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Final Funding Secured to Update Duluth Docks
Duluth News Tribune-12/31/14
The long-awaited $16M rebuild and expansion of the port of Duluth’s Docks C and D will begin at the end of May. A $990K contamination cleanup grant secured from DEED will be matched by the Port Authority and allow for the $16M project to commence with site cleanup.
Compass Datacenters Gets Boost from Minnesota's Tech Push
CRN-12/30/14
Compass Datacenters, a third-party certified data center provider based in Dallas, Texas, is the latest IT company to benefit from a tech infrastructure push by Minnesota. The company is opening its first data center in the Minneapolis area. The expansion was made possible in part by a tax credit from the state.
DEED Unemployment Insurance Program Wins National Award
Hometown Focus-12/31/14
The U.S. Department of Labor presented DEED with its 2014 Performance Excellence Award for Unemployment Insurance Appeals during the National Association of State Workforce Agencies annual UI directors’ conference.
Minnesota Ranks no. 2 in Business Conditions Index
Finance and Commerce-1/2/15
Minnesota continues to show positive business growth, extending a two-year streak. The state posted a score of 61.4 in December’s Business Conditions Index, a survey of supply managers by Creighton University. The score is up slightly from November’s 58 and better than December 2013’s score of 58.9.
Assisting Jobless with Job Searching
Hibbing Daily Tribune-1/2/15
The Minnesota WorkForce Center has several job fairs scheduled in the first few months of 2015 — some on the Iron Range, another in Duluth, one geared toward veterans in the Twin Cities area.
Millennials are on the move to Minneapolis, according to a study from RealtyTrac.
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Magnum Machining Workforce to Receive Training with DEED Grant
DEED awarded Magnum Machining a $50,000 Job Training Incentive Pilot award to train their workforce. Located in Deerwood and Ironton, Magnum Machining designs, engineers, manufactures and assembles precision Computer Numeric Controlled products and components.
DEED Unemployment Insurance Program Wins National Award
DEED won a national award from the U.S. Department of Labor for creating an innovative training program for its unemployment law (UI) judges and for developing an online self-service scheduling system for appealing decisions on UI benefits.
 When adding new work experience to your resume, how picky do you need to be when it comes to your dates of experience? It may seem like a simple decision, but employers look for candidates with few gaps in employment. Read on.
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 Here's government innovation with a capital I: The city of St. Paul's Right Track youth employment program, one of the Office of Youth Development's competitive grantees, recently received a Bush Foundation-sponsored Minnesota Local Government Innovation Award. Right Track helps diverse St. Paul youth get good jobs through early work experiences and skills development. The program includes providing city-subsidized jobs in the parks, libraries, and nonprofit organizations; matching youth with employer-paid internships and skills training; and offering advanced opportunities in such sectors as technology and emergency medical services. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota administers the Minnesota local government innovation awards for cities, counties and schools. |
