Twin Cities Jobs - Minneapolis - St. Paul Jobs
Job Listings News Employers
(# of employees)
Minnesota Works (MN DEED)
Monster Jobs
Twin Cities Jobs (Monster)
Yahoo Hot Jobs




MN Government (56k)
US Government (35k)
Target (32k)
University of MN (31k)
Mayo Foundation (25k)
Allina Health (22k)
3M (19k)
Fairview Health (18k)
Delta -Norwest Air (18k)
Wells Fargo (20k in MN)

General Mills
HealthEast
SuperValu
Job Fairs

Aug 23, 2011 1pm
Sales Career Fair
Ramada Mall of America
2300 American Boulevard East
Bloomington, MN 55425

Sept 12, 2011, 11am-2pm
Minneapolis Job Fair
Crowne Plaza & Suites
Three Appletree Square
Bloomington, MN 55425

Sept 13, 2011 1-5pm
St. Cloud Area Job Fair
St. Cloud Civic Center

Sept 28, 2011, 8am-5pm
Diversity Job Fair
Minneapolis Convention Center

Oct 12, 2011 10am-3pm
Downtown Minneapolis Job Fair
Minneapolis Convention Center

Oct 18, 2011
Sales Career Fair


Feb 2012
Greater Alexandria Job Fair
Alexandria Technical College
1601 Jefferson St
Alexandria, MN 56308


other job fairs
Job losses
Minnesota Unemployment Rate (June 2009) - 8.4% (seasonally adjusted) ............ (source DEED)

Allina Hospitals cut 250+ jobs (October 2008).
Ameriprise is cutting 300+ jobs (January 2009).
Andersen will cut 250 jobs (July 2009) in addition to the 50 jobs and 260 temporarily layoffs (January 2009).
Artic Cat cut 60 jobs (May 2009).
Best Buy will cut jobs and offered buyouts to 500 headquarters workers (January 2009).
Circuit City is closing all 597 stores including nine in the Twin Cities (January 2009).
Clear Channel is cutting 1,850 jobs (about 24 in Minnesota) (January 2009).
Cost Plus World Market is closing all six of its Minnesota stores (January 2009).
Chrysler will close 789 dealerships, including 4 in the Twin Cities and 15 in greater Minnesota (May 2009). The list includes 789 dealerships: including 19 in MN. Here are the four in the Twin Cities area -
Fury Dodge in Lake Elmo
Mason Motors in Excelsior
Stillwater Motor in Stillwater
Walser Bloomington in Hopkins
Delta will cut 1,500 Northwest Airlines jobs in Minnesota (January 2009).
Denny Hecker cut 400 jobs, closing six dealership and selling two (November 2008).
Ecolab is cutting 1,000 jobs (100 in Minnesota) after hiring freezes and cost-savings efforts (January 2009).
Fair Isaac will cut 250 jobs in Minnesota in 2009 (January 2009).
Gannett is mandating one week furloughs this quarter for KARE-11 employees (January 2009).
General Motors will close 40% of their dealerships (2,600 by the end of 2010), sell Saturn and Hummer, end Pontiac (May 2009).
Graco cut 150 jobs (December 2008).
Hennepin County Medical Center will cut 75-100 jobs in June (May 2009).
Horizon Bank of Pine City was closed by regulators, but Stearns Bank of St. Cloud purchased $84 million of its assets, the rest is owned by the FDIC (June 2009).
Hubbard Broadcasting cut 18 jobs at KSTP-TV (December 2008).
Hutchinson Technology will cut 1,380 jobs (1,000 in Minnesota) while closing a South Dakota facility (January 2009).
Imation cut 200 jobs (November 2008).
Kato Engineering (Emerson Electric) cut 94 jobs (May 2009).
Lawson Software cut 200 jobs (45 in Minnesota) (November 2008).
Life Time Fitness cut 100 headquarters jobs (November 2008).
Linens 'n Things closed its remaining 371 stores, including seven stores in Minnesota (October 2008).
Marshall & Ilsley will cut 830 jobs (23 in Minnesota) (January 2009).
Monson Trucking of Duluth will close Aug 31st (200 jobs) (July 2009).
Medtronic will cut 600 Minnesota jobs in June (May 2009).
North Memorial cut 380 jobs (Dec 2008) & 100 more (May 2009).
Northern Engraving cut 208 jobs (December 2008).
Opus is cutting 200 jobs (65 in Minnesota) (January 2009).
Park Nicollet cut 233 jobs (December 2008).
Pentair cut 1,600 jobs (110 in Minnesota) (December 2008).
Pioneer Press cut 11 jobs, after cutting 12 jobs earlier this year (June 2009).
Polaris has cut 460 jobs in Minnesota, Iowa, and WI (January 2009).
Rosemount (Emerson Electric) cut 82 jobs (May 2009).
Seagate Technology will cut 1,100 jobs globally (May 2009).
Select Comfort cut 120 jobs (December 2008).
Target will cut 600 existing jobs and 400 open positions at its Minneapolis headquarters (January 2009).
 Tennant cut 240 jobs & announced salary freezes for 2009 (December 2008).
3M cut 2,200 jobs in the first half of 2009 and more cuts are expected (June 2009).  In 2008, 2,400 jobs were cut (200+ in MN) salaries were frozen,  vacations were forced, and production was cut (December 2008).
United Health Group cut 4,000 jobs (July 2008).
University of Minnesota will cut 1,200 jobs (June 2009).
Other Information
Career One-Stop


~ ~

See job websites for details - Not responsible  for employment changes or errors
 ©  Copyright 2009 Hopes and Dreams. All rights reserved.  Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota
Read the novel -- Hopes and Dreams: Stuck on AutoDrive