Posted on 03/20/2014 7:54:27 AM PDT by barmag25
Looking for a job? North Dakota wants you.
In a new recruiting campaign to be rolled out in May, the North Dakota Economic Development Foundation is aiming to fill more than 20,000 jobs -- ranging from truck drivers and oilfield workers to receptionists and food servers.
North Dakota's huge oil boom has spurred thousands of job seekers to flock to the state for years now. In some cities, the population has quadrupled.
Yet, the growth continues and companies are still so desperate for workers that the state is teaming up with oil giant Hess Corp. to launch an $800,000 campaign to attract new talent.
Related: How to get talented people to work in the middle of nowhere
"It is being developed to target people in states with chronic unemployment, and people in industries that are high-demand in North Dakota, including: engineering, healthcare, energy, skilled trades, transportation and information technology," the foundation said in a statement.
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Takes a special breed to make it through a ND winter, especially if you work outside.
Wonder what kind of salary I could get with a move up North? Hmmmm...
Answer: Offer them money.
This is true. The post office is paying me an insane amount of money to temporarily work up there. Winter was BRUTAL.
Take your wool socks.
Interesting how boom times are happening in North Dakota.
The winters are not for the faint of heart. But, the energy field is booming there. And related service industries are doing well too.
this is capitalism at work. Good for them in ND.
You’ll have sunlight at 10pm during the summer
How to get talented people to work in the middle of nowhere.
Answer: Offer them money.
And lots of it.
North Dakota is/was a wonderful place to live. This Texan lived for 3 1/2 years when my husband worked for an oil company.
Don’t know how it is today, as the population has boomed since the big oil discovery there. The population when we were there was something around 3,000.
Do they have a website for jobs in ND? Maybe they should set one up.
I think I read an article last year that McDonalds and walmart type companies were offering workers 15-20 dollars an hour to start just because of lack of workers.
Hire Vets who Obama kicked out.
Who wants to bet somebody in the Federal government is trying to figure out how to derail this.
Wonder what the IT support opportunities would be like?
100K ask Sean Hannity
Try 10:30 pm even in the southeast corner of the state (Fargo) where I grew up. My sandlot team got more at bats in an average summer day than today’s little league team will get in a whole season.
Yup. As is the entire midwest aka “flyover country” for those from Rio Linda...
Yes you have to have the sense to wear proper clothing, but many look at this as a survival skill, a form of “prepping” if you will. I would hate to become unable to not just survive, but to thrive in a four season climate.
Pretty good up here. Best bet for IT is Fargo-Moorhead area. Microsoft has a 700 employee campus up here.
The real issue is housing. There is no place to live.
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