The Cleveland area has been a hotspot for a relatively high non-recession unemployment rate for years.  During the real estate boom of the early 2000’s, its unemployment rate was 6.3%, fairly high when compared nationally.  This city has always been supported by heavy industry and traditional employment sectors such as retail, trade, transportation, and healthcare.  Unfortunately, these industries have also fallen the furthest during the recession.  The Cleveland area, more specifically Akron is home to the Goodyear Tire plant.  This plant has been one of the major employment pillars of the community until recently, when many thousands of workers were laid off.  Cleveland’s economy and employment opportunities are diverse, but diverse in the wrong ways it seems.  The recession has really damaged most of the employment sectors that this region was built on, and Cleveland has suffered greatly over the past couple of years.[img_assist|nid=26895|title= Read more about Cleveland Employment Outlook