PLEASE HELP! I'm Moving to ND (build, market, developer)

[Roloff1976]

OK...sorry. Well hopefully you will find something soon. I thought HESS was expanding...I've heard they are building a new regional office in Minot because of the activity in the Stanley-Parshall area? Isn't HESS busy right now?

[magiccity]

There are other jobs besides oil. As mentioned above, look at the website: www.jobsnd.com and find the job you may like. Call the job service, get some more information, and if it still sounds good, put in your resume. You don't want to move without having at least something lined up. I live here in Minot, and the paper is full of job openings, but it will depend on your skills and experience. Good luck on your decision. ct

[roughneck44]

well I have exhausted anything I can do on the job service website and have sent numerous resumes have one posted on jobs nd for 4 yrs now and follow any lead I can find newspapers etc. noone seems to be hiring in the immediate area most on jobs nd are just collecting apps and resumes have even went direct to corporate offices

[dakotey]

ND job service??? What a joke !
They should close shop and put everything on the internet...save money and run the website with a skeleton crew. Every one I know has had little luck with them getting a job for over $7-$8 an hour. job service is a place for people who can't get a job anywhere else to work and suck off the Government for a paycheck.
They try tell you how to get a job when if they were in your shoes they couldn't survive if they didn't have their Govt. job.
I know this from personal inside experience. Not just a guess !!

[liem336]

I can't help but suggest Grand Forks. I loved it. Many jobs, colleges, shopping. Great schools etc. I lived there for 9 yrs. and then moved to a smaller community about 45 min. north and west called Park River. Very family friendly town of about 1500. It is a growing community with it's own hospital and many other booming businesses. I just moved to Oklahoma this past July due to a Military move and happen to still have a home in Park River for sale, very reasonable.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by RelocatingFam

We want to buy and move to ND from Los Angeles (no jobs and and way expensive here!), but have no idea what are the BEST areas for a 35 yr old couple with a 1 yr old little boy, and a 2 yr old little baby girl. PLEASE HELP! We also need to know if there are jobs, and where in ND its better?...would it be good or possible to live closer to Canada for jobs? PLEASE help us! We're looking on moving March 01, 2008, but want to take a drive and check out some areas first..

It's very brave of you to move to North Dakota with children since that state is the only state in the union to have lost population, however by a small amount, since 2000.

[ebitdadada]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

It's very brave of you to move to North Dakota with children since that state is the only state in the union to have lost population, however by a small amount, since 2000.

How does that make him brave?

[MikeyToo]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

It's very brave of you to move to North Dakota with children since that state is the only state in the union to have lost population, however by a small amount, since 2000.

The most recent stats about the North Dakota population.
The population was at its lowest in 2003, approximately 633,000, but since that year, the population has gained 7000 new citizens, bringing it to a wopping 640,000 and still growing. Also, North Dakota is one of the few states in the USA where manufacturing is growing.

[chester]

I saw the same census update. They said that Rhode Island, and Michigan both lost people in the last year. Lousiana came back with 50,000 which is up from the 250,000 they lost since Katrina. I think the oil boom in the western part of the state is adding a lot of the population gain in western ND. It will be interesting to see the official census in 2010. Williston alone (but not according to NDData center or Census bureau estimates) has gained nearly 3,000 new jobs in the past couple of years according the jobservice of ND...I'm guessing the same in the Dickinson area as well. It will be interesting to see what the official census is when all is said and done in a couple more years.

[Roloff1976]

Yes, I agree Chester. I saw statistics released from the ND data center out in Fargo, for the last couple years, they said Williston was dropping in population. Last year they said it grew by only a hundred or so. Yet, there are no apts available to live in. Houses being built all over town. Trailer courts full. Even a trailer court that was closed after the last bust, now open again with nearly 100 trailers in it. I'm guessing the ND data center gets their statistics from the census bureau, and the census bureau doesn't have a clue what is going on in most parts of the country. Locals up in Williston figure with the influx of people that have filled up the once half empty apts., new homes, motels full (people living in motels until they can get housing), etc... the population has gone from 12,500 a few years ago to around 15,000 today. But, like you said, we will find out in 2010.