Carey Fry, Fargo Workforce Center Manager for Job Service North Dakota, said the change would help agencies work together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWork together more effectively than if we\u2019re all doing our own little avenue of workforce development,\u201d Fry said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWorking together we will be duplicating a lot of services and better be able to provide those services to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
Healthcare hiring needs<\/p>\n
Cass County has 3,336 open jobs, with 1,059 in healthcare alone.<\/p>\n
Essentia Health employs 3,382 people across the state in full- and part-time positions.<\/p>\n
Terri Nystrom, Director of Workforce Strategy at Essentia Health, said the organization is focused on filling positions and training students for the right areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutting forth all of our efforts to fill our positions or to get students trained into the right areas,\u201d Nystrom said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we got patients that need to be served. There\u2019s other dynamics that need to be included in that along with, perhaps it\u2019s what we\u2019re doing with secondary, post-secondary schools. It might be doing what we\u2019re doing with internal mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenna Klepatz, Director of Talent Acquisition at Essentia Health, said nursing remains a consistent need.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do see that year after year,\u201d Klepatz said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSome of our other areas we\u2019re seeing for biggest needs and maybe the most challenging to fill are some of our allied health roles, as we\u2019re looking at surg techs, imaging, so anything within the radiology space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Long-term care staffing![\"Percent](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EPXM2HGWBBE3HBT7ZDGQY3T6EE.png\")
Percent change in health care sector employment since February 2020.(North Dakota Long Term Care Association)<\/p>\n