South Dakota Department of Labor Archives

New ‘Stroll Sioux Falls’ event aims to connect job-seekers, employers

There are more than 10,000 job openings in the Sioux Falls metro area — and the state is taking a new approach to try and fill some of them.

South Dakota has regained 95 percent of the workers lost in April because of the pandemic, according to an overview from the Labor Department.

The number of South Dakotans filing for initial jobless claims appears to be getting back to about where it was before the pandemic.

The number of South Dakotans claiming continued unemployment dropped by about 1,000 people in the most recent report.

South Dakota’s new claims for unemployment took a sharp drop in the past week.

Unemployment might be much higher than average – but a lot of companies are hiring too. We dug in to see who is adding staff.

The number of new claims for unemployment benefits in South Dakota dropped by more than 2,000 people in the latest reporting period.

More than 3,400 South Dakotans filed their initial weekly claim for unemployment benefits in the most recent reporting period.

South Dakota’s unemployment rate reached a record 10.2 percent in April as thousands of new claims were filed in the latest week.

More than 5,000 new South Dakotans filed for unemployment last week, according to the state’s newest look at jobless claims.