Katie Rolston Howe, director of workforce development for the North Dakota Department of Commerce, delivers remarks Aug. 21, 2024, during a Global Talent Summit at the Heritage Center that focused on workforce issues. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
North Dakota workforce needs and the capabilities of immigrant and refugee labor took center stage during the inaugural Global Talent Summit hosted by the state Office of Legal Immigration at the Heritage Center last Wednesday.
More than 13,000 job openings were posted online for the state in July, which Katie Rolston Howe, director of the workforce division for the Department of Commerce, said she…