Good afternoon, and thank you for your continued dedication to New Hampshire and our economic well-being in these challenging times.

As all New Hampshire businesses are now able to reopen, finding employees is one of the major challenges they face.  In our ongoing mission to help employers meet those needs, the Department of Business and Economic Affairs has partnered with New Hampshire Employment Security (NHES) to develop an online workforce recruitment portal. Launched last week, it features over 1,000 job openings, with the majority in long-term care facilities and manufacturing.  The portal is open to all businesses, across all sectors, seeking employees.  I would urge any employer in need of identifying workforce to connect with our partners at NHES at covidrecruit@nhes.nh.gov to get their information posted.

Maintaining the momentum toward economic recovery that we have all worked hard to do requires that we all work together.  We must also maintain a recognition that this pandemic is not over and that we must remain vigilant in order to stay on this path.

Here at BEA, we have developed a number of products to help tell that story of supporting our local businesses and remaining vigilant, and I wanted to pass those along for you to use however you see fit.

Our "Stronger Together" video urges people to support their local businesses as they continue to recover.

Early on, we launched a business support website which can also provide a good deal of information for businesses either on the site itself or via our "Business Help" portal.

Our "Discover Your New" tourism marketing campaign is targeting NH residents to consider a "staycation" this year.

Lastly, our "Don't Go Viral" public service campaign targets our younger generations and the need to remain vigilant, wear a mask in public, and socially distance in order to control the spread of Covid-19 by reminding them of the consequences that may come from discounting them.

As we continue into the unknown here, it remains critical that we "play the full 60 minutes" and find opportunity to use our economy's strength and resilience to weather the storm.  Our team here at BEA is able to help so please do not hesitate to reach out.

Best wishes for prosperity and health in the coming months,

Taylor Caswell
Commissioner