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Fine Tune Your Resume with Accomplishments

With the unemployment rate in Minnesota still hovering around six percent, hiring managers are inundated with resumes and only have time to glance at an applicant’s resume before deciding if the applicant might be a match to the position. One of the best ways to catch a hiring manager’s attention is to focus on your accomplishments rather than your responsibilities.

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Financial Aid 101 for Adult Learners

Navigating the college financial aid process can seem daunting if you’re an adult learner enrolling in college for the first time or heading back to get more training or finish a degree. A key point to keep in mind is that there is no age limit for federal and state financial aid. There are, however, other things that affect how much and which financial aid you might be eligible to receive:

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Exploring Your Apprenticeship Options

In our work as field representatives for the Apprenticeship Unit at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), we often get phone calls from job seekers who would like to work as an apprentice in an occupation they are interested in. A registered apprenticeship is a way for you to earn a wage and learn the skills required to be competent in a specific field.

When we receive this kind of call, we first look to see if an apprenticeship program for that occupation exists in Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Uncover the Hidden Job Market

A previous blog entry provided an introduction to the hidden job market and the reasons why some jobs might not be advertised. In fact, there is good evidence to suggest that the hidden job market represents a significant portion of available jobs in Minnesota. If this is the case, how do you uncover the hidden job market?

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Avoid These 3 Common IT Job Search Mistakes

There are a lot of things that can go wrong in the job hunting process. Some are out of your control and can cost you an interview or a potential job offer. But there are three mistakes that you can easily fix.
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Job Vacancies Increase & Some Industries Show Strong Growth

As job growth spread across the state (see “Job Growth Returned for Many Regions, Counties Over the Last Year”), the number of job vacancies also increased in every region over the last year. In fact, four of the six state planning regions saw at least a 50 percent growth in the number of job vacancies reported by businesses from the second quarter of 2010 to the second quarter of 2011. (See Table 1.)

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