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Minneapolis Employment and Training wins MWCA Promising Practices Award! |
Every year, the Minnesota Workforce Council Association
recognizes the state’s best practices in workforce development. For 2018,
City of Minneapolis Employment and Training was awarded Second Place for the
Step Up Program’s innovations to help students earn academic credit for
work-based learning. Credit for work-based learning supports students’
efforts to graduate on time and prepared to continue along their career
pathway.
In 2018, 550 Step Up participants were eligible to
receive career readiness seminar credits, and 400 students (73%) have completed
the requirements to earn academic credits. Step Up’s credit integration
projects not only support youth who may be credit deficient, but they also
foster deeper connections between an intern’s work experience and his or her
education. The standards associated with the credit help to contextualize
academic skills in the workplace, develop professional communication techniques
and nurture problem solving abilities. These innovations help to grow a
more competitive workforce to meet the demands of the region’s employers.
More >> here
Step Up Celebration - Stepping Up to a
Brighter Future
Over the summer, 1,500 Minneapolis youth worked in a Step Up
internship with over 200 businesses and organizations across the Twin Cities.
The 16th Annual End of Summer Celebration was held Thursday, August
16 at the Guthrie Theater to celebrate the interns’ work and contributions.
Collectively the Step Up interns earned more than $3 million in 9 weeks. They
shared their ideas, learned new skills, and networked within their offices. The
two Step Up employers of the year were Minneapolis
Public Housing Authority and Graco.
Mayor Jacob Frey, co-chairs Jennie Carlson and R.T. Rybak, and Step Up interns
themselves spoke at the celebration, expressing their appreciation and support
for the program.
Director
of Step Up, Anna Peterson rolled out a new branding initiative for Step Up
which aligns all programming under one name – Step Up. This change
eliminates the confusion around multiple program components and names. Step Up
will no longer use the names Step Up Achieve or Step Up Discover. Rather the
program components will be called level 1 and level 2. Additionally, Step
Up is now on ConnextMSP.org, which is a way for Step Up alumni to network with
employers and connect with other Step Up alumni
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Special Edition of Step Up as told by interns! |
The 2018 Step Up interns employed by the City of Minneapolis worked together to create and develop an informational newsletter!
More >> here
Tech jobs are key to shrinking Minnesota’s income gap — and growing our economy |
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MinnPost featured an article about how to grow and diversity tech jobs. Step Up has been part of this solution though involvement in Silicon North Stars which provides young people career exposure and leadership skills.
More>> here
Laura Beeth, Chair of the Minneapolis Workforce Development Board, has been featured in two national publications for her great work in health care at Fairview - specifically as it relates to apprenticeships.
Click below to read the articles:
Inside Higher Ed >> here
New America Article >> here
The Greater Metropolitan Workforce Council (GMWC) requests public comment before submitting its revised WIOA - Region 4 Work Plan. The work plan outlines GMWC's planned goals and activities from July 2018 through June 2020. The 30-day public comment period on the draft revised plan is from August 20 - September 19, 2018. Please send your written comments by e-mailing Brant.Ingalsbe@gmail.com before
September 19. As a designated local workforce development area, the City of Minneapolis is part of the Metropolitan Region #4, which also includes local workforce partner boards in suburban Hennepin-Carver, Anoka, Washington, Ramsey, Dakota-Scott counties.
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Local and State Unemployment Statistics |
Minneapolis Unemployment Rate drops in July
The
July 2018 unemployment rate dropped to 2.7 percent, resulting in 6,640
residents unemployed and actively seeking employment, a decrease of 387
unemployed from June to July.
The
federal government’s estimate of the Minneapolis labor force increased between
June and July with 1,205 residents entering the labor force, resulting in a
total labor force of 245,628. The year-over-year trend for July shows higher
labor force participation and a lower unemployment rate from a year ago.
July’s
2.7 percent unemployment rate in Minneapolis is the same as the State of
Minnesota, .1% higher than the seven county metro area, and 1.4 percent lower
than the national average.
State Gains 11,200 Jobs in July
~Unemployment rate
drops to 18-year low~
Minnesota employers added 11,200
jobs in July, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
With those gains, the
state has added 31,800 jobs over the past three months, which is the
third-highest number of new jobs over a three-month span dating back to 1990.
Over the past year, Minnesota has gained 59,931 jobs, a 2 percent growth rate.
The U.S. growth rate during that period was 1.8 percent.
The state’s seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3 percent in July, the lowest level since
June 2000. The Minnesota unemployment rate has been at or below 4 percent for
four consecutive years. The U.S. unemployment rate in July was 3.9 percent.
 DEED Labor Market Information
Here are some LMI articles recently released by DEED:
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