Which is the most popular city among college students entering the working world?
It ain’t anywhere in Tampa Bay.
According to a new study by CareerCast.com and Going Global, a majority of college students are looking toward the biggest cities:
Despite being the largest and most-expensive urban center in the U.S., New York reigns supreme among first-time job hunters, followed by Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. The Big Apple leads the other cities in the top five by a significant degree, with 83% of those surveyed choosing it among their top destinations, compared to only 65% naming the nation’s capital.
Here is the complete list:
So, how do we get students to consider Tampa Bay?
SPTimes business columnist Robert Trigaux says we should play to our strengths, and let everyone know that housing prices have dropped, making it very affordable for young people to begin their life.
That’s a good starting point, but what else would you be trumpeting to recent graduates?
JamesD
9 months ago
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
Tim
9 months ago
LMFAO – The huge economic disaster that Tampa Bay has become is now a good thing to be celebrated!
We have no jobs for you or the graduates but hey, since we boned up and created the worst housing slump in 100 years we think things look good!
Out shit don’t ever stink does it?
Leon
9 months ago
In a free market economy suppply and demand dicate prices. Our affordable cost of living is becuase there is no demand to live here.
This is the issue we need to adress, why is there no demand to live here.
Droopy
9 months ago
Thank you for proving links to news and opinions every few days when you have time to tell us what was already in the newspapers and the internet. I really apppreciate the way you don’t clutter up your blog with your own thoughts and writing leaving us clean links to other peoples writing and thoughts that many people seemingly are unable to find on their own.
Ronald
9 months ago
Tim the economy here is not a problem at all, we have a lot of opportunity and are growing. People like you spreading ignorant and wrong views is what keeps us from growing even faster.
junebee
9 months ago
This area has mostly low-paying back-room office and service jobs. There aren’t alot of high-level professional jobs available. That, combined with a poor arts culture and a huge family-oriented area, makes Tampa a bad place to be young, professional, and single.
I would be interested in stats on how many of those college grads are still in those 10 big cities five or ten years after graduation. My guess is not alot of them. Aspirations can be high but reality and paying the bills is a whole different ball game.
Misc
9 months ago
It’s sad when one of our strengths is that we’re cheap as hell.
Along the same lines we can tout that the work force is largely uneducated and thus will work cheaply, and they are easily ripped off regarding benefits. Also, since many are from outside of Florida they largely don’t give a hoot about what makes Florida special, so feel free to rape and pillage the land. The place is also clannish and backwards, so anyone with ties to organized crime should fit right in, oh, that’s part of our history too.
Gotta play up those strengths.
Ronald, you ARE right, we are America’s next great city, just keep saying that 100 times to yourself, maybe things will never change….
Tino
9 months ago
No, it’s not interesting, nor is it useful. Stop whining and drawing completely irrelevant conclusions from this worthless “study”.
They’ve essentially ranked the top cities by population. What is a city’s population, anyway? It’s a popularity contest for a number of lifestyle factors. Some people want to live in a big, dense city. We don’t offer that, so we will probably never crack the top 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas
As the 19th largest metro area, why would you think we would have popped into the top 10?
Dino
9 months ago
Tino, why do you hate Tampa so much you have to bad moth people who are just trying to make it a better place?
Ken
9 months ago
You all just don’t get Tampa. Why don’t you move already?
Tino
9 months ago
Please re-read my statement. I’m not bashing Tampa. I’m bashing this worthless “study” and the people that are bashing Tampa because it didn’t make this “list of top job cities”, which is essentially a list of the 10 largest cities in the US.