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Jobs are everywhere in Nebraska. Workers? Not so much

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Kawasaki Career Fair, 9.16

Kawasaki's Heidi Treptow-Reffert (second from left) helps prospective employees use laptops to complete employment applications Thursday during a career fair at the plant. The manufacturer is looking to hire 550 workers in the next 18 months as it expands.

Godfather's Pizza

Godfather's Pizza announced Monday on Facebook that it was closing its restaurant near 48th Street and Nebraska 2 for an undetermined amount of time because of a lack of staff.

The "NOW HIRING" sign is up outside the Burger King in Havelock after several employees quit recently. On their final day, they changed the sign to read, "WE ALL QUIT."

The Burger King at 2045 S. 17th St. is using its marquee to advertise for managers.

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US Weekly Jobless Claims Hit , New Pandemic-Era Low. The Labor Department reported a total of 348,000 jobless claims for the week that ended on Aug. 14. The number is down 29,000 from the previous week and less than the Dow Jones estimate of 365,000. Ongoing claims fell to 2.82 million, which is also a new pandemic-era low. First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit a new low, despite worries over the delta variant. The last time claims were this low was Mar. 14, 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic declaration was announced. Despite the new low, the jobs gap remains large, with six million fewer Americans being considered employed now than prior to the pandemic. Economists suspect a number of reasons for this, including many workers pushing for extra protections as a result of the ongoing pandemic. As a result, wages have been increasing with average hourly wages up 4% year over year in July

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Kawasaki to expand in Lincoln, add hundreds of jobs

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Lincoln unemployment rate continues to drop to unheard-of levels

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Lincoln-based Monolith announces plans to hire 200 people

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Lincoln, Nebraska economies appear to be booming. How long can it last?

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Photos: A look inside Lincoln's growing Kawasaki plant

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A Jet Ski advances on the assembly line at Kawasaki's plant in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

Utility vehicles roll down the assembly line at Kawasaki on Monday. The Lincoln plant announced a $200 million expansion focused on its consumer products division and rail car operations.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

Welders put together vehicle frames on Monday at Kawasaki in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

Frames for utility vehicles stretch down an assembly line in 2021 at Kawasaki's plant in Lincoln.

Journal Star file photo

Kawasaki

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing is planning a $200 million expansion of the company's operations in northwest Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

Kawasaki plans to expand its Lincoln operations, which include building rail cars for New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

A Kawasaki employee unloads cut pipes in 2021.

Journal Star file photo

Kawasaki

A Kawasaki employee applies decals to a utility vehicle on the Lincoln plant's assembly line in July. Like many other businesses in the state, Kawasaki's plans to expand are largely dependent on finding more people to fill available jobs.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo

Kawasaki

Rail cars sit outside the function test building on Monday at Kawasaki's plant in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

Finished vehicles are stacked in a warehouse at Kawasaki's plant in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

A robotic welder works on Monday at Kawasaki in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

Frames for UTVs stretch down an assembly line on Monday at Kawasaki in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Kawasaki

A look inside a nearly completed rail car manufactured at Kawasaki's plant in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

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Kawasaki's rail car division has continued to grow in Lincoln.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

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