Employment

Business in all industries have been having a hard time finding potential employees, but it for Wyoming, it has been increasingly difficult.

K2Radio News sat down with Dawn Lacko, the executive director at NowCap Services, to talk about a program that helps people with disabilities in Casper and Rock Springs to find and keep employment as well as learn valuable skills for living a happy, meaningful life.

The global pandemic has caused a major dent in the workforce everywhere, but in America, few places have been hit as hard as Wyoming.

Wyoming saw the highest visitation rates in the second quarter to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks this year, while the Delta variant has slowed some of the employment gains.

Now that the job market is opening up once again, it's nice to see the Cowboy State represented lovely.

Here are a few reasons why

15% reduction in jobs since March.

If you are doing a job, you should be very thankful. There's a new study that shows many people aren't doing what they love and would gladly take a pay cut to make the change.

Monday, Blackjewel failed to secure $20 million in emergency funding, and then immediately closed the mines and sent more than 600 mine workers home.

The state's unemployment rate dropped slightly in the fourth quarter to 4.1 percent, slightly higher than the national rate of 3.8 percent.

If you are in the market for new employment opportunities, Amazon is hiring over 3000 remote workers around the country.

Finding a job can be relatively simple as long as you're not shooting for the stars or you are okay with freezing your butt off in the middle of nowhere for weeks on end.