During the training, the employees gain skills before transitioning into actual jobs when someone retires or quits, or if new positions are created.
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The process involves not only creating new programs, but also recognizing when old programs are no longer relevant to the modern economy.
Authored by two economists from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, the report chronicles the past and present of immigration trends to the state.
The Metropolitan Economic Development Association's Mini MBA program is tailored for ethnic minority business owners.
DEED will spend more than $160 million on workforce training programs in 2018. How does it know what it's getting for its money?
Businesses across Minnesota have increasingly been in dire need of skilled workers.
According to a U.S. Census Bureau survey, the number of minority-owned companies in the U.S. grew by nearly 5 percent in 2014.
According to a U.S. Census Bureau survey, the number of minority-owned companies in the U.S. grew by nearly 5 percent in 2014.
Of the state's job vacancies in the second quarter of 2017, 44 percent were part-time (less than 35 hours per week), and 15 percent were temporary or seasonal.
During the 2016-2017 school year, the Right Track program trained and placed nearly 900 young people in jobs in St. Paul, with most of those participants coming from communities of color.
For all the talk of success, the story of Somali-Americans' economic status and political clout in Minnesota is mixed.