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Originally Posted by montana bound
My husband and I are set on moving to GF in 2008. Problem is that I have talked to a lot of people and read alot of things about the job market there. It seems that there is no opportunity there. Is that true? Can you live in GF and commte to another town? Is there better chances for job succes in another town with the same housing prices as GF. I have done my homework on that also and it seem that GF has the lowest of all the bigger cities such as Billings and Missoula. Is there a solution to my delemia. Any info would be great.
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As someone who has lived in Great Falls, Montana since 1991, I am somewhat puzzled over the notion that there are no jobs here.
We are screaming for employees in about every sector here, and have been since right around 2004.
In some ways, it's good, I guess, that folks get it into their heads that there is nothing here, but in other ways, it just sort of sucks.
I mean, a lot of the boys from Belgrade and Bozeman come up here to work in the winter, because, in the winter, there's no work in Bozeman or Belgrade.
Contractors from Three Forks have been visiting us "often" to build, because the local builders here "can't keep up".
All trades are in short supply here, and the medical community is at it's wits end because they can't recruit medical personnel fast enough.....
If this means that there aren't any jobs in Great Falls, well, then I guess there isn't.
We can run on rumor and speculation all day long, but the trick to finding out if there is any work at all in any area, is to get with those of us that are actually living here and are in the thick of it.
There are jobs in Great Falls to meet anyones need, Diploma or not, opportunity is available to anyone with the nads to jump on in and grab it..... We here in Cascade County don't look at newcomers as "suckers" like they do in Missoula or Bozeman, ... You can get on based on your merit around these parts. Something you can't do in other areas of the state.
I left Missoula in 1991, after living there for 20 some odd years, and came to Great Falls because I can make 4 times the money here doing the exact same thing.
Housing prices here are lower than any of the yuppie-ville communities of Missoula, Bozeman, or Kalispell...... and the wages are higher as an added bonus.
Missoula does banking, but Great Falls does "international banking".
Missoula only beats Great Falls out by about 200 people as far as population, and Missoula can never have the types and kinds of sustainable industries that Great Falls has.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/monta...eat-falls.html
Oh, and in case anyone might be interested, the distance between Great Falls and Helena is a mere 77 miles. Helena has been building to the north, and Great Falls has been building to the south.
The main point I'm driving at here is, that you shouldn't pin your hopes on "dated materials".... things have been hopping right along here in Great Falls, and from the looks of things, our steady and sure footed growth will continue, long after the big blitz in other of areas of the state are just faded memories.
If you need a "job first", before you come, you need to indicate what it is you do for a living, let me know, and I'll bet you, dollars to dawgnuts, that you'll have it ready and waiting upon your arrival.
People can go on and on about where the jobs are in Montana, but there aren't many here, who would be at all willing to put their money where their mouth is on the subject. I would never be willing to make an offer of assistance like this if I didn't know my area first hand.
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