最适合开启职业生涯的5个美国城市

    美国应届毕业生最佳生活和就业城市

    让2014年的毕业生感到欣慰是，就业市场整体呈现出自经济萧条以来最为光明的前景。不过，对于居住地的选择依然至关重要。为了考察应届毕业生偏爱选择哪些地方作为职业生涯的起点，财经网站WalletHub的研究人员以18个方面作为参考标准，对150个大都市的当地经济进行了分析。这18个方面的标准中有些涉及职业，譬如每100,000个居民的初级职位数量、平均起薪中值和年度就业增长率。但研究也兼顾了二十多岁年轻人关心的其他因素，例如租房、艺术和娱乐方面的成本（包括夜生活），以及已经有多少千禧一代选择生活于此。下面是WalletHub网站所列出的应届毕业生最佳生活和就业地的前五名。

    The best launch pads for new grads

    Happily for the class of 2014, the job market overall is looking brighter than it has since before the recession. But where you live matters. To see where new grads might want to put down stakes, researchers at financial site WalletHub analyzed the local economy in 150 metropolitan areas, using 18 criteria. Some were work-related, including the number of entry-level jobs per 100,000 residents, median average starting salaries, and the rate of annual job growth. But the study looked at other factors twenty-somethings care about, too, like the cost of an apartment, arts and entertainment (including nightlife), and how many other Millennials already live there. Here are the top five from WalletHub's list of the best places for new grads.

    虽然联邦政府是华盛顿特区最大的雇主，但为这座城市提供大把就业机会的远不止这一家：部分原因是因为，国防工业已经让附近的北弗吉尼亚变成了一个快速发展的科技中心，这个地区目前的就业率一直排在前列。对于一个拥有如此规模的城市而言，华盛顿的生活成本相当合理，而且在这里还能享受到很多艺术和娱乐活动。此外，首都城市在WalletHub网站所列出的“配偶机遇”指标上的得分也是最高的。超过五分之一的华盛顿居民的年龄在25岁至34岁之间，而且这些人群中有58%的人还处于单身状态。

    Uncle Sam is the biggest employer in town, but far from the only one: Partly because the defense industry has turned nearby northern Virginia into a fast-growing tech hub, the area ranks high in job opportunities. Washington has a reasonable cost of living for a city of its size, and lots of arts and entertainment. The capital also scores highest in the U.S. on what WalletHub calls "mating opportunities." More than 1 in 5 D.C. residents are 25 to 34 years old, and 58% of the population is single.