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Dennis Daugaard on Jobs
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Help find jobs for those unemployed over 12 weeks
In May, the Department of Labor and Regulation instituted a new program to help those on unemployment for more than 12 weeks to find a job quickly.The program requires participants to be actively searching for work, honing old skills or learning new o
Source: South Dakota 2013 State of the State Address
, Jan 8, 2013
Dakota Roots: invite former South Dakotans back home to work
We redoubled our efforts to market Dakota Roots, a successful program to invite former South Dakotans back home to work. Through a focused campaign using social media, we had a record number of new job seekers enter the Dakota Roots program.
Last year alone, this program brought 536 South Dakotans back home to take a job here.We have also begun work on the New South Dakotans program, which partners with South Dakota companies to recruit skilled out-of-state workers into South Dakota.
The program has gotten off to a slower start than I had hoped, but it is beginning to show results. So far, businesses from across South Dakota, 35 of them have enrolled in the program, listing over 250 job openings. They have successfully attracted
55 out-of-state workers, to accept hard-to-fill positions that we couldn't fill after thirty days in South Dakota. I'm hopeful that as more businesses use the program, the success will grow.
Source: South Dakota 2013 State of the State Address
, Jan 8, 2013
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