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Minority employment surges since 2010 among worker-hungry Twin Cities employers

Star Tribune 2/16/20

Employment of people of color in the seven-county metropolitan area rose 50% to 430,520 between 2010 and 2018, according to the U.S. Census and Minnesota data, by labor-market analyst Tim O’Neill of DEED.

Minnesota rebrands workforce career centers Star Tribune - 2/13/20 One place to spend time searching for a job or positioning for a promotion is CareerForce. That’s the state’s recently rebranded workforce center system, with dozens of statewide locations and a new website at CareerForceMN.com.

Look to apprenticeships to jump into hot jobs like skilled manufacturing Star Tribune - 2/11/20 For those who are seeking skilled manufacturing and other jobs that need extra training — which employers across the state say are going unfilled because of lack of qualified workers — there are several avenues to tap into apprenticeship opportunities.

Updates from DEED

What Unemployment Claims Tell Us

Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims remain near historic lows in Minnesota, suggesting that demand for workers - and the strength of the state’s economy - remains high. In fact, the average number of claims filed per month through the first three quarters of 2019 was the lowest reported in the past 20 years, just below the averages posted in 1999 and 2000.