WorkForce Center Information
The Minnesota WorkForce Center System across Minnesota provides the tools, resources and services you need for your employment, training and related workforce development needs.
The Minnesota WorkForce Centers represent a unique partnership of employment and training organizations that reflect the needs of each community. The WorkForce Centers are nationally recognized for their accessibility and the wide range of services offered. Additionally, workers, employers, students, and those looking for a first job or returning to the workforce will find that nearly all services are offered at no cost. Each Minnesota WorkForce Center houses a Resource Area that operates similarly to a public library.
- About Minnesota's WorkForce Center System
- WorkForce Centers represent a move from red tape to results, focusing on providing information and resources that enable individuals to achieve economic security and employers to successfully compete in today's economy.
- Answers to Your Job Search & Career Planning Questions
- Answer a brief questionnaire to help you focus on resources that will best meet your current needs and interests. Learn about resources available at Minnesota WorkForce Centers, such as books, videos, software, and workshops. Find helpful web links.
- Customer Satisfaction Survey
- Results for the statewide WorkForce Center System, nine job seeker and youth programs, and sixteen local areas.
- Employer Services Performance Measures
- View data on the number and characteristics of job openings listed with the WorkForce Center System, the number and characteristics of employers using MinnesotaWorks, and how these numbers and characteristics change over time.
- Partners and Services
- The System partners are state, county, and private non-profit employment and training providers. The services listed are offered at all WorkForce Centers and available to everyone.
- Statewide Listing of WorkForce Center Workshops
- This site lists the individual career workshops and class listings available at your local WorkForce Center. Different workshops are offered to help job seekers with their job search and career planning needs. Phone your nearest office to reserve your place for a workshop. If accommodation due to a disability is necessary, please specify that when scheduling.
- WIB Newsletter
- Positively Minnesota: Partners for Job Growth - DEED provides centralized support to WorkForce Center operations and maintains an information exchange with its statewide partners through this quarterly e-newsletter.
- WorkForce Center Locations
- This map of Minnesota shows locations of WorkForce Centers. It also serves as the link to each WorkForce Center's website.
- WorkForce Center Resource Areas
- Resource Areas, located in every WorkForce Center, offer a wide range of information, services, and tools for job seekers, employers, and students, at no cost.
- WorkForce Center System Reference Manual
- These policies provide the guidance in the service delivery, administration and oversight, certification, marketing, and the operations of Minnesota's WorkForce Center System.