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Here are just a few of the many free training opportunities for certified small businesses offered by MnDOT:
Managing cash flow
Learn exactly what you will need from your bank and how it can be an important partner in managing your costs and value. Also learn about linking work and personnel projections to cash flow.
- May 4, 2023, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Human resources and employment law
Complete a draft template of an employee handbook of company policies. Receive resources for employment law assistance. Discuss worker's comp, health insurance, and general benefits.
- May 11, 2023, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Building your team
Discuss how you determine your needs and what roles you need help with. Learn how to create a job description and posting. Learn what's required in an offer and how to determine the financial part. Participate in mock interviews. Discuss payroll methods, requirements, taxes, and unemployment insurance.
- May 17, 2023, 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Finding and hiring subcontractors to grow your business
Compare your business capabilities with typical MnDOT projects and identify potential partners. Learn about resources for finding partners.
- May 18, 2023
- 1 - 4:30 p.m. class plus networking event 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Estimating and Bidding: Cost Proposal Development
Gain an understanding of a well-designed job cost accounting system, including: Accounting and estimating requirements; indirect rate structure development; forward pricing, provisional rates and determining the appropriate price to bid on project.
Also in May:
MnDOT Small business work group sessions
- Safety programs, May 2
- Critical path method scheduling, May 4
- Change orders, May 10
- Certified payroll, May 11
- And job costing, estimating and bidding for companies working in landscaping, trucking, traffic control, and paving, held on various dates
MnDOT small business workshop - construction, maintenance, professional technical
- May 2, 2023, 8:30 - 10 a.m. in Willmar
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