Things are finally looking better in California and Michigan. Which states in the U.S. are easy to find jobs in?
> Things are looking better in California and Michigan. Which U.S. states are easy to find jobs in? The only compiled report by a reporter from Wanwei Reader Network: An article published by the Associated Press said that in the past...
Things are finally looking good in California. In the past 12 months, American companies have continued to add job opportunities, but this increase is not everywhere. In some states, job opportunities have increased a lot, while in other places, job opportunities have not increased but decreased. California and Michigan, the states that have suffered the most job losses during this economic crisis, are finally seeing some improvement, with California posting its best month of job growth in two decades. Six U.S. states lost jobs in February, with New Mexico and New Jersey worst off. ( www.creaders.net ) Since June 2009, unemployment rates have improved in 41 of 44 states in the United States, and nationally, employment has increased by 1.3 million. Among them, California increased by 200,000 and Texas increased by 254,200. California has lost a total of 130 jobs since the crisis, and it will take a long time to make up for them all, but analysts believe that the current job growth is encouraging. Jerry Nickelsburg, an economist at the University of California, said that California has been lagging behind the country in terms of employment since the crisis, and this time it has finally caught up. Moreover, this time the employment growth is relatively comprehensive, including manufacturing, transportation and high technology. Even the construction industry has added 15,000 employees, but they are all in commercial real estate and basic construction, not ordinary real estate. As imports increased, employment at shipping companies and ports increased across the country. Internet service companies are the main force in employment growth. Google, for example, plans to add 6,200 employees this year, some of which are overseas. Zynga, which designs games for Facebook, also recently added 1,500 employees. ( www.creaders.net ) Michigan's turnaround mainly depends on the automobile industry. General Motors and Chrysler will each add 1,000 employees this year. Ford Motor Company will add 7,000 employees over the next two years. Overall, Michigan added 28,000 manufacturing jobs in the past 12 months. As a result, the state no longer has the highest unemployment rate in the country, with the unemployment rate falling to 10.4% from 13.5% last year. There were six states where employment fell instead of increasing: Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and New Jersey. In Kansas, unemployment has increased mainly due to large-scale layoffs in the telecommunications industry, such as Sprint, as well as layoffs in the insurance and restaurant industries. The state lost a total of 10,500 jobs last year.
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