By Dave Thompson

BISMARCK, N.D. (Prairie Public Radio) – The “Help Wanted” signs are out all over North Dakota.

As of the end of May, Job Service North Dakota listed 18,000 job openings.

Bryan Klipfel is the interim director of Job Service North Dakota.

Klipfel says there continue to be openings in health care, trucking, administration and retail. He says the state is doing some things to help people get back to work. One was ending the federal unemployment pandemic payments in June.

Klipfel says he also hopes to find ways to remove some of the barriers people face in returning to work.