Nebraska employers are getting creative — and sometimes more generous — as they try to fill vacancies during the state's acute labor shortage. Nebraska has tens of thousands of job openings at a time when Nebraska's unemployment rate is 2.2%, its lowest since the state began collecting unemp…
Ana Lopez Shalla left Omaha to attend college in Boston and then started her professional life there, loving her budding career as a consultant in one of the nation’s largest cities with her office just off historic Boston Harbor.
Ana Lopez Shalla and her daughter, Claire, 4, play a game inside their Omaha home earlier this month. Lopez Shalla worked in Boston but moved back to Nebraska because she was ready to start a family.
Ana Lopez Shalla and her daughter, Claire, 4, read a book together inside their Omaha home. Moving back to Nebraska was "a bit of a leap of faith,” she said, but it has turned out to be "awesome."
Abbie Gardner, a Wayne State College student from Chadron, is spending her senior year as a paid intern for a Norfolk metals company, part of an effort to nurture and retain Nebraska's young talent.
Adriana Cisneros Basulto and Stephen Enke of Omaha received an international award earlier this year from a human resources organization for their startup tech company.
Ana Lopez Shalla and her daughter, Claire, 4, play a game inside their Omaha home earlier this month. Lopez Shalla worked in Boston but moved back to Nebraska because she was ready to start a family.
Ana Lopez Shalla and her daughter, Claire, 4, read a book together inside their Omaha home. Moving back to Nebraska was "a bit of a leap of faith,” she said, but it has turned out to be "awesome."
Abbie Gardner, a Wayne State College student from Chadron, is spending her senior year as a paid intern for a Norfolk metals company, part of an effort to nurture and retain Nebraska's young talent.
Adriana Cisneros Basulto and Stephen Enke of Omaha received an international award earlier this year from a human resources organization for their startup tech company.