CHICAGO ￢ﾀﾓ July 2, 2014 ￢ﾀﾓ In the years following the recession, a number of metros have become more competitive, capturing a larger share of the total jobs added in the U.S. because of factors that are unique to their local economies. CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) released new research that shows you which metros are getting a bigger piece of the pie and why.

Using a standard regional analysis called shift share, CareerBuilder and EMSI looked at the total job growth across industries for each of the 50 most populous U.S. metros from 2010 to 2013. Each metro￢ﾀﾙs actual job growth was then compared to what would have been expected for that metro based on national job growth trends during that same time period. The difference between the two measurements is the competitive effect, i.e., how much the metro is exceeding, matching or falling behind national jo http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr830&sd=7/2/2014&ed=07/02/2014