1. While Great Falls has recruited new manufacturing, retail and ser-
vice jobs, raised wages, built more than 500 new apartment units and
has begun revitalizing the downtown and riverfront, Cascade County
actually lost 10 people in the last census estimate while other Montana
cities had big gains, Great Falls Development Authority President
Brett Doney said.
With a low 3.4 percent unemployment rate, Cascade County doesn’t
have that many available workers for companies to hire, he told attend-
ee of the GFDA’s Workforce Recruitment Summit last week.
“Employers across the board tell us they’re having trouble recruit-
ing all types of workers, including for industrial, professional, skilled
and service jobs,” Doney said.
HumanresourceofficialswiththreeGreatFallsemployersinapan-
el discussion agreed there is a need for a unified community workforce
recruitment effort.
Clinical recruiter Taylor Lucero of Benefis Health System said the
hospital is recruiting for all positions but has a particular need for ser-
vice industry jobs such as housekeeping. Nurses, who are so sought
after around the country, also are hard to retain, she said.
Human resources director Marlena Halko of Calumet Montana Re-
fining said the Great Falls branch has a particular difficulty hiring for
RECRUITING
WORKERS A
CHALLENGE
Local area needs unified effort,
human resource officials say
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Great Falls business people examples of community job recruitment efforts
that work during a recent panel discussion.
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TODAY’S YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
Age: 26
Hometown: Fresno, California
Family: My family all resides in
California. My coworkers are the
next best thing. I consider all of
them family.
What I do at work: I’m the
clinical recruiter at Benefis Health
System.
Where I work: Benefis Health
System Human Resources.
My favorite thing about my
job: I originally had gone to
school to become a nurse. After
finishing my undergrad I decided
to take an internship at Benefis,
and the rest is history. Now I get
to work with nurses in a different
capacity and I really enjoy what I
do. My favorite thing about my
job is talking to people every day
about how great our organization
and the community of Great Falls
really is. It is truly a great place to
be.
What I do in my free time: I like
to release stress at the gym and
run the River’s Edge Trail.
Why I live and work in my
town: I live in Great Falls because
I like the friendly community, and
the pace of living. Montana is
gorgeous.
My favorite thing about my
town: Love visiting the local
restaurants and cool local brew-
eries.
Random/interesting/unique
fact about myself: I made a
guest appearance in a Taylor’s
Auto Max commercial.
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the following questions: Name; age; hometown; family; what I do at
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free time; why I live and work in my town; my favorite thing about my
town; random/interesting/unique fact about myself; and Twitter or
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a selfie, it must be submitted with written permission from the pho-
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Please include a phone number.
To submit a profile, contact Roxy Perez at the Chamber of Com-
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Downtown Dice & Games
is open for business at 514
Central Ave.
Owned by Lee and Nicole
Wiegand, the business car-
ries board games, card
games and miniatures. It is
also set up to be a welcom-
ing place for people to hang
out, with sofas and coffee
tables and lots of tables and
chairs, including several in
the mezzanine.
In addition to games,
Downtown Dice & Games
carries a
large inven-
tory of snacks
and drinks.
“We have
big table tops
for people to
play minia-
tures on, we
have board
games demos
at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays
and chess at
6:30 p.m. on
Thursdays,” Lee Wiegand
said. “We have a white board
for game groups. You can
reach out to find other peo-
ple to play a game.”
Downtown Dice & Games
carries a wide inventory and
can help customers find
games for players as young
as 2.
“We can help you find
something for any age and
any attention span,” Wie-
gand said.
The public is invited to a
ribbon cutting at the store at
11 a.m. July 6. On July 10,
there is a Warhammer tour-
nament at 7 p.m.
Downtown Dice & Games
is open from noon to 5 p.m.
Sundays and Mondays and
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tues-
days through Saturdays.
Call 406-952-1144.
Montana Community
Development
Corporation changes
its name
The Montana Community
Development Corp. does
lending in Idaho, so the new
name of the organization is
Montana & Idaho CDC.
New Markets Tax Credit
financing was made avail-
able to Montana CDC’s first
Idaho project in 2012 and the
organization has since lent
$93 million into five projects
that created more than 500
jobs in Idaho. The most
recent, a mixed-use project
in Rexburg, Idaho, was an-
nounced by Sen. Mike Crapo
in March.
In addition to the NMTC
projects, Montana CDC
introduced its entire line of
lending products to Idaho
small businesses in Febru-
ary 2015.
Susan Loyd and Sandy
Broun were two of the first
Idaho clients. A Montana
CDC loan helped them open
Tin Roof Tacos in downtown
Boise.
Chad Hartley needed to
refinance debt to improve
Game
store
opens
Central
location
Shop stocked with
board, card games
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skilled professional positions
becauseitmeanshiringpeople
away from southern plants
that have warmer weather and
often a lower cost of living.
But, she said, the company has
been able to recruit some
knowledgeable former Bak-
ken oil field workers for its ba-
sic jobs.
Brian Elliott, senior man-
ager of the Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Montana’s Great
Falls office, said he’s had good
success hiring for customer
servicecallcenterjobs,inpart
because he’s able to pay good
benefits for the jobs.
Lucero suggested Great
Falls find a way to help new-
ly hired professionals accli-
mate to Great Falls by hav-
ing peers show them what to
do in town, so they don’t
spend all their spare time
watching Netflix.
All three executives said
Great Falls needs more good
quality rental housing at af-
fordable rates so newly
recruited workers have
homes.
Rick Chaffin, a recruiter
for the ADF International
metal fabrication plant, said
his company is working with
Great Falls College Montana
State University to develop
entry level welder’s helpers,
but is facing a challenge in
luring skilled tradesmen to
Great Falls from good jobs
elsewhere. He said he tries
to promote Great Falls as a
good place to raise children
to families and a place with
good access to the river and
mountains for outdoor activ-
ities.
Two outside specialists
suggest strategies to recruit
and retain workers in a labor
market they said is likely to
get even tighter with mem-
bers of the large baby boom
generation retiring.
Rachel Deloffre is a con-
sultant with Development
Counsellors International,
which specializes in market-
ing places for economic de-
velopment. As many as 75
percent of jobs now require
special skills, she said, and
an increasing portion of
younger workers choose
where they want to work for
its quality of life before they
actually look for jobs.
Her suggestions include
sharing positive community
stories with enthusiastic
young professional who can
use the information to be-
come “digital ambassadors,”
touting Great Falls as a fun
place to live and work. De-
loffre also suggests talking
to local high school and col-
lege students about avail-
able careers in northcentral
Montana before they move.
Computer websites
should be “original, useful
and changing,” she said.
Great Falls Chamber of
Commerce President Brad
Livingston said the Chamber
is helping by taking over and
improving a unified Choose
Great Falls community web-
site that will emphasize
available jobs, housing and
why people enjoy their
Great Falls lifestyle, includ-
ing a list of activities and
events.
Brittney Souza, director
of BillingsWorks, an arm of
Billings’ economic develop-
ment agency, said job seek-
ers can be choosier where
they go with tight unemploy-
ment, and that more younger
workers opt first for places
they will enjoy living. They
also tend to listen to their
millennial peers more than
older experts, she said.
People move to new jobs
when they graduate from
college or want to return
home to raise their children,
she said. That’s why Billings
recruits at college career
fairs, giving a list of avail-
ablejobopeningsandanidea
of what it’s like to live there,
she said.
Billings has created a
website called “Your Dream
Career is Here,” which fea-
tures videos of firsthand sto-
ries, including a soccer mom
who also happens to be a top
oil refinery executive, she
said.
Recruiting
Continued from 1B
When it comes to finding
the most American of U.S.-
made cars — the ones built in
an American factory with the
most domestically produced
parts — look no further than
Japan.
ToyotaandHondaarewin-
ning the race when it comes
to having vehicles that would
be considered the most
American, according to Car-
s.com.
For the second year in a
row, the most popular car
that is assembled in the U.S.
with the required percentage
of domestic content is the
Toyota Camry, says Car-
s.com’s annual survey. The
top five all come from Toyota
or Honda.
After the Camry, they in-
clude the Honda Accord se-
dan, Toyota Sienna minivan,
Honda Odyssey minivan and
Honda Pilot SUV.
Only then, in sixth place,
does a Detroit Big 3 vehicle
make an appearance with the
Chevrolet Traverse, a cross-
over SUV, which is followed
by two other General Motors
SUVs: the GMC Acadia and
Buick Enclave. All three are
made in Lansing, Michigan.
In order the make the list,
vehicles have to have at least
75 percent domestic content.
The Camry, Sienna, Odyssey
and Pilot all have 75 percent;
theresthave80 percent,Car-
s.com says.
In the case of Camry, it’s
scale. As the nation’s best-
selling car, it employs the
most Americans to make it,
said Patrick Olsen, Car-
s.com’s editor-in-chief.
Also, blame globalization.
These days, automakers tend
to build vehicles where they
sell them, which protects
them from currency fluctua-
tions and outcries about im-
ports and trade imbalances.
The Camry is assembled for
U.S.customersatfactoriesin
Georgetown, Kentucky, or
Lafayette, Indiana. The Ac-
cord comes from Marysville,
Ohio. Parts maker and fac-
tories that make other com-
ponents, like engines and
transmissions, tend to clus-
ter near the assembly plants.
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