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Businesses offer incentives as they struggle to hire new employees It s hard to find people, with pandemic and unemployment it s just been really hard to find workers.
May 7, 2021
Many COVID-19 restrictions have eased in North Dakota and Minnesota is beginning to end some of theirs.
Some businesses are hoping to better meet the needs of their customers, but due to a lack of labor it may be difficult to keep up with client demand.
“Our region is facing issues of workforce shortage and we were before the pandemic, we still are now and will continue to be as the pandemic restrictions are eased off a bit,” Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Public Policy Katie Mastel said.
Diversion project construction will fuel massive economic boom in Fargo-Moorhead
Steps are being taken to increase participation of the local workforce in construction of the $2.75 billion metro flood diversion project the more local workers involved, the greater the economic benefit during construction, a study shows. Written By: Patrick Springer | ×
Electrician apprentice Ndihoreye Soliba wires a circuit Monday, Feb. 8, at the Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Fargo. Supporting registered construction apprenticeships is a way of increasing the local construction workforce and maximizing the economic benefits of building the $2.75 billion flood diversion project, according to officials. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
FARGO The massive diversion project to protect the metro area from severe flooding will create a prolonged construction boom that will employ up to 7,700 construction workers and fuel an economic bonanza.