Daily financial show Marketplace ran a segment about the flourishing job market in North Dakota. Sometime construction worker Milton Moore (not pictured, as far as I know) discovered the state's opportunities through an increasingly common social connection.

Moore works in construction when he can get work. But with all his free time lately, he's been playing a lot of Xbox, and it was through a chat room on that video-game system that he started talking to a fellow player.

MOORE: And we were talking jobs, and he was like, 'You should come to North Dakota.' So we had this nice little lengthy conversation on North Dakota, the population and the whole woo-wop.

Moore was intrigued so he sent his resume to a bunch of North Dakota employers. He's ready and willing to move when the call comes.