http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/ Your daily dose of HR Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:58:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-33131 LC Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:12:30 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=5199#comment-33131 I hear ya, TerriG - we have it all here - pollution, allergies, crime, bank repos, unemployment...we are completely diverse! (What an armpit...) I hear ya, TerriG – we have it all here – pollution, allergies, crime, bank repos, unemployment…we are completely diverse!
(What an armpit…)

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-33083 TerriG Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:03:36 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=5199#comment-33083 Actually I think it's hilarious that every time I see "the best and/or worst city" headline, Stockton, CA is almost always in the "worst" catagory no matter what the catagory is. It can be the "worst city for people with cat allergies" and Stockton will be listed, usually in the number one position. Born in raised in that city, I'm so very proud! Actually I think it’s hilarious that every time I see “the best and/or worst city” headline, Stockton, CA is almost always in the “worst” catagory no matter what the catagory is. It can be the “worst city for people with cat allergies” and Stockton will be listed, usually in the number one position. Born in raised in that city, I’m so very proud!

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-28774 RandiG Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:05:08 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=5199#comment-28774 The NEO seems like a ridiculous statistic -- meaningless, but it can be construed in so many positive or negative ways. Oh wait, isn't that true of most statistics? The NEO seems like a ridiculous statistic — meaningless, but it can be construed in so many positive or negative ways. Oh wait, isn’t that true of most statistics?

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-28691 Ed Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:37:23 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=5199#comment-28691 Not only a silly metric but very misleading. Even worse than HR Lady eludes to (I'm sure she thought of it but must be nicer than I am.) Ex: Of 100 employers in the city, 20 employers were going to hire 3 new employees each and 3 employers were going to elimnate 300 jobs each! Results +17%, net impact loss of 840 jobs! Not only a silly metric but very misleading. Even worse than HR Lady eludes to (I’m sure she thought of it but must be nicer than I am.) Ex: Of 100 employers in the city, 20 employers were going to hire 3 new employees each and 3 employers were going to elimnate 300 jobs each! Results +17%, net impact loss of 840 jobs!

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-28689 LC Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:22:41 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=5199#comment-28689 Good comment HR Lady! I never thought about that! (Living in Stockton, Ca. I don't think we come anywhere close to the population of some of those enormous cities!) Salinas, Ca. is very tiny and predominately seasonal workers... Good comment HR Lady! I never thought about that! (Living in Stockton, Ca. I don’t think we come anywhere close to the population of some of those enormous cities!) Salinas, Ca. is very tiny and predominately seasonal workers…

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/the-10-best-and-worst-cities-for-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-28627 HR Lady Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:42:53 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=5199#comment-28627 That is a really silly metric to use. Since the stat is based on the percentage rather than actual numbers, a city may show up as very positive when the total number of employers is very low, meaning that there will be few actual jobs available. That is a really silly metric to use. Since the stat is based on the percentage rather than actual numbers, a city may show up as very positive when the total number of employers is very low, meaning that there will be few actual jobs available.

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