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If You Left, Maine Wants You Back

July 13, 2017

Employers and recruiters looking to fill positions in Maine are scouring the U.S. for people who once lived in the northern New England state in hopes work will coax them back.

With the state’s unemployment rate hovering at 3.5%, near record lows, the labor market is tight, particularly in the southern part of the state near Portland, Maine’s largest city with 67,000 residents.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/maine-employers-coax-former-residents-home-to-fill-jobs-1501502401

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