Portal:Young professionals

Omaha is a rapidly growing city and with this growth comes many professional opportunities for young people starting their career. It is the home of a developing downtown area as well a five Fortune 500 companies. This portal will serve as a resource for not only young professionals currently living in Omaha, but those considering relocating here as well.

The Young Professionals Council (YPC) of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce is a task force of motivated young professionals, ages 25-40, who represent various institutions within the Omaha business community. The vision of the Young Professionals Council is that Omaha will be one of the top communities in which young professionals want to live and work. The Council’s hope and mission is to generate excitement and enthusiasm among young professionals about living, working and thriving in the Omaha community. (read more)

• Omaha was recently ranked as the 7th Best Big City to Live in CNN's Money magazine (2007).

• Forbes magazine listed Omaha as the 15th Best City for Jobs (2007).

• Omaha is home to headquarters of several major corporations, including Berkshire Hathaway, ConAgra Foods, The Gallup Organization, and Mutual of Omaha.

• There are more than 10 colleges, universities, trade, and specialty schools in the Omaha metro area.

• The Omaha metropolitan area has a population of 807,305 (as of 2007).

• The average household income is $60,281 (as of 2007).

• Omaha was recently listed among "America's 50 Hottest Cities" for business expansion (Expansion Management - 2005)

• Omaha is home to more millionaires per capita than any other US city (as of 2007).

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