Best and worst states for job seekers

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ranking states just on unemployment, where is the methodology? where are the numbers ? what is the methiodology? where is the objective data to sustantiate n. Dakota , NH. Texas , etc It says other factors other economic indicators were in the ranking? Where is the rankings for the other 40 states? This career builder blog is a lot of crap. This loses all credibility to me.

I'm surprised Colorado isn't on the top ten worst (could be number 11). Jobs are hard to come across here, other than call center jobs. I've lived here all my life and love it here and I find just going to another state to be a big culture shock. Could I ever move away for the sake of employment?

I know California was listed as one of the worst and I really do feel for those out there struggling to find work here. It's tough especially given the higher cost of living. But I am greatful as well. My husband and I have been really lucky. He works as a web developer. I've heard it's bad for freelance right now but there seems to be no shortage of companies looking for good developers. My husband has been in his current position for just over a year now and he is still being bombarded with calls and e-mails from recruiters who are interested in placing him with other companies. So a word to those out there who might be having trouble finding work as a developer, search in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Burbank and North Hollywood, El Segundo, Fountain Valley, or just do a search in the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and San Francisco areas. Those seem to be the areas where most of the recruiters contacting my husband want to place him.

What I've realized: The best any of us can do is to keep trying. Stay out of forums like this that are not only down-right depressing, but are mostly time wasters and a chance for people who are mostly in the same boat (By most indicators, most of the judgemental employed here are themselves just one paycheck away from financial devastation. Another thing: I live in NH. How skewed must the author's data be to have listed our tiny, drowning state as #2 best place to find work? That is laughable. We are flooded with illegal, drug-culture illegals coming up from Massachusetts, the vast majority of jobs are low-paying administrative assistant, warehouse, or worse--retail and fast food jobs that pay much less. The only way NH could top this list is becuase it lets companies setup and prosper off the sweat of its workers. Don't come here. Our welfare infrastructure is run by immigrants who know how to work the system and who favor their own, and lead by unscrupulous(sp) government that controls the purse strings by controlling its liquor stores (also the reason by NH leads the nation in alcohol abusers), and by companies so afraid to hire employees that it's become known as the "temp-to-fire" state. NH is not a place to come for a fresh start. I only want to warn you of this before you pickup stakes, uproot your families, and jump from the frying pan into the fire. Best of luck to us all.

This article is bunk. Oregon should be on the list of the Worst State for Jobs. Ever live here. It's a joke. Kinda like looking for a needle in a haystack so to speak. The "at will" clause (damn whoever started this one) is a joke. People are losing their unemployment. There's no support, nor funds for this. We need self-service gasoline and a sales tax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's time to spend more time paying attention to the economics, spending and tax breaks that corporations and special interest groups are burdening the tax payers with.

This isn't a democratic or republican issue. The problem is greed by corrupt politicians and lack of action from those who are being abused.

This article is bunk. Oregon should be on the list of the Worst State for Jobs. Ever live here. It's a joke. Kinda like looking for a needle in a haystack so to speak. The "at will" clause (damn whoever started this crap, Bob Packwood?) is a joke.

My hubby and I lived in Louisiana all our lives. He put in 50+ apps and could not find any job except maybe fast food! with plant experience, a TWIC and OSHA card...moved to Texas and he got a slammin job at Motiva..they trained him to be a pipefitter. I thank God every day that he got this opportunity or we'd be living in the truck or at his parents' house, and I dont know which is worse!! God bless Texas! We go home to visit but I dont really want to move back to La...resident for 50 years and worked 28 yrs myself in La. as a Dental Hygiensit (disabled now).

Actually, when they talk about jobs added they are referring to growth, job creation and economic development...not just the number of people who are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. There are planety of companies who are starting to feel more confident about the economy and those companies are starting to hire and expend existing operations as well as relocate into new areas therefore creating new jobs. The problem is that as we start to see some growth, the number of jobs loss due to RIF, closings and layoff almost outnumber the total number of new jobs created. Also, another issue is that even when people get back to work, many are forced to take positions making less than they were before they were unemployeed. This creates a bad cycle where employers are hiring but with a supersaturated market of highly qualified individuals, they can afford to be extra picky and have the upper hand when it comes to salary negeotations. When you are out of work and have to support your family...at the end of the day "any" job is a good job. Even at a substantial pay cut.

This article is misleading. The "jobs" created in Virginia, "year after year" are government jobs, created by the bloated and tax gobbling federal government. These jobs are like intestinal parasites weakening the host and will eventually bankrupt the nation. Federal jobs do not create a thing. They may offer limited service if that, but in the most part are simply parasitic.

Reading the posts confirm my take on the American culture of "me". People in the workplace only give what they are paid for, sometimes less. There is no cohesion to work toward a common goal even if it means giving a little more. The constant lookout for the next best job or highest paying one divides employees and even makes some of you without jobs unwilling to work at lower paying ones. Hey if you have to eat and feed your kids, work the lower paying jobs. The sense of entitlement (usually groomed since childhood) is now very apparent in our adult woes.

You think the job market is fierce now, wait till international candidates compete for American jobs. Most work harder, have just as strong or better aptitude/education and have commitment levels we don't. Perhaps we have been spoiled for too long and now's the time to re-evaluate our Christian ways.

Boy there seem to be a lot of victims out here who have nothing to do with their situation. I have never picked up a neswspaper that didn't have a jobs section in it. There are people blaming illegals for taking their jobs or monopolizing the landscaping industry, work for the same wage and you too will have a job available to you if you won't work for that wage stop acting like it is someone else's fault, quit whinning and find something else to do. Hotel maid jobs seem to have all gone to recent imigrants over the last 5-10 years as well........is that because Marriott and Hilton are agressively advertising to that population or is it because the people who are taking those jobs have decided that it is better to work and make do on a smaller than ideal income than to sit on ones couch and complain about your lot in life. Hard work is it's own reward. Get off your duff and make yourself great at whatever you do and the country will be made great again by the collective effort

I am not looking for a job, thankfully. The job situation in Idaho may show a tiny improvement but let's look at the "jobs". Far too many of the "new" jobs, and, unfortunately, many of those unaffected by the recession, are in the hospitality and service industries. They are hotel, restaurant, and store personnel jobs: low pay (mostly minimum wage, or lower), part time, and no benefits jobs. Most will not make the mortgage payment. If that is not bad enough, our state legislature just passed a bill that gives employers tax breaks for hiring new employees. I can see all the little brain gears working: Fire and, retire early present full time employees, split each of their jobs, hire two new employees. I get the tax break, and I don't have to provide insurance or unemployment benefits! Great deal! Except, some poor laborers take jobs that provide none of the living standards the rest of us expect.
I'm so glad I'm retired.

Citing employment/unemployment figures is only one tiny part of the picture. I live in Illinois (one of the top ten, supposedly) and the state has been and continues to be so badly mismanaged that it'll be a long time recovering. Meanwhile bond ratings drop, taxes rise, services fall or completely go away, the infrastructure is rotting, etc. So don't come to Illinois looking for work or you'll regret it.

I believe all you new yorkers out of work should move to texas for jobs an welfare as of course the californias have already been told to leave texas thus it would be great for both states. Como started cleaning up albany an now has been sidetracked by a few protestors that havent paid him enough so that is no doubt out. We need a good women gouvernor like ariz has. guts an brains with no fast trains.

Hi all. I propose to move to work in Ukraine. For U.S. citizens pay 3000-4000 dollars, while prices for food and clothing, we have very low prices for medical services is low, but the level of service Europe.
Attitudes toward U.S. citizens are very good. Many benefits. Housing is much cheaper than the U.S..

What I find hard to understand is that many companies prefer to hire someone who is currently working rather than someone who is currently unemployed. They seem to reason that an unemployed person must be unemployed for a reason and are somehow "tainted".

Data seems off. I'm a recruiter based in Massachusetts. Our unemployment rate is 7.8%, with 40k jobs added in last year. OH and PA both added per capita the same number of jobs as us, and OH's unemployment is much higher than ours, while PA's is about the same at 7.5%.

Source: Department of Numbers - http://www.deptofnumbers.com/employment/massachusetts/

All u dufasses wake up at the crack of noon to get your hand-out from the Oboma welfare line.

Interesting, With the exception of Rhode Island every one of the bottom 10 has been controlled by a republican during the economic crisis and the radical religious right want us to let them run this country!!

The problem with Michigan: Not everybody is into cars. Not everybody can be a doctor or a nurse. Not everbody can be exposed to chemicals. The place needs to diversify, diversify, diversify.

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WOW...there are a LOT of racist postings here. I initially left the site, but decided to come back and submit this post. To all you racist White folks that want to blame anyone who isn't White for your wows, listen up.

You have no one BUT wealthy White politicians and business owners to blame for the state of this country. You continue to vote Republican't and wonder why things are the way they are. The GOP doesn't give a damn about you. They do, however, need your vote and you continue to give it to them. They feed you a bunch of BS about family values, taking the country back, and any other catch phrase they think you'll buy, but their loyalties are to big business, the banking industry and Wall Street. They only care about your VOTE....not YOU. But you are too ignorant and racist to see that you're being played. Businesses are shipping jobs overseas in order to keep costs down and pocket more money. You all talk about "welfare", but the GOP wants to continue to give "corporate welfare" to the five big oil companies, who have posted record profits this year. So while you're complaining about blacks, look to your own race as the one that's ruining this country. The insatiable greed of YOUR OWN RACE and your individual ignorance of what's happining will be the downfall of this country you like to call "great".

Hey Charlie,

Your friends are Losers. LOL

I moved from Virginia beach to Florida about two and half years ago. It was never a problem for me to get a job there. Florida is crazy! I have never in my life had to go through so many assesment test just to be able to get into an interview. Some of the assement test are based on personallity and other factors. Now employers are checking your driving record. What does my driving record have anything to do with a call center job? Or I cant apply for certian jobs because I dont speak Spanish. It has been a struggle for me down here. I just recently lost my job that I was on for two years and was denied unemployement. I have been on three interviews since I was let go and so many non repsonses. Thanks to to Mr Rick Scoot the Governer of Florida who ripped of people through his insurance business is cutting unployement wages being giving out to much. I am in college and almost finish with my associates degree and prusinga a carrer in the Health Care industry. I just hoping thing get better here because I truly enjoy Florida and the people here.

Please for the Love of God, stop publishing how good Texas is for everything! It seems like every other car on our roads has a California license plate and it's getting worst! All you moronic liberals from California are coming to Texas and trying to make it into a "mini California" and it's making us natives sick to our stomach!!! We have enough transplants living here who "hate Texas but live here because of a job." Get the f*** out of here!! Texas needs an immigration policy for transplants from other states, preferably Californians!!! Trust me, most Texans HATE people from California with a passion. You're overcrowding our schools, making jobs more difficult to get, and your attitudes SUCK!!! WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE, MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE!!!!!

God bless you guys, I hope you all find jobs, I am 12 and I already have 2 umping/reffing jobs, I am only 12 and I save up about 125 a year.

FUCK A BUNCH OF MINORITYS THATS WHATS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY NOW LOOK AT THE MEXICANS ALL COMING HERE SHACKING UP TOGETHER SO THEY CAN TAKE ALL OF OUR JOBS SO I SAY FUCK MONORITYS ALL THE OTHER MINORITYS DO IS SIT ON THERE ASS DRAW OFF THE GOVORNMENT AND CRY RACISM ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY DONT WANT TO WORK ETHER GO TO HELL MINORITYS

As far as going back to school or re-training.. once you have re-trained say in nursing.. jobs are for those with experience. You can pay what little money you may have left to go to school or back to school for something else and still not be hirable due to age discrimination or just a lack of experience in a new field when your resume is all about your working in another field.
SOMEONE NEEEDS TO MONITOR THIS SITE AND DELETE AND BLOCK a-holes like muddafukka.

I had food convenient store going out off business,it was land lord politics behide shutdown( out of business0 itry to sell store but land lord wont help me,when super walmart open up near by i loose a huge business,i do not have chice when lease expire i quit store and shut down.
i go back the previouse company i use to work,do you know what interviewer said:well you do not have this kind of experience foor last 10 year because you work on this field 10 year ago and after laid off i start my own business, so you may forget what you was to do work and they do not have time to teach you.
also you are old man 433 and you have to stand all shift or work hour front of machine,they can not give you chair or table so you can seat,i excuse i do not like to stand i can stand all shift,i am not that old ,i can work.
interview person said they will contact at the time manager and let you know or call you for job
i told them the person is not working at same companyor woking somewhere else. still she said she will find out person phone number and then they will go fromtheir.
year is over still they not call and about other job i keep applying but won't find job.every where talking about experience and i haveexperience they won't give me job because race ,religion and other country person
apply i walmart and application has to done online i never cal from walmart
apply office depotthey said they wait for 250 application and they will select one person ,many people apply for job ,finaly i found new person hire and she is student !
for all over i have to go for 250 quiz answer and kind of test to pass still not geting job.
apply in bank and bank message is for teller job do not require any experience,i domne all 275 quiz and math skill answer and today and every week i geting email dfrom main branch office(PA0 location ,i recieve email job position location without phone number ,i calling local branch ,they not set up interview because they not recieve any message from bank that they shoul kind of messge if they recieve then they will calll and they not get any message from religh branch if they get message from stateoffice then they will interview,state not sending message to bank for my interview but bank sendingmessage is position available in local bank branch location and they presenting address alsobut no experience= no job
hard to find job in NC state
vist in wendy they call me to come every day afor all diffrent excuse,come tommorow and we will find out if they hiring or not? and next day visit in wendy they said no shift manager now come tommorow,next day visit them, manager said you have to talk to my manager and he is not here,next day visit man said position in afternoon and and afternoon shift manager is not herehe work in morningmanager not here come tommorow4pm next day manager left early 3 pm come tommorow manger got a day off come tommorow find manager he said they not hiring until july,visit after vist and seven day in row no excuse final result not hiring until july!what a hassle
what is all business do today!
employers are forced to work for min. wage jobs in order to keep what they have worked for all there lives. lots of the new jobs are min.wage and the employers know people need jobs so its an employers market to hire cheap and keep prices for their goods up

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I guess Tucson, Arizona ranked so low it was not mentioned! Come to Tucson where IF you find a job we offer $7.15 an hour!!!