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For new grads who plan to expand their job searches beyond their college towns or hometowns, Apartments.com and CareerRookie.com just released the third annual “Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates” based on the ranking of top U.S. cities with the highest concentration of young adults (age 20 to 24) from the U.S. Census Bureau (2006), inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience from CareerRookie.com (March, 2010) and the average cost of rent for a one bedroom apartment from Apartments.com (2010).
1. Atlanta
Average rent:* $723 Popular entry-level categories:** sales, marketing, customer service
2. Phoenix Average rent: $669 Popular entry-level categories: sales, customer service, training
3. Denver Average rent: $779 Popular entry-level categories: sales, customer service, health care
4. Dallas
Average rent: $740 Popular entry-level categories: sales, customer service, health care
5. Boston Average rent: $1275 Popular entry-level categories: sales, marketing, training
6. Philadelphia Average rent: $938 Popular entry-level categories: sales, marketing, health care
7. New York Average rent: $1,366 Popular entry-level categories: sales, customer service, marketing
8. Cincinnati Average rent: $613 Popular entry-level categories: sales, customer service, management
9. Baltimore Average rent: $1,041 Popular entry-level categories: sales, customer service, management
10. Los Angeles Average rent: $1319 Popular entry-level categories: sales, training, health care
Interesting. It kinda seems to contradict what I've been hearing- I thought Phoenix was a horrible place for jobs right now. I've also heard that all big Texas cities are good choices, yet only Dallas makes this list.
Interesting. It kinda seems to contradict what I've been hearing- I thought Phoenix was a horrible place for jobs right now. I've also heard that all big Texas cities are good choices, yet only Dallas makes this list.
Yeah I agree and was surprised to see Philly - plus interesting average rent - not sure where that is exactly but would love to pay that
Am I the only person who's annoyed by this list? Our economy is already too sales-, marketing- and service-oriented to be sustainable as it is. Where's the advanced manufacturing?
Am I the only person who's annoyed by this list? Our economy is already too sales-, marketing- and service-oriented to be sustainable as it is. Where's the advanced manufacturing?
I think with advanced manufacturing is that the number of jobs is smaller than the other categories. Though a lot of manufacturing have aging work forces and fear in a decade or so having work shortages since many places have a large number of their workers in their 50's. Also the other categories might be a rather broad category as well.
Also I wonder on this list is how different the top of the list is with the bottom, and how many are close to the number 10 spot as well. Also are they counting just the core city or the metro as a whole since if a place has a lot of the jobs outside the core city it gets underperformed in that case.
Am I the only person who's annoyed by this list? Our economy is already too sales-, marketing- and service-oriented to be sustainable as it is. Where's the advanced manufacturing?
China
Average Rent: $5
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