NWA-Delta Project: Useful Links

Below are a number of links we believe you will find useful in your employment search.

Job Link Job Search:

http://www.joblink.org
HIRED’s unique, searchable job database is maintained by staff job developers who are in direct contact with employers that need the skills you have to offer. The database allows users to search for jobs by industry and region.

COBRA Health Care Coverage:

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/COBRA.html
Information about COBRA health care coverage, and new opportunities for dislocated workers under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, can be found here.

Training/Educational Opportunities:

http://www.nhcc.edu
North Hennepin Community College offers classes online and on its Brooklyn Park campus.

http://www.hennepintech.edu/cts
Hennepin Technical College offers classes in Brooklyn Park, Eden Prairie and Plymouth.

http://www.iseek.org/mncareers
This site, created and maintained by the State of Minnesota, provides jobseekers with a variety of employment-planning tools including an interest assessment test, employment trends and industry-specific information.

http://www.mnscu.edu/campuses/index.html
This site allows users to locate all Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The system of schools includes more than 10 metro area schools.

http://students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp
Visitors to this site are given a number of different options for creating a plan and paying for an education.

Minnesota ’s Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is the state’s principal economic development agency. Its mission is to, “support the economic success of individuals, businesses and communities by improving opportunities for growth.” The organization provides useful information to jobseekers, employers and employees alike. Follow the links below for labor market information:

http://www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/Home.htm
Clicking on the link above will lead you to Minnesota’s monthly unemployment rate, the percent of jobs gained or lost on a monthly basis in a variety of industries, and a chart comparing the number of job vacancies to unemployed workers.

http://www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/tools/projections.htm?error=1
Information found in this section of DEED’s site allows users to view the employment outlook for occupations throughout several regions of Minnesota. In addition to providing the projected employment numbers for 2012, the site also provides median wage information.

http://www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/careers.htm
This site provides users with general information on a variety of topics including, jobs that need licenses and a tool that compares the wage and benefits packages of a number of careers.

http://www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/industries.htm
This link will lead visitors to information on specific industries. It provides data on current employment statistics, the employment outlook and job vacancies in Minnesota.

http://www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/jobs.htm
By following this link, users will find the answers to questions like, What should my job pay? What are the market conditions faced by workers in my industry? And, what is the employment outlook for my career of interest?

http://www.mnworks.org/
This job search website allows jobseekers to search for employment opportunities throughout the state of Minnesota.

http://www.mnwfc.org/jobseeking.htm
This link will lead visitors to a page that provides a number of job-search tools including a salary tool, a list of upcoming job fairs, transportation resources and metro-area libraries