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Charlotte, Raleigh named among ‘opportunity magnets’

Charlotte uptown skyline The uptown Charlotte skyline is seen from the Hawthorne Lane bridge in 2021. (Melissa Key)

CHARLOTTE — Both of North Carolina’s two largest metros cracked the top 10 in a new ranking of “opportunity magnets.”

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Charlotte comes in at No. 10 in the analysis by LinkedIn, which notes the area’s strong finance and manufacturing sectors. But the Queen City trails Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, which is listed at No. 3.

LinkedIn crunched data for 69 U.S. metros to come up with its ranking of the 15 best places to seek a new employment opportunity. It looked at job postings in each area compared with LinkedIn profiles that people had updated with new positions to find those where hiring is happening.

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