The ATG-Cognizant offices in Missoula's Old Sawmill District housed most of the company's nearly 200 employees in Montana in 2019. The company is building a new facility to accomodate employees. TOM BAUER, Missoulian
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DAVID ERICKSON david.erickson@missoulian.com Missoula’s thriving high-tech and service industries have a diverse array of companies that hire applicants of all backgrounds. Whether you’re interested in software engineering or digital marketing or mapping technology, the Garden City has become a hot spot in Montana for those seeking to land wellpaying jobs. And in a complete reversal from the depths of the Great Recession just a decade ago, the
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city of Missoula is overflowing with jobs and wage increases but there are few workers willing to take the offers. “The job market in Missoula did take a big hit early on in the pandemic, but now it seems to be rebounding,” explained Christina Quick Henderson, the executive director of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance, an organization headquartered in Missoula. “A number of the businesses we saw that had to cut jobs when they abruptly lost revenues in the beginning of the pandemic have pivoted and have been able to pick up and rehire. In
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that sense the job market is good.” For everything from whitewater rafting camp counselors to lifeguards and police officers, city managers just can’t get enough qualified applicants even though they’ve boosted wages and offer highly competitive benefits. Other companies just sailed right along through the pandemic, Quick Henderson noted. “Some companies have done well all along and never really had to make job cuts,” she said. “They’re really going full steam ahead and those companies have been continuously posting jobs and their products have been in
