The six best USA cities for emigrating professionals

Emigrating to the USA gives a career boost as well as the chance to experience a familiar but excitingly different lifestyle.

If you’re looking for recruitment opportunities in America you’ll be joining well over two million expats who’ve made the leap from their home countries into a new, exciting world. Amongst America’s major cities, six stand out as the best for a selection of job opportunities across a range of sectors.

Top of the tree is fabulous New York, drawing expats from across the world to Wall Street and the city’s huge number of financial and legal institutions. The Big Apple is also a world hub for the media sector, generating the newest and best in all aspects of this exciting trade.

Recently hailed as America’s fastest-growing metropolis, the Texas city of Austin offers expats a choice of jobs within its fast-developing tech industry. Big names already there include Apple, Samsung, IBM and Dell, and the sector at present employs 120,000 IT professionals.

Still in Texas, the powerhouse of Houston offers opportunities in its 24 Fortune 500 companies, the majority of which are based in the energy sector. Oil and gas are the heart of the city, and NASA’s Johnson Space Centre is focused on futuristic research and development.

If you’re experienced in banking and finance, transferring your skills to one of the dozens of banks and financial institutions in Los Angeles may be the best career move you’ll ever make, Set half-way between the Tokyo and London financial hotspots, the City of Angels is a dream destination for career enhancement and vibrant lifestyles.

Seattle boasts innovative, clean-green technology companies and an enviable, laid-back lifestyle as well as plenty of job opportunities. For those in the health sector, Chicago is a major employer with over 20 teaching hospitals and half-a-dozen medical schools.