Job creation is looking up in Knoxville way up

Job creation is looking up in Knoxville – way up. A new survey by Manpower Group says that Knoxville will have the strongest job market in the country in the second quarter.

In Knoxville, the health care industry, automotive suppliers, renewable energy services, and food manufacturing are doing particularly well right now, says Rhonda Rice, executive vice president of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. Some of the biggest employers in the area are Scripps Networks, Covenant Health, Energy Solutions, Exedy America, Pilot Flying J, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

“Through our existing industry visits we have seen companies beginning to hire again,” Rice says. “As the economy has picked up, even if only slightly, Knoxville companies are feeling more confident and are proceeding with expansion plans that have been on hold for the last couple of years.”

“Among survey participants, the Knoxville, TN MSA employment outlook is the best in the nation,” Manpower said in a news release.

Manpower surveyed more than 18,000 employers in 100 metropolitan areas to find out who’s hiring, who’s firing and who plans to maintain their current staff levels in the second quarter of 2012.Here are the

LINK: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/03/13/the-best-and-worst-cities-for-jobs-this-spring-2/2/