{"id":1380,"date":"2008-01-16T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/best-cities-for-jobs-in-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-01-16T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2008-01-16T17:13:12","slug":"best-cities-for-jobs-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/best-cities-for-jobs-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Cities For Jobs In 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always question how these lists are compiled, but they are interesting nonetheless.\u00a0 Forbes.com recently released their list<\/a>.\u00a0 A quick preview of the top 5 cities:<\/p>\n

My sister and her family lived in Wichita for a couple of years and I took my family down there a couple times to visit.\u00a0 I liked the town and it seemed to be quite busy for a smaller city.\u00a0 I have to confess, I am surprised it is number 2.\u00a0 There is a large aviation sector down there so that may be driving it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I always question how these lists are compiled, but they are interesting nonetheless.\u00a0 Forbes.com recently released their list.\u00a0 A quick preview of the top 5 cities: Salt Lake City, UT Wichita, KS Austin, TX Atlanta, GA Forth Worth, TX My sister and her family lived in Wichita for a couple of years and I took my family down there a couple times to visit.\u00a0 I liked the town and it seemed to be quite busy for a smaller city.\u00a0 I have to confess, I am surprised it is number 2.\u00a0 There is a large aviation sector down there so that may be driving it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[226,227,228],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends","tag-2008-jobs","tag-employment-trend","tag-hiring-by-city"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-mg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":155,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/working-close-to-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":1380,"position":0},"title":"Working Close to Home","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"If you read The Hire Sense, you already know we love lists. 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