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      • This Recession is a Great Opportunity to Identify and Hire Ideal Employees
        06/25/09
        Employers have a tremendous opportunity during this recession to fill job positions with great employees. Due to the downsizing of many companies, unemployment is up across the nation which means there are many qualified people looking for work these days. And with the ongoing recession having no en

      • MINNESOTAJOBS.COM Named a WEDDLE's Top 100 Job Board
        06/24/09
        MINNESOTAJOBS.COM Named a Top 100 Job Board

        WEDDLE’s, world’s largest publisher of print guides to job boards, includes MINNESOTAJOBS.COM in the elite of the online employment services industry.

        Stamford, CT. June 24, 2009

        MINNESOTAJOBS.COM is pleased to announce th

      • Don't Forget the July 13th New Business New Economy Seminar!
        06/23/09
        New Business New Economy Seminar

        Don't leave your business success to chance! Our seminar is
        designed for individuals considering starting their own
        business, with the right tools. Every attendee will receive
        a custom logo, free business cards, free SEO for their

      • Summer job hunting: No day at the beach!
        06/22/09
        The New York Times recently spotlighted a side effect of the current economic malaise—the meltdown of the summer job market.

        "The job market of 2008 is shaping up as the weakest in more than half a century for teenagers looking for summer work," said the Times article. "Lit

      • Minnesota unemployment rate up slightly
        06/18/09
        Minnesota's unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.2 percent in May on a seasonally adjusted basis. Employment fell by 1,600 over the month on a seasonally adjusted basis. The good news is that the job reduction rate was the least since August 2008.

        Source MN DEED

      • 10 Tips to Stop Budget Cuts Effecting Your Recruitment
        06/18/09
        You would have to have been on Pluto for the last year not to have noticed that we are all going through a slightly difficult time economically, to say the least. The credit crunch has taken a big bite out of employers' budgets. When the pressure's on it seems that as well as marketing, re

      • New Career Ideas - 7 Ways to Rethink Your Career Options
        06/10/09
        Are you desperate to change careers and looking around for new career ideas? Here is a great tip to help you free up your thinking. The secret is to take a sideways step and look at your career change from a new angle. So stop desperately trying to think of the job titles of some new career ideas th

      • Ala Carte jobs are an affordable way to use MINNESOTAJOBS.COM
        06/09/09
        We pull out the many features found in our standard job posting and offer them as individual options. Using this approach, we can offer job posting prices for as low as $25.00. Our regular priced job postings are $195.

        You can now choose only the options you need and save a lot of money i

      • Melting Pot Or Tossed Salad? Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
        06/09/09
        While finishing my leadership studies degree many years ago at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT, a professor posed the following question to us: Is America a "melting pot" or a "tossed salad?" He asked us to choose one or the other and defend our position...which started

      • Actions Speak Louder Than Words
        06/08/09
        Body language is an important part of communication—it can constitute 50 percent or more of our message. If you wish to communicate well, then it makes sense to understand how you can (and cannot) use your body to say what you mean.

        Hard to believe? Mute your television sometime and see h

      • Praise Gives a Psychological Raise
        06/04/09
        In this uncertain job market, with employees worrying about the health of their companies and their own futures, encouragement is especially reassuring. In tough economic times, when companies need to re-evaluate raises and bonuses, a positive word can ease tensions and promote productivity.
      • State of MN education grant money available
        06/03/09
        Thinking about going to post secondary school (or back to school). There's grant money available from the State of Minnesota. To learn more about the State of MN grant program, visit here.

        Many of the participating colleges in the grant program are also listed in our virtual college

      • Making Job References Work For You
        06/02/09
        Employers want to make certain that new employees are honest, reliable and competent. The training process for most jobs is complex and time consuming. Most companies will take time to carefully check out someone before hiring them to make certain they will not be wasting time training them.
      • Diverse Applicants and Interviewers are Sometimes Like Two Ships Passing in the Night
        06/01/09
        Effective leadership skills, as well as other job skills, exist in every culture. People sometimes just use a different approach to achieve the same results. Interviewers need to sharpen their interviewing skills and create a new paradigm for job interviewing that will fit a broader and more diverse

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