Those looking for a job in Columbus, Ohio may have luck with the city’s technology and healthcare industries, both of which contain some of the area’s highest job prospects.
Columbus’s economy is largely service-driven, and has many prominent firms – many among the Fortune 1000. The city also is home to many information technology companies, state government, Ohio University and other educational institutions that provide significant employment.
Columbus’s top job prospects are mostly those dealing with information technology and healthcare. According to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Columbus’s education and health services industry employed 111,600 people in June 2008, an increase of 2.2 percent over last year. The city’s information industry employed 18,400 people in June 2008, a decrease of 2.6 percent compared to last year.
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