The job market continues to defy the odds. Despite rising interest rates and high inflation, employers added 339-thousand jobs last month. Several sectors added jobs from construction to restaurants to and healthcare. The unemployment rate inched up to 3-point-7 percent.
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The number of available job vacancies in North Dakota declined slightly last month. The Labor Market Information Center says the state had a total of 15,061 open and available online job openings in May. That’s down -4.6 percent (-725) from the prior month and -22.3 percent (-4,335) from the same month one year ago.
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Shawn Dobberstein, Hector International Airport’s executive director, has been appointed to a two-year term on the American Association Airport Executives Board of Directors alongside nineteen other individuals. Dobberstein will represent the Great Lakes…
