City of Fort Lauderdale Recognized as Nation's 2nd "Happiest City" for Young Professionals

Fort Lauderdale - Forbes.com is reporting that the City of Fort Lauderdale ranks as the second "Happiest City" in the nation for young professionals.

The report cites an analysis released by online career site CareerBliss.com which evaluates eight factors that affect workplace happiness for young professionals with less than 10 years of experience, including growth opportunities, compensation, benefits, work-life balance, career advancement, senior management, job security and whether the employee would recommend the company to others.

From the Forbes.com report: “In our research, CareerBliss found that young professionals take career happiness very seriously,” said CareerBliss.com's chief executive, Heidi Golledge. “Typically, they will continue to keep their résumé active on job boards just in case something more fulfilling comes along, and they are typically two to three times more likely than their parents to jump jobs for more career happiness. In short, they take the right to pursuit happiness to heart and will typically not stay at a job with poor conditions for very long, and they will even relocate to get out of an unhappy work environment.”

Here are the 10 happiest cities for young professionals in America, according to CareerBliss.com:

No. 10 - Minneapolis, MN
Overall Score: 3.583

No. 9 - Long Beach, CA
Overall Score: 3.586

No. 8 - Boston, MA
Overall Score: 3.596

No. 7 - Sacramento, CA
Overall Score: 3.598

No. 6 - Detroit, MI
Overall Score: 3.607

No. 5 - Cambridge, MA
Overall Score: 3.629

No. 4 - Charlotte, NC
Overall Score: 3.630

No. 3 - Orlando, FL
Overall Score: 3.635

No. 2 - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Overall Score: 3.665

No. 1 - Redmond, WA
Overall Score: 3.835

For more information, visit www.careerbliss.com.