The one mistake that many people make while attending career fairs is that they did not prepare for it beforehand. They assume that showing up with copies of their resume is good enough. The reason this really does not cut it these days is because of the huge amount of job seekers attending fairs. They know that jobs are tough to come by, so more people are seeing the advantage of job fairs.

Tony Jacowski provides three ways to prepare yourself for an upcoming job fair in the article "Prepare For a Career Fair - What You Should Do Before Your Fair."

For the full article, http://minnesotajobs.com/article.php?article_id=108

"10 Best Practices for Managing the Aging Workforce" talks about how the first time ever, there are four to five generations in the workforce.

It explains how employers who see the competitive advantage of recruiting and retaining older workers can adopt some of the best practices developed by organizations that are managing the shifts in the workforce.

http://minnesotajobs.com/HRSection/arti ... kforce.php

Destron Fearing is a global leader in innovative animal identification. They are looking for a Quality Assurance Technician in South Saint Paul.

http://minnesotajobs.com/view.php?job_id=997515

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Looking for Temporary Laborers - Road, Bridge Repair
http://minnesotajobs.com/view.php?company_id=673

Vinocopia, Inc - a local wine and spirits distributor
Looking for Customer Service/Order Entry person
http://minnesotajobs.com/view.php?company_id=1014

Recover Health of Edina - Offers home health care services and supports to families in the Minneapolis and St. Paul areas.
Looking for a Medicare Specialist - RN
http://minnesotajobs.com/view.php?company_id=1013

Laser Technologies - Managed service provider of print services
Looking for Entry-Level B2B Salesperson
http://minnesotajobs.com/view.php?company_id=1012

Employers Add 15,600 Jobs in January ~Unemployment rate falls to 7.3 percent

January unemployment was 7.4%. The US unemployment rate was 9.7%.

"We're encouraged by the improvement in the labor market," said DEED Commissioner Dan McElroy. "The unemployment rate has been trending downward in recent months, but it's still too early to say whether the state economy has reached a turning point."


Source MN DEED