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September 20, 2010
Unemployed job seekers in Michigan face many challenges in finding employment within the state. Michigan's unemployment rate has been in the double digits for over two and a half years and, sits at 13.1 percent for September 2010.
According to Juju.com Job Search Difficulty Index for States released in August, Michigan is the most difficult state in which to find a job. One of the programs the state was using to prepare unemployed job seekers to enter high demand fields -- The No Worker Left Behind Program -- cut funding in July leaving millions without new training opportunities, to return back to work.
The report states, an average of 8.24 job seekers are available for each employment opening in Michigan. Nevada placed second in the report, for states difficult to obtain employment, with 6.90 unemployed people per job and a 14.3 percent unemployment rate for September 2010. Mississippi, Idaho and Kentucky, round out states in the bottom five, of the report.
One of the best places to look for a job is Washington, D.C., where there is less than .82 percent of unemployed individuals are available, per available job opening. In addition, the states of Virginia, Maryland, North Dakota and Nebraska, round out the top five least competitive job markets.
The report was calculated by dividing the number of unemployed workers in each state, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), by the number of jobs in Juju's of online jobs in the United States.
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