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Chicago Ranks High For Job Opportunities

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- At last, there is a ray of hope for the job market.

As WBBM Newsradio 780's Felicia Middlebrooks reports, Chicago is in the spotlight.


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The forecast for jobs across the country has been gloomy for several years now. But CareerBliss.com says there is reason to rejoice.

CareerBliss says Chicago ranks third, only behind New York City and Washington, D.C., when it comes to the most job offerings.

CareerBliss just released its Top Hiring Cities and Jobs for 2011 study, using data from open job listings last year.

Chicago now boasts 608,375 job opportunities. Information technology, sales, marketing and engineering are the hottest fields.

Coming in just behind Chicago in the rankings are Los Angeles. Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas and San Francisco.

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