Wallet Hub
I wouldn’t recommend graduating. In fact, I took my first job for the sole reason that it was located literally two miles from my campus and it meant I could pretend to be in school for another year.
Now that I have moved from my small, suburban college town and into the big city, I get to pay an arm and leg for rent every month and forget about saving money on groceries. Oh, and there’s this job thing too. Did you know you have to do it every single day, even when you don’t feel like it?
Seriously – stay in school, kids.
But while working at least has its perks – hello, paycheck! – being out of school without a job is the absolute worst. Sure, bumming around on your mom’s couch is fun for a month (or two…maybe three), but eventually you’re going to have to start sending out those resumes. And job searching is a job in itself.
One issue could be where you’re looking for a job. While there are 210,000 new job openings each and every month, some cities have it a lot easier than others. WalletHub used 17 metrics including job opportunities to employment growth to sleuth out the best cities in the U S of A to find a job. Unfortunately, they’re in places I would never plan on visiting – thanks but no thanks, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa. Good news for Texans though – three cities from the Lone Star state are in the top 10.
Check out the best and worst cities to find a job this year below. Happy hunting!
Best Cities To Find A Job 2016:
1. Plano, Texas
2. Overland Park, Kansas
3. Austin, Texas
4. Irving, Texas
5. Salt Lake City, Utah
6. Des Moines, Iowa
7. Irvine, California
8. Madison, Wisconsin
9. Sioux Falls, South Dakota
10. Omaha, Nebraska
Worst Cities To Find A Job 2016:
141. San Bernardino, California
142. Hialeah, Florida
143. Brownsville, Texas
144. Ontario, California
145. Newark, New Jersey
146. Providence, Rhode Island
147. Modesto, California
148. Detroit, Michigan
149. Fresno, California
150. Stockton, California
