Roughly 40 percent of U.S. high schools start the school day before day before 8 a.m.
Workforce + Talent
Twin Cities co-working organizations are finding ways to move beyond memberships, leveraging their various spaces for private events; Joule, for example, is doubling as an “all-inclusive” wedding venue.
An all-star collection of Minneapolis creatives gathered last week to help develop the next generation of talent.
To help overhaul the Canadian operations, Schindele is hiring two external firms to conduct operational and strategic assessments.
Navigate Forward helps executives do just that.
St. Paul-based med-tech company MGC Diagnostics Corporation announced that CEO Gregg Lehman is leaving the firm to become CEO of a healthcare and wellness program provider.
St. Paul Pioneer Press Editor Mike Burbach: The Pioneer Press has “a reason to exist . . . and we’re damned determined to.”
Target ousted the president of its Canadian operations the same day it announced that one of its longtime executive vice presidents plans to retire.
Jason Bristow, a 10-year vice president and treasurer at Amazon, returned to his native Minnesota Monday to serve as chief financial officer for a growing software firm.
Killian Rieder’s “Elo” pillow is equipped with speakers that play music or tell children’s stories, but only when the child’s head is resting on it.
Among the many stores seeking applicants are Saks Fifth Avenue’s Off Fifth, Coach, Michael Kors, Nike, and Gap Factory Store.
Only three sectors added jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, with manufacturing being the only real bright spot in Minnesota’s private sector.
The majority of Minnesota-based Bayer Interventional’s 350 employees work in Coon Rapids but Boston Scientific said it’s still determining whether it will keep all the existing workers.
MoneyGram plans to shutter a 376-worker plant in Brooklyn Center and is starting with 28 layoffs; meanwhile, Gannett Publishing disclosed plans to close a plant in Maple Grove.
Universal Cooperatives, Inc., and its subsidiaries owe their largest creditors nearly $20 million.
Among the 150 largest cities in the United States, Minneapolis ranked fifth for starting a career, while St. Paul took the 12th spot on a new list.
Although local manufacturing executives are more confident in their firms’ future than they have been during the last six years, they are also concerned about health care costs, government policies, and a worker shortage.
The company said it hasn’t nailed down which regions of the country will be most affected by the consolidation or how many jobs will be cut.