Surprising Cities That Are Hiring

Source: CareerBliss || Photo: Bill Varie | Getty Images The cities that will be hiring the most workers in 2011 aren’t necessarily among those with the most people, according to just-released data from the online career community and jobs resource CareerBliss. “Outranking the city of Houston, Baltimore owes its growth to their heavy concentration of jobs in the health, science and technology industries,” says Heidi Golledge, co-founder and CEO of CareerBliss. “When looking for a new career opportunity in 2011, is vital to keep in mind not only the job and industry type, but location.” The data reveals that Baltimore is not alone in besting larger cities for job growth; cities with either mid-size populations—under 500,000—or metro areas with populations under one million residents are well represented in the rankings. As a rule of thumb, cities employing the following top professions will be hiring: information technology, sales, engineering, marketing, healthcare, accounting, management, manufacturing, quality control, and health care. Click ahead to see ten such cities that will be hiring a lot this year. Data presented here is provided by CareerBliss and is drawn from their annual job listings ranking.By Colleen KanePosted 11 Jan 2011

Photo: Scott Indermaur | Getty Images Population: 540,921Open Jobs in 2010: 335,493Ranking at no. 7 of the top 50 hiring cities, Atlanta beat out its neighbor to the south, the more populous Jacksonville (pop. 813,518), which had 71,471 openings in 2010.Top Job Types: information technology, sales, health care, engineering, marketingTop Hiring Companies: Home Depot, Time Warner, Deloitte, IBM, Piedmont Healthcare

Photo: Davis Turner | Getty Images Population: 709,441Open Jobs in 2010: 303,725Ranking at no. 8 of the top 50 hiring cities, Charlotte beat out the neighboring state’s more populous city Nashville (pop. 605,473) which did not rank in the top 50 hiring cities for 2010.Top Job Types: information technology, sales, accounting, management, financeTop Hiring Companies: Bank of America, Collabera, Deloitte, TIAA-CREF, CDI

Photo: University of Washington Population: 617,334Open Jobs in 2010: 270,747|Ranking at no.11 of the top 50 hiring cities, Seattle had nearly as many job openings as San Francisco, which had 283,080 for a significantly larger population of 815,358.Top Job Types: information technology, sales, marketing, purchasing-procurement, engineeringTop Hiring Companies: Amazon.com, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington, Business Careers, JPMorgan Chase & Company

Photo: Carnigie Mellon University Population: 311,647Open Jobs in 2010: 243,136Ranking at no.12 of the top 50 hiring cities, Pittsburgh far surpassed out the Rust Belt’s much more populous city Indianapolis (pop. 807,584) which had 65,528 job openings for 2010.Top Job Types: information technology, engineering, sales, training, marketingTop Hiring Companies: Bank of New York Mellon, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Carnegie Mellon University, PNC, Deloitte

Photo: Monty Rakusen | Getty Images Population: 637,418Open Jobs in 2010: 236,672Ranking at no.13 of the top 50 hiring cities, Baltimore beat out the comparably sized city Austin (pop. 786,382), which had less than half as many job openings at 105,638.Top Job Types: information technology, engineering, management, QA/quality control, marketingTop Hiring Companies: The Judge Group, Genesis HealthCare & Rehab Services, Sears, Roebuck & Company, DaVita, Global Nest

Photo: Travelers.com Population: 124,060Open Jobs in 2010: 174,705Ranking at no. 17 of the top 50 hiring cities, Hartford beat out the comparably sized neighboring city Springfield, Mass., (pop. 155,575) which did not rank in the top 50 hiring cities for 2010, and many much larger cities like Miami (169,160 job openings) Houston (167,555 openings), and San Diego (149,513 job openings).Top Job Types: engineering, information technology, sales, management, installation/maintenance/repairTop Hiring Companies: The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Pascale & Lamorte, Deloitte, UnitedHealth Group, Hartford Life Insurance Company Group

Photo: Scott T. Baxter | Getty Images Population: 333,013Open Jobs in 2010: 146,207Ranking at no. 21 of the top 50 hiring cities, the number of hires in Cincinnati surpassed the state’s more populous city Cleveland (pop. 431,363) which had 103,941 job openings in 2010, and Columbus (pop. 769,360), which did not rank in the top 50 hiring cities.Top Job Types: information technology, sales, legal, marketing, groceryTop Hiring Companies: US Bancorp, Integra, DinaliC, Cargill, JPMorgan Chase & Co

Photo: Reggie Casagrande | Getty Images Population: 566,141Open Jobs in 2010: 126,606Ranking at no. 23 of the top 50 hiring cities, Portland beat out the neighboring state’s more populous city Sacramento (466,687) which listed 76,516 jobs for 2010.Top Job Types: information technology, sales, healthcare, marketing, designTop Hiring Companies: Kaiser Permanente, US Bancorp, Oregon Health & Science University, Providence Health & Services, Vanderhouwen & Associates

Photo: Apostrophe Productions | Getty Images Open Jobs in 2010: 110,979Ranking at no. 24 of the top 50 hiring cities, Kansas City edged out the state’s other main city, St. Louis (356,587), which had 96,239 job listings for 2010.Job Types: Information technology, sales, marketing, consultant, pharmaceuticalTop Hiring Companies: JPMorgan Chase, Deloitte, Truman Medical Centers, Burns & McDonnell, IBM

Photo: Voidxor | Wikipedia Population: 343,890Open Jobs in 2010: 91,349Ranking at no. 30 of the top 50 hiring cities, Tampa beat out fellow Floridian cities Orlando (235,860) which had 68,134 job listings, and the more populous Jacksonville (pop. 813,518), which had 71,471 openings in 2010Top Job Types: information technology, marketing, engineering, sales, nurseTop Hiring Companies: JPMorgan Chase, Wellcare Health Plans, Deloitte, Bausch & Lomb, Citi Group

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