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Building a Culture for Inclusive Recruitment & Retention
By Tony Tolliver, Senior Director of Partnership & Impact
The pressure to attract and retain the best talent has never been greater. The good news is that there are a lot of talented people, who represent the voice of your customers, looking fo...
Midway Area In-Person Job Fair
Jun 15 2021MIDWAY IN-PERSON JOB FAIR
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 | 10 a.m.–2 p.m. | Allianz Field (Lot B) *In case of rainout, event will move to Wednesday, June 30.
Connect with 25 local companies that have current job openings. The fair will be held outdoors. All are welcome.
Attendees can enter for a chanc...
Ramsey County along with other metro area workforce development areas, including the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin/Carver, Dakota/Scott, Washington, and Anoka Counties, are partnering together on regular metro area regional job fairs hosted on a new interactive virtual platform.
The next event is Tuesday, June 22. If you are interested in attending...
St. Paul is home to many grand, historic homes and sometimes a little TLC is needed to restore their splendor.
Enter Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota’s (GESMN) construction training program, where through a partnership with Ramsey County, residents/students receive hands-on, paid construction training while working on residential housing projects.
The home on 735 Margare...
The Mossier network is designed with equitable employment at the core, a place where networking and support happen in real-time.
June's career fair is 100% online. Job seekers are able to create a profile, upload a resumé, and connect to employers via an online video call. We are finalizing the men...
Join us for the Annual WBL Career Pathways Employer Engagement Webinar
EVERYONE is welcome to attend this FREE event on August 4 to celebrate the end of the 2020-21 school year and kick off the 2021-22 school year. You will leave feeling inspired and receive a menu of options on ho...
Haven’t gotten your shot yet? You may be able to get one at an upcoming sporting event. The demand for Covid-19 vaccinations has waned in recent weeks, but state leaders are banking on a new program to incentivize the process.
On Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz announced a number of vaccination opportunitie...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After more than a year of feeling out of tune, a welcomed rhythm is returning to St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood.
Fans of the St. Paul Saints made their way to CHS Field past a band jamming out across the street, many of whom enjoyed a bite to eat nearb...
Rosé Fest Is BACK!
May 20 2021The great news of the day: Solo Vino is bringing back its mandate to drink pink!
Rosé Fest, formerly known as the Rosé Tent Tasting, has been a long-running event thrown by Chuck Kanski of Solo Vino wine shop in St. Paul. What started out in 2010 as a backyard goat-roast wit...
By De’Vonna L. Pittman, Director of Inclusive Growth, Center for Economic Inclusion
The retention of diverse talent is critical to a strong, growing, and profitable organization. Organizations can support employees who are Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian by providing an outlet for healing after or during traumatic incidents or when they expres...
Minnesota’s medical-technology (medtech) industry is broadening, bringing with it new real estate opportunities and challenges.
Panelists discussed the industry during a virtual event the Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women, a local business network, held Wednesday. They identified an expanding need for coworking and shared lab spaces as companies continue with hybri...
Brunson' Pub Featured On Podcast!
May 19 2021Owning and running a 'public house' has always been a dream for this successful couple. Get to know Tom and Molly as they share their journey to (or back in Molly's case) a historic East St. Paul neighborhood, opening Brunson's Pub in 2017. You will also learn about their communit...
Ramsey County works with a coalition of civic leaders and organizations in Saint Paul known as the East Team that are driving the boldest projects we’ve seen in generations and investing in sustainable, inclusive economic development for the region.
From reimagining the city’s connection to the Mississippi River at Riversedge t...
A recording of the April 29, 2021 Technology and Equity: Moving Toward Access for All webinar is now available. Learn from a panel of workforce and education partners in Ramsey County about how they responded to community needs for technology, training, and learning during COVID-19, and how they are looking toward the future.
This panel discussion was sponsore...
The University of Minnesota this week announced that it’s opening up its “Discovery Launchpad” incubator program to startups across the state.
Until now, the program was reserved only for startups commercializing technology based on U of M research. But with support from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, th...
St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced $1.67 million in Job Creation Fund awards for six Minnesota businesses.
These businesses are expanding or building new locations in Minnesota and are expected to create 297 new jobs over the next three to five years.
“I congratulate thes...
A recordng of the Preparing our Workforce for the Future of Work panel discussion is now available. Learn from our panel of technology experts on how leveraging tech skills and our Ramsey County tech ecosystem can support a transformative workforce recovery.
Presenters:
Antoinette Smith, Techquity
Mark Hurlburt, Prime Digital Academy
Lisa Schlosser, Technovation
Steve Buchanan, Microsoft MVP and Author
The tech industry has created tremendous efficiencies that have accelerated business growth and innovation while capturing wealth. In the last decade, there has been a growing interest in diversifying this industry that has such an impact on how we work, communicate, and consume products and services. Yet, increasing the diversit...
By De’Vonna Pittman, Director of Inclusive Growth, Center for Economic Inclusion
Economic inclusion is an economic imperative for our region and, as research has shown, for business growth and competitiveness:
According to McKinsey & Co., closing racial wealth gaps could add 4% to 6 % to the U.S. GDP by 2028.
According t...
Ramsey County Perfect for IT Opportunities
Apr 19 2021The state of employment across the United States has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The resultant trend toward remote work has heightened the transition away from physical interactions and proximity to jobs reliant on Information Technology (IT).
Ramsey County has the resources to help individuals seeking to make the transitio...
Hearing loss affects more than 48 million U.S. citizens, but one tech developer in White Bear Lake is on the front lines creating innovative solutions.
Envoy Medical started out as St. Croix Medical in the mid-1990s, but it moved into the White Bear Lake area in the early 2000s. Brent Lucas...
30 Dished: A Brief History Of ESABA
Apr 14 2021Paris Dunning is the current director of the organization and has been involved for nearly 5 years. With the growing ability for connections throughout communities, this organization is poised as a catalyst for an East Side St.Paul revival post pandemic. In order to grasp what type of impact can b...
Habitat for Humanity store celebrates Earth Day
Apr 13 2021Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore outlet has been working to reduce waste, help the environment and generate funds to build houses for area residents for more than a decade.
The ReStore home improvement outlet in New Brighton, open to the public, sells new and like-new furniture, appliances and building material...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted our society’s reliance on technology and its power to help businesses innovate and respond to rapid market shifts. It has also exposed the significant disparities for students studying in computer fields.
The Information Technology sector has robust local career opportunities across every industry and among employer...
