themattesongroup on November 20th, 2009

 Texas’ four major metros are in the top ten fastest-recovering cities nationwide, according to Forbes.com magazine.
Forbes ranked San Antonio the second fastest recovering city in the country, Austin the third, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington the sixth and Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown the eighth.
The magazine attributed their relatively quick recovery to San Antonio’s and Austin’s high number of municipal jobs, Dallas’ [...]

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themattesongroup on October 22nd, 2009

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Overall rank: 5 out of top 40

The sprawling, vibrant, and diverse metro has a major international airport, professional sports teams, and large corporations. It is home to ExxonMobil, J.C. Penney, and TXU Energy. Employment in the Dallas metro peaked in the second quarter of last year. Gross metropolitan product in the second quarter [...]

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themattesongroup on August 29th, 2008

Three Texas cities were among the strongest job markets in the country over the past year, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Between July 2007 and July 2008, the Dallas–Fort Worth area added 68,000 nonfarm jobs, growing 2.3 percent — the highest growth rate among the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan [...]

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themattesongroup on November 27th, 2007

The Texas economy is cooling but still generating more jobs than the U.S. average. Texas nonfarm employment rose 2 percent from October 2006 to October 2007 compared with the 1.2 annual growth rate of nonfarm employment for the United States.

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themattesongroup on April 20th, 2006

Dallas job market continues uptick, study findsOnline recruitment of employees in the Dallas area continued to increase during March, according to a index conducted by Monster Worldwide Inc.

Online job availability rose to a level of 110 in March from 107 in February, according to the index. A rise in the index means there are more jobs being posted.

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