crime rate. >> abraham was union worker at chrysler in illinois.k a buy-out in the downsizing and couldn't find another job. he was desperate for work selling possessions for cash. until he picked up and headed west to south dakota. >> there are jobs everywhere. if you go down the street, everybody is hiring. mcdonald's is hiring for almost $11 an hour. >> in fact, south dakota has a ton of jobs employers can't fill. 11,000 of them. trail king, ceo hired recruiting firm to find welders. >> anybody that has got skills, if they want a job, they can get a job. tomorrow. >> the labor shortage here is so acute that governor duggard is paying manpower $5 million to find 1,000 new workers. >> colony or financial services. engineering. information technology. in the skills manufacturing trades. machining and high-skilled welding. >> it's not just south theco the. today's jolt survey on job opening and labor turnover found at the end of july there were 3.7 million jobs available across the country. >> you hear about the 8% plus unemployment rate. and we can