20-Something Hiring in Radar Charts

Students might be interested in seeing their employment potential in radar charts. Not a traditional type of business chart (i.e., line, bar, or pie), a radar chart shows multiple data points and is visually interesting.

A Wall Street Journal article presents radar charts to illustrate job and financial prospects in four parts of the United States: Northeast, Midwest, West, and South. For their favorite city, students will want to see a large, equilateral triangle reaching high percentages in all three areas—wages, hiring, and affordability.

The visuals are easy to understand and compare—within a region. Because different regions are in different tabs, users can’t see cites across the United States side by side.

The article starts, “Go South, young grad,” but that conclusion isn’t immediately clear from the layout. Still, the points are clear—and students might be interested in data.