Columbus Ohio Skyline - From Confluence Park
Job prospects for new grads in Columbus and all of Central Ohio are poor: “There’s no jobs out there” , according to a local employment expert… Okay, not really an expert. It was actually a new college graduate that I was sitting next to at a wedding reception last weekend. So, after not really searching for a job in her field (I think it was Organizational Development/Business), she has decided to go back to school to become a nurse or something. I couldn’t imagine deciding you took the wrong major AFTER four years. Well, best of luck to her.
On to this BusinessWeek article that hit the newstands last week, highlighting the Best and Worst cities for new college graduates. Here is the featured page on the Columbus, OH job market. If you don’t feel like clicking through, the article highlights the many large, stable employers that are the backbone of our job market. The article failed to point out that Columbus is the Capital of Ohio, and that a large number of state agencies are either housed here, or have a large presence here in Central Ohio.
For those in other real estate markets, read the full story, to see if your city made the list.
(The photo of Columbus that they use is very poor, and probably is over 20 years old. Mine is much better, and i took it…)
