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Bad Winter? Cheer Up. A Tough Climate Could Make for Great Business
Entrepreneur-2/17/15
Ask most people what they know about Minnesota and they’re quick to mention the cold and unforgiving winters that can vaporize boiling water into a fine mist of snow in seconds.
DEED: Grant funds Anoka-Ramsey College Training for Zimmerman Machining business
HometownSource.com-2/18/15
DEED has awarded Anoka-Ramsey Community College a $49,791 MJSP grant to train the UMA Precision Machining workforce.
Choice of Words Can Mean a Lot for People with Disabilities
Duluth News Tribune-2/22/15
Until you hear insiders say people with disabilities are the largest minority group in the country, it can be difficult to think of them in that way.
Broadband Appetite Grows in Upper Minnesota River Valley
Daily Globe-2/16/15
Work comes before play in the countryside, so it should come as no surprise that economic needs are driving a growing appetite to develop broadband service in the five rural counties -- Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Chippewa, Swift and Yellow Medicine -- served by the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
 Today in Minnesota History: On Feb 23, 1983 -- another miracle! Eveleth native Mark Pavelich becomes the first US-born National Hockey League player to score five goals in a game when the member of the gold medal–winning 'Miracle on Ice' 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team leads the NY Rangers to victory over the Hartford Whalers.
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First-time MJSP Applicant UMA Precision Machining to Receive Workforce Training
DEED has awarded Anoka-Ramsey Community College a $49,791 MJSP grant to train the UMA Precision Machining workforce. Located in Zimmerman in Sherburne County, the company is a small precision machine shop serving the medical, military and food and beverage industries.
 Fifty percent of employers know about a candidate within five minutes. Poor eye contact, bad posture and week handshakes are among the most common body language mistakes, according to a CareerBuilder survey. But there are others. Read on.
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 Working with state and national service providers and $2M from the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Minnesota served and trained more than 300 low-income adults 55 and older through the Senior Community Service Employment program -- SCSEP -- in 2014. The program exceeded its performance goals; More than half were hired into unsubsidized employment and 70 percent retained employment. The program also received a $350,000 grant to improve unsubsidized job placements through increased employer engagement. Job developers funded by the grant will work with employers to identify jobs and match participants with new jobs. This cooperative model of job development has already positively affected the SCSEP performance goals and outcomes. |
