Best and Worst States for Jobs. Best - #1-South Dakota, #2-Wyoming, #3-Idaho, #7-North Dakota, #9-Montana

February 27, 2008

Location is everything, according to the real estate adage. Many people learn the wisdom of these words after they move into their first apartment on a tight budget and have a view of a landfill and the smells that come from it.

The same holds true for job hunting. Your chances of finding the right job – or any job, really – depend on where you live. The unemployment rate is the ratio of job seekers to the working population. Therefore, a low percentage means few people are having any difficulty finding work.

If you’re looking for a job, you want to be in a state that has an unemployment rate lower than the national average, which is 5 percent according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Anthony Balderrama, CareerBuilder.com writer

Full Story: http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Careerbytes/CBArticle.aspx?articleID=811&pf=true&lr=cbbell

(Many thanks to Peter Bertelsen,

Program Director,

Prospera Business Network http://www.prosperabusinessnetwork.com for passing this along. Russ)