MPR

5th straight month of lower unemployment

MPR

Unemployment dips again as job market improves

MarketWatch

U.S. Private-Sector Employment Increased by 170,000 Jobs in January

MPR

Manufacturers who suffer skilled worker shortage might need to pay more

The Atlantic

Making it in America: Why the jobs crisis will be so difficult to solve.

Star Tribune

State unemployment rate drops to 5.7 percent

MinnPost

Dayton’s ‘Jobs Plan for Minnesota’ and how to make it better

Washington Post

U.S. losing high-tech manufacturing jobs to Asia

MPR

The hidden toll of underemployment

MinnPost

Who works for minimum wage or less?

Star Tribune

Employers add 200,000 jobs, unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent

Pioneer Press

Jobless claims in U.S. drop

Washington Post

Is innovation leading to higher unemployment? Meet the new haves & have nots

MPR

Raising The Minimum Wage: Whom Does It Help?

Southside Pride News

Unemployment rate disguises true extent of jobs crisis

MN Dept. of Employment & Econ Devel (DEED)

Job Vacancy Survey

GTC United Way and TC Compass

Quarterly Economic Report (2011)

JOBS NOW Coalition

Metro Job Openings Go Up

MN Dept. of Employment and Econ. Dev.

Minnesota Job Vacancies (2nd Qtr. 2010)

Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

The Economic Impact of Immigrants in Minnesota

MN Legislative Auditor

Unemployment Insurance Program Audit Report

MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Dev.

Minnesota Employment Review  (2/2010)

GTC United Way and TC Compass

Quarterly Economic Pulse (December 2009)

Jobs NOW Coalition

- The Job Gap Family Budgets – a report on the cost of basic needs for Minnesota families in 2008

- 2008 Cost of living in Minnesota Findings

- Key Metro Region Cost of Living Findings 2008

- Key Greater Minnesota Cost of Living Findings 2008

MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development

Minnesota Unemployment Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Employment Situation – November 2011

Economic Policy Institute

Uneven Pain: Unemployment by Metropolitan Area and Race

Annie E. Casey Foundation

A Pathway to Clean Jobs and Prosperity: State Policies for Helping Low-Income Working Families Build Clean Energy Careers

Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce

Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018

Urban Institute

Low-Skill Workers’ Access to Quality Green Jobs

Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies

enterprising non-profits

What Social Enterprise Can Do … In Your Community  (Spring 2010)

MDRC

Alternative Welfare-to-Work Strategies for the Hard-to-Employ (10/2009)

MDRC

Transitional Jobs: Background, Program Models, and Evaluation Evidence (2010)

Brookings Institution

Job Sprawl and the Suburbanization of Poverty  (2010)

AARP

African American Experiences in the Economy: Recession Effects More Strongly Felt

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

The Recession in Perspective (December 2009)

Solutions for America

Workforce Development

Public/Private Ventures

Working Dads: Final Report on the Fathers at Work Initiative (2009)

MDRC

Strategies to Help Low-Wage Workers Advance (June 2009)

Low-Wage Workers & Communities

U.S. Department of Labor & Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment Status of People with a Disability