Minnesota WorkForce Center-Hennepin South

Business Services/Employers

 

Contents:

     ** NEW-Workshop for Employers: Minnesota Business Tax Education Partnership               (note other locations and times throughout 2008)

     Job Listings
     Recruiting
     Listing on "Local Job Listings" page
     Reduce Tax and Business Costs
     Labor Market information
     Unemployment Insurance Tax Information
     Web Site Index of Useful Information for Employers

      Services to Businesses.. DEED home page for employers

      Minnesota Fortune 500 companies in 2006 and  more on Minnesota Fortune 500 companies

      Manta.com free access to a collection of over 45 million company profiles

      alacra.com business information

      zoom info on companies

Job Listings

Advertise your openings to thousand of job seekers at no charge on MinnesotaWorks.net  ( formerly MN Job Bank) for jobs within the state of Minnesota   . Now you can search through resumes of qualified job applicants from your desktop, as well write your own job orders directly into the MinesotaWorks.Net . MinnesotaWorks.Net is an Internet site with a large, diverse pool of resumes from job seekers within Minnesota and from people wanting to move here. You can search for job seekers from any profession or trade, from entry level to highly skilled. More than 200,000 job seekers used our services last year. Employers: Find employees:  View resumes and enter your own job orders.  

If you would rather have a Dept. of Employment and Economic Development staff member enter your job orders into the MinnesotaWorks.net download the Job Postings form in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you do not have Reader, download the free software by clicking here.
To download the Job Postings Form, click here.
Complete the form and let our staff know if you want it on the Internet for thousands of job seekers to view or if you want our staff to match it against potential candidates for you. Fax it to 651-296-3488 and we'll enter it and get you started on the road to filling your job openings!

 

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Recruiting

  • On-Site recruiting at the WorkForce Center  ("Business of the Day")

Here's an opportunity for you to set up a table in the Resource Area of the WorkForce Center and talk to interested job seekers. You can hand out employment applications and information about your business. You can also do on-site interviews. Please call Tom Reese at 952-346-4330 to reserve your date and time to be put on the Monthly Calendar of Workshops and Employer Recruiting.  View the current Monthly Calendar of Workshops and Employer Recruiting.

  • On-site Facilities to Interview Job Applicants

By interviewing at this WorkForce Center, you may increase the number of job seekers you attract. We have tables and chairs available for you to do your interviewing.

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Listing on "Local Job Listings" page

The most popularly viewed page by job seekers on this web site is the page which lists individual companies, temp agencies, and recruiters.  If you would like to have your company's web site included, please let us know. Click Pagemaster and send an e-mail request along with your company's URL.

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Reduce Tax and Business Costs

  • Get a Tax Credit

You could qualify for tax credits for hiring people from targeted groups including public assistance recipients and disadvantaged youth with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare to Work Tax Credit programs.

  • Downsizing Option

Save human resource costs when your company experiences a downturn in business. If your company qualifies, employees can work reduced hours and collect partial Reemployment Insurance benefits to make up lost wages with the Shared Work Program. Call 651-296-8727 for more information

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Labor Market Information

See how your wages compare to averages in your geographic area. Get the information you need to expand or move. Keep your salaries competitive. A variety of free and low-cost publications that forecast job market and economic trends, provide employment and unemployment statistics, is available and updated regularly. A whole library of labor market information and advice on employment issues is readily available through our Internet site or through experts at the WorkForce Center.

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Unemployment Insurance Tax Information

 

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Web Site Index of Useful Information for Employers

(These web sites do not imply endorsement
but are merely provided for information.)


Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Apprenticeship Programs
(Minnesota)

Background checks:

Background Checks
More on background screening.
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
(On-line Criminal History Information)
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections (Offender Locator)
PublicData.com (Criminal & Driver's License in Minnesota)
Federal & State Inmate Information    

Business Services (for employers)

Bonding Program (Minnesota)
                                                                                                                                          Business Resources

Business Advisor (from U.S. Small Business Administration)

Business Owner's Toolkit

Career One Stop (recruiting and more)

ChamberBiz
(from U.S./Minnesota Chamber of Commerce)

Chambers of Commerce:


Anoka
Apple Valley
Bloomington (now merged with Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce)
Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Maple Grove, Osseo
North Hennepin Area Chamber of Commerce
Burnsville
Chanhassen
Chaska
Chisago Lakes
Eden Prairie
Edina
Hastings

Lake Minnetonka
Lakeville
Metro North
Midway
(St. Paul/Minneapolis)
(Greater) Minneapolis
Minnesota
Northern Dakota County
Northwest Suburban
Red Wing
Richfield
River Heights
(Southeast Metro)
Saint Paul
Savage
Stillwater
Twin West
(Crystal, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Medicine Lake, Minnetonka, New Hope, Plymouth & St. Louis Park)
U.S. (National)
(Greater) Wayzata
White Bear Lake
Woodbury

Child Labor

Discrimination

Dislocated Worker Program

EEOC

ELAWS 
(Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses)

Employer's Association of Minnesota

Generic Employment Application (in .pdf) (meets Affirmative Action standards)

Generic Employment Application (in WORD) (meets Affirmative Action standards)

(Hennepin County) Business Environmental Services

Family Medical Leave Act

Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Foreign Labor Certification Program

I-9 Form (U.S. Dept of Justice)

IRS

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Job Bank Order Form  MinnesotaWorks.net

Job Bank
(Minnesota) MinnesotaWorks.net

Labor Laws (Minnesota)

Labor Market Information

Manufacturing Skill Standards Council

Minimum Wage

Minnesota Dept. of Employment an Economic Development Economic Data
(trends in economy)

Minnesota High Tech Association

Minnesota Human Rights Requirements for bidding on contracts
 
MinnesotaWorks.net. 

Minnesota Labor Market Information

Minnesota Legal Services Coalition

Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association

Minnesota Revenue Department

Minnesota State Government

Minnesota State Legislature

Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Unemployment Tax

Minnesota WorkForce Centers (Job Bank)

Minnesota WorkForce Center Locations

National Business and Disability Council

New Hires Reporting
(Minnesota)

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Overtime

Posters (from MN Dept of Trade & Labor)

Resource Guide for Answers to Employment-Related Questions
(requires acrobat)

Retirement
(U.S. Dept of Labor Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration)

Salary Survey

Services to Businesses

Small Business Help
(MN Dept of Trade & Economic Development)

Small Business Information  (U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission)

State Laws

Tax Credit-Welfare to Work (WtW)

Tax Credit-Work Opportunities Tax Credit (WOTC)

U.S. Department of Labor

Unemployment Tax-Minnesota

Veterans' Laws

Wages

WARN
(Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act)

Workers' Compensation

Workforce Magazine 
(Human Resources trends and tools)

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Services to Businesses  Department of Employment and Economic Development home page for  employers

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