For Parents and Educators
In the next ten years, nearly 75,000 baby boomers living in the northland will retire leaving gaping holes in our labor force. No longer will northlanders need to travel to the major metropolitan areas for high paying jobs; there will be abundant opportunities right here in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Medical assistants, dental assistants, plumbers, electricians, teachers, nurses, accountants, engineers, construction workers, welders, machinists, and many other technical and skilled workers will be in high demand.
These jobs, in industries like education, health care, aerospace, energy, transportation, technology, and manufacturing will offer wages and benefit opportunities that will not only allow your sons, daughters, or students to enjoy the quality of life in the northland, but to prosper, become homeowners and raise a family.
How can you help your son or daughter capture the opportunities ahead? Keep checking The Northland Works website.
We provide:
- Up to date labor market data (current and future hot jobs, openings in the field, career exploration and training resources, links to learn about educational institutions, and salary information).
- Links to employers such as Cirrus Design, Minnesota Power, Northstar Aerospace, Moline Machinery, EMPower MX (formerly Sinex Aviation Technologies), United Taconite, Hibbing Taconite Company, Stora Enso, SMDC, St. Luke's Hospital, hotels, restaurants, etc.
- Links to job postings in Minnesota's Job Bank & from all over the northland. Wisconsin's JobCenter
- Links to educational and training opportunities at schools such as
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College,
Duluth Business University,
Northland College,
Lake Superior College,
UMD,
Hibbing CC,
Itasca CC,
Mesabi Range C&TC,
Rainy River CC,
Vermillion CC,
The College of St. Scholastica,
and UWS.
Read what the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation has to say about Attracting & Retaining Young Adults.
See the results of the survey in PDF or PowerPoint format.
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Did you know...
- While the number of high school graduates will increase nationally in the next decade, it will decline in Minnesota by 10 percent.
- Since 1991, the U.S. has slipped from 2nd to 15th in the world in the proportion of youth going on to colleges and universities.
- Based on current trends, in ten years Minnesota will have 13,000 too few college graduates to meet its workforce needs.
Rapidly changing demographics and growing competition pose serious challenges for our state. But by acting now, we can safeguard our future prosperity and quality of life. Supported by concerned education, business and community groups, Learnmore was initiated by the Minnesota Private College Council. It seeks to promote discussion and identify new solutions to ensure that more Minnesota children succeed in school and pursue higher education — for their sakes and the sake of our state's future.
Visit Learnmore at www.learnmoremn.org to:
Learnmore is a one-of-a-kind resource for anyone wanting to learn more about how we can all help our
children — and our state — to flourish. You can be part of the solution. Let us know what you think by joining
the discussion or sending us a note. And if you agree that this is an important mission for Minnesota, sign up
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