Overall, the variation of the unemployment percent is a much accurate indicator. I am wondering, what was the purpose of the study? Some mid-west or west coast Manpower manager tries to find a reason for the poor performance comparing with the other regions?
October 8th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
LEU …… True. Although I think more scientific study has gone into this list than the CBO’s cover for the Baucas Vapor Bill.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Amen VIZ.