North Dakota jobs attract workers
AP story, published in the Fargo Forum
North Dakota's healthy economy and scores of unfilled jobs lured workers from across the nation last year, with bordering states and Michigan leading the wave, a Job Service analysis shows.
Job Service said 6,620 people from other states found jobs in North Dakota last year, up from 3,631 in 2008. The numbers reflect only out-of-state residents who registered on the agency’s website by providing a Social Security number and later earned wages in North Dakota.
More than 27,000 people from other states registered online from 2008-09, records show.
Job Service North Dakota research analyst Michael Ziesch said the report is only a snapshot of the number of people who actually landed a job in the state.
I know that probably seems like a drop in the bucket to metropolitan areas, but we've still got an employment crisis, in that we don't have enough workers for all the jobs. Really low unemployment may seem like a great thing, but to those of us working in it? Not so much.
And lest you think we don't have indoor plumbing, even Newsweek is covering our booming times.
North Dakota's healthy economy and scores of unfilled jobs lured workers from across the nation last year, with bordering states and Michigan leading the wave, a Job Service analysis shows.
Job Service said 6,620 people from other states found jobs in North Dakota last year, up from 3,631 in 2008. The numbers reflect only out-of-state residents who registered on the agency’s website by providing a Social Security number and later earned wages in North Dakota.
More than 27,000 people from other states registered online from 2008-09, records show.
Job Service North Dakota research analyst Michael Ziesch said the report is only a snapshot of the number of people who actually landed a job in the state.
I know that probably seems like a drop in the bucket to metropolitan areas, but we've still got an employment crisis, in that we don't have enough workers for all the jobs. Really low unemployment may seem like a great thing, but to those of us working in it? Not so much.
And lest you think we don't have indoor plumbing, even Newsweek is covering our booming times.