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Help wanted in Helena, Montana: Low unemployment rate leaves employers struggling to find workers

The signs are virtually everywhere in Helena: "Now Hiring," "Help Wanted" and "Apply Inside." If you look at an online job board, you will see hundreds of local job openings posted.

Montana, and Helena specifically, has had a shortage of workers for a few years now. More businesses, from retail to professional work, are posting help wanted ads to attract working people.

Montana’s economy has grown since the Great Recession of the late 2000s. Since then, the state has seen steady wage growth while the unemployment rate has dropped on a fairly consistent basis over the past several years.

This led to the situation today, when there are more jobs than warm bodies to fill them.

TYLER MANNING [email protected]

https://helenair.com/news/local/help-wanted-in-helena-low-unemployment-rate-leaves-employers-struggling/article_554c5fc9-ac7f-5215-b4ea-a1df0960570f.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

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