Are you looking for a job? Well pack up and move to North Dakota! It is the state way up North, close to Canada, the state that no one lives in, no one has cared about since the movie "Fargo" and the floods, but has a surplus of jobs. In May non farm payroll employment was up 4.3% from the year before, and the unassuming state sported a gaudy 3.2% unemployment rate. In several counties, the rate is below one percent. The state jobs office has 15,205 listings, up 64% from May 2010. North Dakota, which is one of the smallest states by population (about 670,000) and one of the largest geographically, has .7 unemployed persons for every job opening. In the U.S., the labor force participation rate is an anemic 64.2%. In North Dakota, it stands at 74%. Oil is a major part of this increase of money int he state. Last year they produced 113 million barrels of American oil, yay! President of the North Dakota Petroleum Council said, "On any given Monday, we've got 1,700 job openings directly related to the oil industry." If that is not a job you would want think about McDonalds. There an entry level job pays $12.50 to $15.00 an hour. Even low-skilled jobs can command high wages: $1,500 per week for cooks or $1,000 per week for housekeepers. Could North Dakota be the new Texas? Possibly. I cannot imagine a lot of people rushing to move there, it is a dull place, but you cannot beat jobs with great pay, even if you are used to the city life. I am giving North Dakota a Digit Up for rising up in this horrible economic time. They are doing things with oil that many other states could, but they refuse to because they are afraid of the possible toxic side effects. Do you know what is worse than possibly getting toxic waste in your water? Not having any water at all because you are homeless and jobless and your kids are
crying and asking you to fix it but you cannot fix it because you are just as lost as they are. Shame on you states...shame on you. Ha!
Are you looking for a job? Well pack up and move to North Dakota! It is the state way up North, close to Canada, the state that no one lives in, no one has cared about since the movie "Fargo" and the floods, but has a surplus of jobs. In May non farm payroll employment was up 4.3% from the year before, and the unassuming state sported a gaudy 3.2% unemployment rate. In several counties, the rate is below one percent. The state jobs office has 15,205 listings, up 64% from May 2010. North Dakota, which is one of the smallest states by population (about 670,000) and one of the largest geographically, has .7 unemployed persons for every job opening. In the U.S., the labor force participation rate is an anemic 64.2%. In North Dakota, it stands at 74%. Oil is a major part of this increase of money int he state. Last year they produced 113 million barrels of American oil, yay! President of the North Dakota Petroleum Council said, "On any given Monday, we've got 1,700 job openings directly related to the oil industry." If that is not a job you would want think about McDonalds. There an entry level job pays $12.50 to $15.00 an hour. Even low-skilled jobs can command high wages: $1,500 per week for cooks or $1,000 per week for housekeepers. Could North Dakota be the new Texas? Possibly. I cannot imagine a lot of people rushing to move there, it is a dull place, but you cannot beat jobs with great pay, even if you are used to the city life. I am giving North Dakota a Digit Up for rising up in this horrible economic time. They are doing things with oil that many other states could, but they refuse to because they are afraid of the possible toxic side effects. Do you know what is worse than possibly getting toxic waste in your water? Not having any water at all because you are homeless and jobless and your kids are 
crying and asking you to fix it but you cannot fix it because you are just as lost as they are. Shame on you states...shame on you. Ha!
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