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The AP reports that North Dakota, the third least populated state in the union (pop. 635,867 per a July 2006 census), is so desperate for professional workers that it is holding job fairs in Chicago and Denver to lure back their homegrown talent that moved away for better opportunities. The state held such a job fair in St. Paul, Minn. last fall, attended by 450 job seekers. The AP reported on a landscape architect, a native of North Dakota, who earned his degree at the North Dakota State University in Fargo, but left the state for Minnesota because N.D. did not have a practice act at the time. The young LA wanted his degree to have the weight of law behind it and sought greater opportunities in his chosen field. That young landscape architect and his wife have now returned to Bismarck, N.D. In Jan. 2005 the state?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s landscape architecture practice act went into effect. The wife worked as a business analysis in Minneapolis and is now doing similar work in Bismarck. She gave birth to their son shortly after the move home. The couple lives near their parents. N.D. Gov. John Hoeven is pitching ?EUR??,,????'?????<?quality jobs (10,000 available), quality of life, and a good, safe place to live and raise a family.?EUR??,,????'?????<? North Dakota?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s message to transplanted natives is, ?EUR??,,????'?????<?You can always come home.?EUR??,,????'?????<? In fact, the state figures it is too difficult to recruit non-North Dakotans, as many people envision the state as too cold and remote. About 70 businesses are signed to attend the Chicago job fair and a similar number for Nov. 17 in Denver. These companies are all offering professional jobs paying more than $30,000 a year plus benefits. For more information, visit jobsnd.com
The AP reports that North Dakota, the third least populated state in the union (pop. 635,867 per a July 2006 census), is so desperate for professional workers that it is holding job fairs in Chicago and Denver to lure back their homegrown talent that moved away for better opportunities.
The state held such a job fair in St. Paul, Minn. last fall, attended by 450 job seekers.
The AP reported on a landscape architect, a native of North Dakota, who earned his degree at the North Dakota State University in Fargo, but left the state for Minnesota because N.D. did not have a practice act at the time. The young LA wanted his degree to have the weight of law behind it and sought greater opportunities in his chosen field.
That young landscape architect and his wife have now returned to Bismarck, N.D. In Jan. 2005 the state?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s landscape architecture practice act went into effect. The wife worked as a business analysis in Minneapolis and is now doing similar work in Bismarck. She gave birth to their son shortly after the move home. The couple lives near their parents.
N.D. Gov. John Hoeven is pitching ?EUR??,,????'?????<?quality jobs (10,000 available), quality of life, and a good, safe place to live and raise a family.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
North Dakota?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s message to transplanted natives is, ?EUR??,,????'?????<?You can always come home.?EUR??,,????'?????<? In fact, the state figures it is too difficult to recruit non-North Dakotans, as many people envision the state as too cold and remote.
About 70 businesses are signed to attend the Chicago job fair and a similar number for Nov. 17 in Denver. These companies are all offering professional jobs paying more than $30,000 a year plus benefits.
For more information, visit jobsnd.com
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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