Midlife Career Planning: Navigating “the Back Half”
Midlife career planning is both scary and exciting. Arik Hanson has some clear reasons why "it's scary" to be 40+ in today's rapidly changing...
Mentoring a Girl in Construction (MAGIC) Camp 2016
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Virtual Mentors Give Tech Career Advice
Techdotmn asked Minnesota technology leaders what advice they would give to their 25-year-old selves. The single most common piece of tech career advice, which...
JP Morgan Chase Raises Lowest Wages
You might assume that everyone on Wall Street makes millions. But the lowest wages are actually at poverty level. In fact, the lowest-paid employees...
Minorities in Police Under-represented
Minorities in police departments are under-represented in both cities and suburbs. Brookings reports on an article from Governing magazine. "Reporter Mike Maciag found that,...
The Job 4 Me: Andrea Handevidt, Software Engineer
"I know teachers never encouraged me in math, but they encouraged the males all the time," Andrea Handevidt said, remembering her high school years...
My Job: Prudence Johnson, vocalist
Vocalist Prudence Johnson's long and successful musical career started by "happenstance," she said. Although she grew up around music, she never thought of it...
“I Love Welding”–A Bit of Shameless Self-Promotion
The best part of my 4th of July celebration: My cousin reminded me that a few years ago, at some other family gathering, we'd...
June Was the Strongest Month for Job Growth
With 287,000 payroll jobs created, June was the strongest month so far for job growth, according to Brookings. That included some 35,000 Verizon workers...
Unemployment at “Rock Bottom” in Minnesota Housing Construction
The lack of skilled construction workers is delaying the start of new projects, according to the Star Tribune. Unemployment rates in construction are 2.1...
