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Best and Worst Cities for Your Job (or Future Job)
Think you're on the top of the heap? It's possible you could be making more money and enjoy a better quality of life somewhere else
By Prashant Gopal/ Business Week, with additional notes by Currin Berdine / AdminSecret
By Prashant Gopal/ Business Week
Looking for somewhere to live where you can find a good job and enjoy a high standard of living? (Who isn’t?) But some places are more likely to score on both counts than others—and you might be surprised to find out where they are. Working with Payscale.com, we looked at the 25 largest metro areas in the U.S. to determine which offered the best results for 20 jobs ranging from architects to veterinary technicians.
After adjusting for cost of living, the across-the-board winner was Houston, which is riding high these days thanks to record profits in the oil and gas business. The biggest loser? New York scored worst in every single category, which just shows that despite plenty of jobs and lots of hype it is just too expensive—even for CEOs.
Read on to see if you’re in the best city for your job.
By Currin Berdine/ AdminSecret
As an administrative assistant, you have a plethora of options available for your career. You could stay in support services, or move into other areas. Admins may go after a job in human resources, marketing or information technology. If you are an executive assistant, you might eventually jump into management. If you are a legal secretary, a natural move is to becoming a paralegal. Many medical secretaries start off at the front desk, but decide to pursue nursing school.
In the original Business Week article, they reported the best and worst cities for 20 common careers. I pulled out the most applicable and popular jobs that admins might go into…
-Business and Management
-Human Resources
-Marketing
-Information Technology and Graphic Design
-Healthcare and Nursing
