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Originally Posted by DaninEGF
The worker shortage is the number 1 issue among businesses in the state and the reason for not expanding into the state. This was detailed in the Grand Forks paper...where the worker shortage for construction and fast food/retail is extreme. And it is worse in other areas of the state. If you can pass a drug test and show up for work....you can get a job. Now most starting wages for retail I have seen locally in the Red River valley 10-12/hr no experience.... for construction higher.... and for manufacturing (American Crystal Sugar for example) higher yet....15-20/hr. My wife's nephew out of high school went one year to Bismarck State College and the one year on the job training to be a lineman...one who works way up on electrical poles. Obviously not for everyone. But he is now 21 and making 35/hr doing that. He does have to travel around the southwestern part of the state as needed....but company pays for any housing needed while on the job. He is based in Bismarck.
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Too bad California is not booming and is like this. There are more job applicants with very few jobs available.
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