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Restaurants Struggling to Find Help
KARE 11-8/16/16
Some Twin Cities businesses are struggling to find workers these days, especially in the restaurant industry. Recent numbers from DEED confirm that the labor market is tight. During the fourth quarter last year, the state had  96,000 full and part-time vacancies. More than half of those were in the Twin Cities. What's going on? DEED says it’s a combination of the job market growing and more baby boomers leaving the labor force.

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Minnesota Gains 11,300 Jobs in July
Minnesota employers added 11,300 jobs in July, according to seasonally adjusted figures released last week by DEED. Those figures, combined with revised data that showed the state gained 2,400 more jobs than originally reported in June, brought employment gains in the state to 44,034 over the past year. The Minnesota unemployment rate rose 0.1 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted 3.9 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in July.

DEED Seeking Grant Reviewers
DEED is seeking volunteer participants to join a newly created grants review panel to review proposals for the six programs designed to increase economic opportunities for people of color, women, youth, people with disabilities and veterans. Participants will work in partnership with DEED and other state agency staff to review submissions from organizations that are applying to provide services under the programs.

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Minnesota was one of five states selected by the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness to collaborate on the group’s Data Sharing for State Policy Making and Program Evaluation Initiative. This two-year effort aims to help states use privacy-protected administrative data, such as those captured in corporate tax and unemployment insurance records, to analyze public investments in economic and workforce development. More details are here.