CareerBliss Names the Top Ten Scariest States for Jobseekers

October 31, 2011

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CareerBliss, the leading online career community helping people find joy and success at every step in their careers, announces new data that highlights the scariest states for jobseekers. CareerBliss evaluated how employees feel about growth opportunities in their state, as well as unemployment numbers to determine which states were the scariest in today’s job market.


Top Ten Scariest States for Jobseekers*
CareerBliss Ranking	State	Unemployment	CareerBliss Growth Factor
1	Nevada	13.4	6.077
2	California	11.9	6.25
3	District of Columbia	11.1	6.557
4	Michigan	11.1	5.877
5	South Carolina	11	5.874
6	Florida	10.6	6.2
7	Mississippi	10.6	5.877
8	Rhode Island	10.5	5.999
9	Georgia	10.3	6.254
10	Illinois	10	5.863

*Unemployment data taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Growth opportunity averages scaled from 1-10.

The CareerBliss data evaluates unemployment numbers in conjunction with the way employees feel about job opportunities in their state. Employees rate whether they feel there is future job growth on a scale of one to ten, with ten meaning job growth was definite.

Heidi Golledge, CEO and Co-founder of CareerBliss, says, “The unemployment numbers are of great concern. However, CareerBliss data shows that for many of the states in our top ten-list - employees feel positive about job growth. California ranks second overall for unemployment, but when asked if employees feel there is substantial job growth ahead, their employees’ average response was yes. Which is a good sign for the job market in 2012.”

Golledge says, “Many states like California have seen an increase in jobs in industries such as technology and healthcare year over year, which helps contribute to how employees feel about the future.”

More than four thousand employees were surveyed evaluating how employees feel about future job growth in their area of expertise. In addition, CareerBliss evaluated unemployment rates. All reviews analyzed are from 2011.

About CareerBliss

CareerBliss is an online career community designed to help everyone find happiness in the workplace. An information hub for everyone who works, employers, job seekers and recruiters, CareerBliss offers the ability to find out what makes them happy and the ability to seek that out in other jobs or improve it in their current one using our PhD Board of Advisors, more than six million independent company reviews and salary comparisons, and more than three million job listings.

For more information, visit: www.CareerBliss.com