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January Unemployment Rate Steady at 3.7 PercentEmployers eliminate 7,900 jobsST. PAUL – The Minnesota unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent in January, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). ...

Columbia Gear Corp. Workforce to Receive TrainingSt. Cloud Technical and Community College will train 175 workersST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded St. Cloud Technical and Community College a $300,000 Minnesota Job Skills Partners...

On your mark, get set, go! But what happens after deployment? Modernization teams had been focusing on requirements, development and testing; now they are working defects, conducting training, and transitioning back into the new norm. Join this session as states discuss promising practices...

Minnesota IT Award Nomination: CareerOneStop Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Blake Chaffee Email Address: blake.chaffee@state.mn.us Agency Name: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development   CareerOneStop CareerOneStop’s librar...

Minnesota EO Award Nomination: Round 7 Youth Disability Employment Initiative - Partners for Youth Career Pathways Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Kay Tracy Email Address: Kay.Tracy@state.mn.us Agency Name: Minnesota Department of Employment and Econo...

In This Issue: House, Senate Working to Complete FY 2015 Spending Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Elections: Governors, U.S. House and Senate Administration and Finance and Employment and Training Committees Hold Joint Meeting on WIOA Implementation with Key System Partners NASWA hosts E...

Salute to the Leadership 2014 Award Recipients: President's Award – Richard A. Hobbie, Ph.D., Executive Director, NASWA SEAL Award – The State of Florida with Special Recognition to the Honorable Rick Scott, Governor and the CareerSource Florida Network Eagle Award – Roger Bailie, Director...

Recently it was announced that the debt North Carolina owed to the federal government to pay unemployment benefits had dropped from nearly $2.6 billion to $980 million. Now, the Division of Employment Security says they are hoping to pay that debt off early, perhaps as soon as August 2015....

In This Issue: House Passes WIA Reauthorization Legislation – Heads to President for his Signature NASWA Hosts Turkish Employment Services General Director and Staff NASWA, DirectEmployers Urge Strong Passage of WIOA Continuing Resolution Becoming Near Certain As Appropriations Process Slo...

Minnesota to participate in pilot program aimed at helping veterans gain employment It just got a little easier for military veterans who are looking for work, to find it here in Minnesota. Today, Minnesota joined three other states in a new pilot program that provides free hotel accommoda...