Where are the jobs? North Dakota

Where are the jobs? North Dakota; North Dakota companies are recruiting workers from around the nation. The state escaped the economic meltdown plaguing the rest of the U.S.
Need a job? Move to ND. In May, ND tied for the lowest unemployment rate in the nation -- a mere 4.4% -- & added 3,000 jobs in the past month. Only NE had as low a rate. The national unemployment rate rose to a 26-year high of 9.4%. Labor experts attribute the state's good fortune to its diverse range of industries. All sectors are seeing growth, even the oil industry, which contracted quite a bit after last year's price spike. Mining, construction & agriculture all experienced double-digit employment growth since 2000. Health care & transportation are also key industries. "We've quietly doing well. We don't have highs & we don't have the lows. It's just the conservative nature of ND," said Michael Ziesch, research analyst at Job Service ND, ND