The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says the state’s labor force declined nearly 3% in the first seven months of 2021 compared to the same time last year — a loss of nearly 90,000 workers.
DEED launched a new effort to help Minnesotans across the state find Good Jobs Now (www.careerforcemn.com/GoodJobsNow).
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By Steve Grove, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development | 6:59 pm, Mar. 9, 2021
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve lost almost 390,000 jobs in Minnesota. While we’re on the path to gaining many of them back, we still have over 300,000 Minnesotans collecting weekly unemployment benefits – more the six times the average amount for this time of year.
Yet so many employers are hiring, and there’s lots of opportunity in our economy if workers are willing to pursue careers in new fields.