City Wants to Help Find Workers to Fill 2,300 Job Openings in Sioux Falls

Unemployed at the moment, or maybe just looking for a new job? The city of Sioux Falls wants to help.

Sioux Falls has an abundance of jobs, the only problem, we need to find people to fill them.

That's what Mayor Mike Huether aims to do with the city's new billboard, kiosk and website advertisement campaign.

The campaign was launched last Thursday in an effort to recruit workers from around the region to help fill more than 2,300 job vacancies.

The website, part of the campaign, will help direct job-seekers to employer websites where applications can be submitted.

Darrin Smith, director of Sioux Falls Community Development says, "It's a link to an easy-to-use, easy-to-navigate site that they can forward to friends and family anywhere in the country and all across the globe."

The billboard and kiosk aspect, will feature Huether touting the available jobs and the address for the website.

Right now signs have been placed at the Sioux Falls airport and the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls. The long term plan is to also have them placed in other cities around the region, including Minneapolis; Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.

More than $35,000 has been spent by the Community Development office preparing for the launch of the new campaign. City officials are negotiating with a private company to operate the website, and there also will be monthly costs associated with the billboard and kiosk advertising.

Source: MPRnews