On Being a Successful Business in an Everchanging World
The following is a guest blog post authored by Scot Zellmer. Scot is one of the organizers that worked on behalf of adoption and recognition by the City of Mankato of Indigenous Peoples Day. His post speaks to the importance of ensuring our community adopts a “wide range of inclusive and affirming business practices” in order to attract and retain the talent we’ll need to fuel our economy. Read More
On Wednesday, Nov. 7th (8:30 – 10:00 am) the Mankato Chapter of One Million Cups will be celebrating its one year anniversary. This is a free event focused on promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.
Funding Announced for Innovation Program
The Office of Business Finance is now accepting applications for the Innovation Voucher Award Program. On August 1st, $200,000 in funding was made available. Read More
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Workshop
With the rising interest in electric vehicles, is your business or property ready to accommodate this audience?
An event will be held on Monday June 25, 1 – 3:30 pm at The AmericInn Hotel & Conference Center (240 Stadium Rd, Mankato) to help businesses, community partners, and residents learn more about personal electric vehicles (PEVs) and their infrastructure. Read More
Incentives for an Untapped Labor Pool
The Greater Mankato area is sitting at an unemployment rate of 2.5% as of December 2017. Employers are looking for creative ways to grow their companies through new workforce recruitment tactics. With unemployment, this low, innovative ideas need to be explored. Read More
The Workforce Series (7): Tax Credit for Employers
As part of the Greater Mankato Growth Talent Initiative, GMG is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
Written by: Connie Hines, Workforce Development Specialist, MN DEED
The Workforce Series (5): Employee On-boarding
As part of the Greater Mankato Growth Talent Initiative, GMG is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.
For Your Consideration: Employee On-boarding
Written by: Jason Bruns, Director of MN State Engineering Center of Excellence, Minnesota State University, Mankato Read More
The Workforce Series (4): Salary Reimbursement
As part of the Greater Mankato Growth Talent Initiative, GMG is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.
Activating Our Workforce: Salary Reimbursement
Written by: Connie Hines, Workforce Center, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Read More
The Workforce Series (3): Students at Businesses
As part of the Greater Mankato Growth Talent Initiative , GMG is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.
Work-Based Learning: Students at Businesses
Written by: Kim Mueller, Career and College Readiness Coordinator, ISD 77 – Mankato Area Public Schools
The Workforce Series (2): Hiring Refugees & Asylees
As part of the Greater Mankato Growth Talent Initiative, GMG is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.
Refugees & Asylees Have The Right To Work
Written by: Margo Druschel: Associate Director, Minnesota Council of Churches
Refugees and Asylees Have the Right to Work…but it can be complicated for employers and individuals to understand the documents that the government provides and uses for the I-9.
The Refugee Employment Services staff of the Minnesota Council of Churches Refugee Services Office would like to offer some answers to FAQs and to offer ourselves as resources. We recently attended a workshop offered by the US Department of Justice Immigrant and Employee Rights Section of the Office for Civil Rights, where many questions were answered. Read More
The Workforce Series (1): Connecting Businesses to School
As part of the Greater Mankato Growth Talent Initiative , GMG is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.
Engagement Opportunities Support Teachers and Students
Written by: Alison Troldahl, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator, ISD 77 Read More
Based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and network over a million cups of coffee, the Kauffman Foundation developed 1 Million Cups – a free program designed to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs with their communities.
