Forbes reports cities with ridiculously small job growth
Matt Stroud | Tue, Oct 23rd, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, forbes, lists, small job growth, job growth
Just saw this, maybe a day late, but still worth mentioning. The obvious, unfortunate cities make appearances (Flint, Detroit, New Orleans), but San Francisco, San Jose and Cambridge, Mass. also top the board. Interesting to note how CareerBuilder massages shoulders: “If you are looking for and are having trouble finding work in one of these places, it may be that the supply of job candidates outnumbers the demand for workers.”
Here‘s Forbes’ slideshow.
Oh, and while we’re on the topic of minimal growth in cities, let’s also take time to note that this kind of journalism is, at best, irritating. We mentioned it in passing last week—the article about the “least attractive cities”—but it was one of Yahoo’s featured stories this morning. Check out Reuters’ capsule description:
“[Philadelphia] The city of more than 1.5 million people was also found to be among the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly, according to the ‘America’s Favorite Cities’ survey by Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News.”
If you want to comment, to explain how this is helpful to anyone, I’d love to know. --Stroud
