Forbes.com named Kennewick one of the best cities for new jobs this spring with a net employment outlook of +19% stating the following: "Once home to the nation's most Ph.D.'s per capita, Kennewick has an impressive number of engineers and scientists. Pacific Northwest National Lab employs many of them to convert agricultural materials into plastics and biofuels and perform research involving fuel cells. The region's farmland also provides jobs, with workers growing potatoes, corn, asparagus and wheat."
Forbes.com indicated Yakima has the strongest employment outlook in the county (+21%) for the second quarter of 2009, according to a quaterly survey by employment services firm, Manpower. This is because of last year's strong harvest of apples and the jobs that followed in juicing, packaging and shipping.
This is very positive news for our area.
Monday, March 16, 2009
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