Columbus is the largest, the most heavily populated, and the capital of the state of Ohio. It is the country seat of Franklin county and located at the center of the state, extending to the counties of Fairfield and Delaware, named after the famous explorer Christopher Columbus and founded in 1812 at the union of Olentangy and Scioto rivers and Columbus became its capital in 1816. Columbus has an education based economy. It is home to Ohio State University – the largest university in the US, retail, technology, healthcare, insurance due to the existence of Ohio State University College of Medicine. The city of Columbus is fast becoming a global city, the residents are called Columbusites, and it is the 8th best city to live in, in the US.

According to the 2000 census, the population of Columbus grew to 714,468. It is located within the 550 miles of half of the nation's population. The city of Columbus was ranked as the 15th largest city composed of more than 747,000 people, and the 32nd largest metropolitan area and other towns.

Take a look at some of the information about the economy, top career opportunities, industries, and some popular Columbus jobs:

Welcome to the capital of Ohio, Columbus – a fast growing, thriving city that is home to many fortune 500 companies in a vibrant, dynamic and active business community. In this section, here are some of the hottest jobs you can find in Columbus:

As described on the onset, Columbus is an education based economy city so one of the top employers is the education and the government sectors. The Ohio State University alone hires around 5,000 members of the faculty and approximately 19,000 staff and in the main campus of the public higher education of Ohio. Recognized all over the world as the top 20 best Universities in the US.  Jobs include research assistants, professors, student personnel employees, security personnel, accountants, janitor, and food service crew and office clerks. Government and nonprofit organizations hires more employees combined with the other city and state workers than any other employment sectors.

Jobs in research, and business in Columbus
Columbus is home to the corporate headquarters of the leading business giants in the US such as McGraw Hill, CompuServe, Commerce National Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Huntington Bancshares, Nationwide Insurance, Cardinal Health, Sterling Commerce, Qwest, and UPS. Fast food giants are here too; Wendy's, White Castle, Charley's Grilled Subs and restaurants like Bob Evan's Restaurant and Donatos Pizza. Battelle Memorial Institute and Chemical Abstract Service – a major information and research sector are here as well. It's amazing how much jobs these giants offer to those who want it.

Technology sector jobs like in the computer industry is predicted to grow to up to 25% in 2014. A local software company, Sypherlink, obtained a patent for software for automation of information sharing between computer systems and it serves system integrators, government, organizations, and tool/application providers. Percipia also a software company developed software that allows phone systems to run via internet. Redemtech services companies contribution is to help secure the information in the network.

Jobs in manufacturing companies; companies like Kingswood Manufacturing, Co, Worthington Industries, Columbus Builders supply, hires workers for project manager, clerks, security personnel, software engineers, janitors, office workers, controllers, managers, etc. The car maker Cummins will add up to 800 jobs by 2008 in the production of light duty diesel engines. The company also plans to upgrade their facility and spend $250 million dollars.

Management, professional, and other related jobs are 34%. In sales and office jobs, 27% Service jobs sector, 15%. These are among the common job in Columbus. At a high 73% of the workers in Columbus work for the companies mentioned above, 15% government employees and self employed at around 5%.

In addition to the jobs already laid out, here are popular Columbus jobs you can find in Columbus; admin assistant jobs, sales representative jobs, occupational therapist jobs, project Manager jobs and business analysts' jobs. These are top industries  in Columbus restaurants, car companies, software companies, government and so on); the leading sectors in Columbus, educational services sectors, social assistance, healthcare, retail trade, professional, management, administrative, waste management sectors, scientific sectors, research sectors, food service, tourism, healthcare services sector, hospitals, etc. These are industries in Columbus that hires the most workers: Commercial Banking, food service contractors sector, catering services, computer manufacturing, Hospital, Ohio State University main campus, Software companies, restaurants, fast food giants, and Insurance companies.

You may consider attending a job fair and bring in your resume where you have a chance to be hired on the spot. Decision makers and other important personnel are present so don't forget to look your best and come prepared for the interview because job fairs are conducting interviews on the spot. There are many people out there who needs a job like you so be sure to choose a career you really like and keep it.

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