Job seekers looking for work in the city don't be discouraged! Baltimore is the third least difficult metro area in which to find a job with just 2.93 unemployed persons for each job listing. That's according to the lates Job Search Difficulty Index from job search engine
Juju.com. The index measures the difficulty of finding employment in major cities around the country.
The Index was calculated by dividing the number of unemployed workers in each metro area, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), by the number of jobs in Juju's comprehensive index of millions of online jobs in the U.S., which is compiled and updated continuously from thousands of employer career portals, recruiter websites, and job boards all over the Internet.
Washington, D.C. with 1.93 individuals for each job and San Jose, Ca. with 2.5 were the easiest places to find work, while Salt Lake City, UT and New York City came in fourth and fifth.
In terms of states offering the best job search opportunites, D.C. -- despite its lack of statehood -- was No. 1, followed by Virginia, North Dakota, Nebraska and Maryland.
Source: Juju.com
Writer: Walaika Haskins