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[*ALFIE*]

sorry if this sounds a silly question (i probably might sound naive), but is there more chances of getting a good job in city or in a town ? My mate reckons that jobs are easier to get in a town rather then in a city as in city the competition is always increasingly high. Or does it depend on the actual job itself ?

What everyones general opinion on this ?

[jennifer_cro]

I think it really depends what kind of job you're looking for!!!

Depending on the town, they tend to house the smaller businesses which don't always offer the best career opportunities, although this does depend on the business. I've found that cities offer better career paths although in the larger firms you can be treated as a number rather than as an individual as in the smaller businesses.

Not sure if that really helped!!!

Bottom line is where you're more comfortable I guess; the buzzing metropolitan or as a townie!

[Buenchico]

Jennifer's first sentence was "I think it really depends what kind of job you're looking for!!!" - I think that this really provides the only meaningful answer to your question. Let's look at two examples:

Person A really wants to work as a motorcyle courier. He/she loves the idea of driving around, delivering urgent documents from one firm to another. In reality, ther's probably only one place he/she will get a job: London. London has thousands of big companies (and government offices) who need to move documents quickly across the city, so there are lots of people working as motorcycle couriers. Even the UK's second biggest city, Birmingham, isn't big enough to support more than a handful of people doing this work. So, for Person A, the only place to work is in a city.

Person B, however, has just left university with qualifications in journalism. He/she is determined to find work on a local newspaper. All of the newspapers in the big cities, however, are really regional titles (i.e. they're sold over a very wide area). They only want to take on journalists with plenty of experience elsewhere, so Person B has little chance of employment. An application to the 'Blogsbury-on-Tyne Advertiser', however, is likely to see him greeted with open arms. So, for Person B, it's far better to seek employment in a town.

So, as I've said, Jennifer got it right in her first sentence!

Chris