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People Moving into Northwest Minnesota Drives Population Growth and Boosts the Labor Force
Manufacturing Employment is Pulling Ahead in Northwest Minnesota
Northwest Minnesota's Workforce Development Progress and Potential by the Numbers
Why Does Meeting Northwest Minnesota's Workforce Needs Require More Housing?
Momentous Workforce Challenges Persist for Northwest Minnesota’s Health Care Industry
Northwest Minnesota's Competitive Advantages Are Reflected in Higher Occupational Wages
Northwest Minnesota’s College Programs of Less Than Two Years Provide a Fast Track to In-Demand, Well-Paying Careers
Is Northwest Minnesota’s Tight Labor Market Loosening? The Long-Term Demographic Trend is the Knot
Are Increasing Housing Costs Gobbling Up All of Northwest Minnesota's Income Growth?
Workforce Demographic Trends Before and After the Pandemic: Caregiving Drove the Change
2023 Marks Employment Recovery, But Most Pre-Pandemic Industry Trends Are Altered
Northwest Minnesota Retail Trade Employment Faces Seasonal Demand and a Multi-Year Workforce Challenge
Northwest Minnesota Wages Increase in Response to the Tight Labor Market
Northwest Minnesota’s Growing Manufacturing Industry Provides High Demand, High Pay Careers
Northwest Minnesota's Incredible Shrinking College Enrollments
Workforce Diversity Has Supported Northwest Minnesota's Pandemic Recovery
Healthcare in Northwest Minnesota Faces Workforce Challenges
Don't Overgeneralize Some High-Profile Layoffs, Tech Jobs Are in High Demand in Northwest Minnesota
The 2022 Job Vacancy Survey Shows the Evolution of the Tight Labor Market in Northwest Minnesota
Youth and Seniors Entered Northwest Minnesota's Workforce in the Pandemic Recovery; Caregivers Exited
Are Northwest Minnesota Wages Keeping Up with Inflation?
Can Regaining Immigration Levels Resolve Northwest Minnesota’s Tight Labor Market?
Health Care & Social Assistance Employment Trends are Driven by Subsector Changes
Veterans in Northwest Minnesota
Manufacturing Stands as an Economic Force in Northwest Minnesota
Northwest Minnesota Goods-Producing Industries Maintaining Employment, While Services Still Have Ground to Regain
Record Job Vacancies Signal Northwest Minnesota’s Pandemic Recovery
In with the Old, and In with the New
New Americans: International In-Migration in Northwest Minnesota
Demand for IT Workers in Northwest Minnesota
Women in the Workforce in Northwest Minnesota
So Close, Yet So Far Away
Health Care Demand is Off the Charts in Northwest Minnesota
Tis the Season for Retail in Northwest Minnesota
Veterans in Northwest Minnesota
Manufacturing Resilience in Northwest Minnesota
Staying in Shape in Northwest Minnesota
Construction in Northwest: The Tide that’s Lifting all Boats?
Importance of Education Employment in Northwest Minnesota
Competing for Workers in Northwest Minnesota
Northwest Minnesota Bounces Back
IT Tripled in Northwest Minnesota
New Career Pathways in Northwest
Health Care Workforce Becoming More Diverse in Northwest Minnesota
Healthy Outlook
Staying Strong in Northwest Minnesota
Honoring Veterans in Northwest Minnesota
Manufacturing through the Pandemic in Northwest Minnesota
Rooted in Economic Disparities
PPP Funding in Northwest Minnesota
Who's been impacted in Northwest?
Unemployment Rates on the Rise
Slowing the Spread in Northwest Minnesota
The Gig Economy: Nonemployer Statistics
Northwest Minnesota Job Growth: Trends Through 2026
New Americans and the Labor Force
Young Veterans Strengthen Local Workforce
Profiling Growth Opportunities
2019 Manufacturing Highlights
Regional Hourly Wages
Filling the Pipeline
Generations in the Workplace
Regionally Relevant Occupations – With a Few Surprises
The Importance of Immigration, Part 2
The Importance of Immigration, Part 1
Commuting to Work
Drone Economy on the Way Up
Changing Workforce Demographics
Serving Our Troops
2018 Manufacturing Highlights
Workforce Pathways
Central Lakes College: Building Community
Diversity by County
Workforce Diversification
Gender Pay Variance
Vocational Veracity
Northwest Gender Pay Gap
Workforce Wanted
Small Business Success
Life Support: Assessing Declining Industries
Serving Those Who Have Served
2017 Manufacturing Highlights
Regional Workforce Evolution
Innovation and Sustainability
Regional Resilience
Job Requirements Are Loosening
Hard Hats Ahead Part 2
Hard Hats Ahead
Moore’s Law and Rural Broadband
Digital Dynamics
Millennial Migration
Certifying Veterans in the Workforce
Area Technical Colleges Producing Regional Employment
Education and Employment: Health Care Occupations
College, Family & Earning a Living
Median Debt & Median Wages
Understanding Costs and Benefits
Rising Costs of College
Post-secondary Education
Serving Up Jobs
American Indian Unemployment
Preparing for Millenials
Cultural Education and Health Care Training
Diversity and Unemployment in NW
Transportation Equipment on the Move
Workforce Sync
Creative Class Occupations
NW Minnesota: A Temporary Fix
Work Supplements
Willing and Able: Teens Ready to Work
Workforce Maintenance
Production Wages Stand Out
Region's Economy is Recovering Quickly
Young Leaders in NW Minn Tout Its Beauty and Sustainability