Labor shortage could last longer than this year, recruiters, business leaders say

But, despite the influx of openings, business leaders said there are few resumes floating around.

“It’s a numbers game,” said Mason Rademacher, the vice president of workforce and talent for the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce. “We don’t have enough people to even fill all of the open jobs that we currently have.”

The latest openings report from North Dakota Job Service shows the state added nearly 18,000 jobs in May of this year, while Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development said its state added just over 12,000 jobs.

David Dietz, the president and CEO of Preference Employment Solutions in Fargo, said he’s been busy trying to find work for…

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