Workers in demand in Kootenai County
Kootenai County has over 1,500 postings for jobs at this time. A hiring event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Real Life Ministries, 1860 N. Cecil Road, Post Falls.
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COEUR d'ALENE — The "help wanted" signs fill business windows throughout Kootenai County as the region and the state continue to experience low unemployment numbers.
The county unemployment rate was 4% in January, according to the Idaho Department of Labor, just a hair above the 3.8% national unemployment rate measured by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics in March. Idaho's unemployment rate was 3.3% in February.
Low unemployment means hiring challenges for some industries.
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