News and Events
The Workforce Innovation Board & Workforce Solutions Release 2021 Annual Business Report
May 10 2022The Workforce Innovation Board (WIB) and Ramsey County Workforce Solutuons (WFS) proudly present their 2021 Annual Business Report. Explore the stories and data that showcase the innovative leadership of the WIB and the outstanding efforts of staff and partners. The report also highlights several key shifts in the way services are delivered an...
This week, DEED’s Minnesota Business Vitality Council (MBVC) working group released a final report and recommendations to support the creation and sustainability of child care businesses. Early care and education is a critical part of the economic infrastructure in Minnesota.
For more details on the report and recommendations, read the press release fro...
Tech Talk: Future Tech Entrepreneurs and Community Wealth Building - Recording Now Available
May 4 2022A recording of the Tech Talk: Future Tech Entrepreneurs and Community Wealth Building webinar is now available. Learn from a dynamic panel of community leaders focused on sharing resources to grow tech entrepreneurs with a focus toward BIPOC wealth building.
Dr. Paul Campbell, Brown Venture Group
Al Cornish, gener8tor
Diane Rucker, University Enterprise Labs (UEL)
Cole Stevens, Bridgemakers
Tony Lusiba, McKnigh...
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In the coming weeks, millions in relief dollars will pour back into the pockets of frontline workers and Minnesota businesses.
Across the nation, companies are struggling to find and retain diverse talent, resulting in high turnover costs, lower productivity and down revenues.
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Union Job & Resource Fair
Apr 28 2022Union Job & Resource Fair - On-site Hiring Event
When: Thursday, May 19, 2022, 3 –6:30 p.m.
Where: The Electrical Industry Building - 1330 Conway St., Saint Paul 55106
Discover your path to a union career!
Earn while you learn and rise above minimum wage!
Learn about the advantages of a union job! Information about record expungement and community
A lis...
Ramsey County and the Workforce Innovation Board of Ramsey County are partnering on a series of events aimed at raising awareness among employers about the value of hiring individuals who have been involved with the criminal justice system. The first event, Fair Opportunities: Connecting to Untapped Talent, will feature roun...
Familiar faces recognized by area chamber
Apr 20 2022As members of the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce lunched, they listened to keynote speaker Steve Grove, commissioner of the state Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
But first came special recognitions of familiar names and faces in the White Bear community.
New 2022 Chamber Chair Scott Bromelkamp, MidwestOne Bank...
IT Employment Spotlight
Apr 18 2022In April, we draw attention to the important role that Information Technology (IT) plays as a key driver of growth in our state and local economy. IT workers are employed across every industry in Minnesota and across the state – and demand and wages are high.
The Minnesota Department of Employmen...
To build an economy that works for everyone, both public- and private-sector employers must consistently reexamine recruitment and hiring policies and practices that often result in excluding women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and others who have experienced challenges in their work history.
Tech Month In Saint Paul – APRIL 2022
Apr 1 2022Full Stack Saint Paul is raising awareness about the incredible talent, events, and resources available for businesses in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This is an opportunity to draw attention to the tech and innovation happening right here in our capital city that is driving sustainable, equitable economic development.
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Information Technology (I.T.) jobs are in extremely high demand today. The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates employment of information security analysts will grow 33% from 2020 to 2030 and computer support specialists will grow by 9%, whereas the average for all occupations is about 4% in that timeframe.
Ramsey County ha...
When interior designers Amy Kelly and Bre McMillan came across an abandoned, boarded-up brick charmer in St. Paul’s Merriam Park, they immediately saw the potential.
Having owned their own respective interior design businesses in the past, Kelly and McMillan have joined forces to open a new design studio and retail space...
No patient wants to have to return to the hospital for surgery more than they have to, especially while they’re going through dialysis.
That’s why St. Paul-based medtech company Phraxis, Inc., founded in 2013, is working to put to market its Phraxis InterGraft, a longer-lasting and less invasive graft for hemodialysis...
After decades as a makeup artist, Tameka Jones used her downtime during the pandemic to rethink her path. The result? A line of her own, Lip Esteem, a Black woman–owned beauty start-up specializing in plant-based and gluten- and cruelty-free lip products.
Jones’s line consists of lipsticks, glosses, and liners, with al...
How a St. Paul real estate planner took his ailing startup into overdrive during the pandemic
Mar 20 2022After two years of working out of coffeeshops, in early 2020 prospects were looking up for D’Angelos Svenkeson and his startup commercial real estate and planning firm, NEOO Partners, just before they got terrible.
Composed at the time of St. Paul-born Svenkeson and co-founder Denetrick Powers of North Minneapolis, NEOO Partner...
The founder of one of the nation’s first digital-marketing agencies, Ciceron in St. Paul, has a message: Third-party cookies on websites are going away — and with them a fairly standard method companies have used to target their ads.
Ciceron will be helping its clients come up with new strategies a...
Galvanized by the blue skies represented by early-stage, underinvested founders, a seasoned team of three operators – Amanda Heyman, Adam Choe, and Danielle Steer – have launched Tundra Ventures to capitalize on this opportunity.
Tundra Ventures finds and de-risks the opportunities other funds can’t see. The new pre-seed and seed-stage fun...
This month’s jobs report for Minnesota brought some good news: the state’s labor force participation rate was up, to 67.6 percent in January, according to the latest update from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment is down, too, to the lowest it’s been in a very long time, at 2.9 percent...
Plans are taking shape for a new development where the Deluxe Corporation stood for over three decades as a hallmark site in Shoreview.
Assistant Community Development Director Niki Hill gave a presentation at a recent City Council meeting regarding a planned unit development (PUD) concept application submitted by Scannell Properties fo...
After sending most non-production staff away to work remotely throughout the pandemic, 3M will reopen most of its U.S. office locations on Monday to a broad population of employees, the company announced on Friday.
Many employees, including production workers and scientists, have been on site throughout the pandemic, anyway. The company’...
St. Paul-based Minnetronix Medical announced it had been selected to manufacture the EyeBox, which can help diagnose a possible concussion in less than four minutes — 220 seconds, to be precise.
Rather than trusting a patient’s self-reported symptoms, the EyeBox tracks eye movement to tell the truth about the current conditio...
If you’ve been at a protest, a public meeting or a community event somewhere in the Twin Cities in the last year, you’ve probably seen them, in their bright yellow hooded sweatshirts: the Community Healing Team, a group of some 30 community leaders focused on the mental health of Minnesota’...
Career Labs are in full swing Monday through Thursday 1-5 p.m. at Dayton's Bluff Library (645 E. 7th St.)
Career Lab offers access to computers, Wi-Fi, printers, faxing, scanning, and one-on-one help from knowledgeable staff. If you’re looking for a space to build digital literacy skills, job search, interview, work o...
