Jobs are available in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development reported Tuesday that state employers had 60,400 vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2013. That is the most openings in the fourth quarter for nine years. Job vacancies were 2.6 percent higher than the same period in 2012. Still, there were 2.1 jobless Minnesotans for every open job.
According to the study, 45 percent of openings were in greater Minnesota. Compared with a year earlier, job vacancies were up 11.3 percent in greater Minnesota and down 3.6 percent in the Twin Cities.
Health care and social assistance had the most job vacancies, followed by retail trade.
Businesses with 10 to 249 employees accounted for 64.5 percent of the vacancies.
