One of the old beliefs in recruitment was that a job seeker would not take a job because of location, but might turn down certain jobs because of location. In recent years, a number of consultants and researchers have suggested that the old finding is no longer valid and that people will take a job because they like a location. Or put another way, they will first identify certain locations and then seek jobs in those locations.
Regardless of which view of the impact of location is correct, the data for Cleveland, and Ohio, are not good. According to a recent Pew Survey, Cleveland finished second to last in terms of popularity among 30 cities. Only Detroit finished below Cleveland.
The question is – how do you change that ranking?
