With only 17,000 unemployed workers in Maine and 32,000 job openings, we need every worker we can get.įrom our aging population, to our declining school enrollment, to our need for young families to move to Maine to enhance our culture and grow our economy, this is exactly what we need.īut most importantly, it’s also great to see no one decrying this effort to bring new families to our state as ruinous to our culture, worsening our housing crisis, causing a spike in crime, or costing too much in regard to public services.īecause, of course, every time we talk about the doctors, lawyers, teachers, mechanics, engineers, and others who come to Maine as asylees fleeing persecution and death, our response among too many is somewhat less than encouraging.Īfter less than 750 immigrants arriving in Maine over a ten week period (less than 75 people a week), Senator Susan Collins sent a strongly worded letter to the Biden administration saying, “I urge you to take immediate action to prevent” more asylees from coming to Maine. Our current unemployment rate is at an historic low of 2.6%. I hope they put these billboards up coast to coast. The nonprofit says they have seen a 76% uptick in web visits and the number of people applying from Texas for the thousands of jobs they have listed has doubled. “Can you picture yourself in Maine? Good, so can we” One sign reads.
They put up billboards in Texas encouraging people to move here with two other non-profits, Boots2Roots and Northern Light Health. Live + Work Maine recently launched an innovative campaign to recruit thousands of new workers to Maine.
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