DEED Roundup -- March 17, 2014

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          DEED Roundup - March 17, 2014

 

DEED in the News

Minnesota Jobless rate Holds Steady at 4.7 Percent
Star Tribune-03/13/14
The state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.7 percent, significantly below the national unemployment rate of 6.6 percent.

Midwest Ag Enterprises Receives Special Recognition
Marshall Independent-03/17/14
Marshall company, which sells animal feed products, honored for developing international markets. 'It's a very, very good honor to have this kind of recognition,' said Jim Moline, Midwest Ag president.  

Minnesota Awards $3.3M to Tech, Community Colleges for Worker Training
Mpls/St. Paul Business Journal-03/14/14
Eighteen Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grants awarded to MnSCU institutions to train 4,294 people.   

Did You Know?

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Recent Press Releases

DEED Partners with MnSCU to Expand Opportunities for Workers
Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Program leverages $8.9M from partnering businesses and educational institutions.

State Adds Jobs for 6th Straight Month
Minnesota employers added 600 jobs in January, according to DEED figures. Revised figures also show the state gained 12,661 more jobs than first reported over the previous 21 months. That put total employment in the state over 2.8 million in December for the first time in history.

Trade Office Names Director of Foreign Direct Investment
Laurence Reszetar will oversee four foreign trade offices and spearhead efforts to attract more foreign direct investment to the state. He'll join the MTO on March 19.

Recent Blog Posts

Get Mar 27 on the Calendar: It's the Get Jobs Job Fair
Bus transportation, Stevie Ray, workshops, 100 employers. All this -- and it's free, too.

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