How does CareerForce help you find a job in Minnesota?

CareerForce costs nothing to use, with or without an unemployment claim, and it works online, over the phone, and in person. Its own list of first steps opens with an employment readiness assessment rather than with the listings. If you are claiming benefits while you look, requesting a Minnesota benefit payment each week sets out what each payment request asks about your job search.

The state job bank, and the account beside it

CareerForce.MN.gov hosts the state's free online job bank, with thousands of job openings with Minnesota employers. Search the job bank to see what is open now.

CareerForce puts its first steps for a job seeker in this order.

1. Complete an employment readiness assessment.
2. Read the Creative Job Search guide.
3. Search current job openings.
4. Create a CareerForce.MN.gov job seeker account.
5. Attend a job fair or networking event.
6. Find the contact details for staff at a location near you.

What CareerForce staff do at a location

Staff at more than 50 CareerForce locations across Minnesota help people over the phone, online, and in person, whether they need work straight away or want to look at training first.

What they offer:

• Online postings for thousands of current job openings across the state
• Job fairs where you meet employers who are hiring now
• Workshops on resume writing, interviewing, and other job search skills
• Personalized help from a CareerForce specialist, including resume review and interview prep
• Career goal planning, with an assessment of your skills and interests
• Labor market information to guide the plan
• Training for in-demand occupations

Call 651-259-7500 for help finding a location. CareerForce from Anywhere is the remote service point, on that same number, with the email address CareerForce@state.mn.us and no street address. Minnesota unemployment phone numbers and local offices lists every location, and gives the hours of the ones that do not keep a full week.

Training, and who it is aimed at

Financial assistance for career counselor-approved training and education runs through the Dislocated Worker Program, for eligible Minnesotans. Ask a CareerForce specialist about it before you enroll in anything, since the approval comes first.

CareerForce also tailors resources to military veterans, people with disabilities, new Americans, young people, people over 55, and people with a criminal record.

If you are claiming benefits while you study, who qualifies for Minnesota unemployment covers how classes and approved full-time training sit with what each week asks of you.

Job boards with Minnesota openings

These job boards list openings with employers in Minnesota.

• Diversity jobs in Minnesota on Diversity Careers
• Healthcare jobs for veterans in Minnesota on Healthcare Jobs for Veterans
• HR jobs in Minnesota on HR Analyst Jobs
• Trades jobs in Minnesota on The Trades Jobs
• IT jobs in Minnesota on IT Jobs
• Forklift and warehouse jobs in Minnesota on Forklift Jobs
• Environmental and outdoor jobs in Minnesota on Nature Jobs
• University fundraising jobs in Minnesota on University Fundraising Jobs
• Fiber optic jobs in Minnesota on Fiber Optic Jobs
• Medical assistant jobs in Minnesota on Certified Medical Assistant Jobs