{"id":6171,"date":"2015-03-17T13:18:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6171"},"modified":"2015-03-17T13:18:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:18:46","slug":"why-cardiff-comes-top-for-job-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/17\/why-cardiff-comes-top-for-job-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cardiff comes top for job prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNEMPLOYMENT rates in Cardiff fell by 4.7 per cent in the year 2013-2014, one of the biggest drops anywhere in the UK.<br \/>\nThe number of people registered unemployed totalled 6 per cent of Cardiffians in the three months to September 2014, showing a return to levels not seen since before the 2008 financial crisis and taking the jobless percentage lower than in London.<br \/>\nThe figures from the Local Labour Force Survey showed a significant gender gap in employment, with 95.9 per cent of women in work compared with 92.2 per cent of men.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6199 \" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-17-at-13.17.37.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-03-17 at 13.17.37\" width=\"504\" height=\"502\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6199 \" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-17-at-13.17.37.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-03-17 at 13.17.37\" width=\"504\" height=\"502\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nCardiff currently has the lowest rates of unemployment in South Wales, compared with 8.4 per cent of people unemployed in Swansea, 7.8 per cent in the Vale of Glamorgan and 7.9 per cent in Caerphilly.<br \/>\nCardiff also has better unemployment rates than Bristol and Newport, the two cities \u00a0Cardiff Council recently announced its intention to form a \u201csouthwest powerhouse economic region\u201d with to compete with business in London and the north.<br \/>\nBristol saw 7.7 per cent unemployment in September 2014, while Newport was slightly higher at 8 per cent.<br \/>\nUnemployment in London fell to 6.3 per cent in the same period.<br \/>\nThe ONS announced this week that UK unemployment has hit its lowest level since records began, with a national jobless rate of 5.7 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNEMPLOYMENT rates in Cardiff fell by 4.7 per cent in the year 2013-2014, one of the biggest drops anywhere in the UK. 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