Best Employment in Minneapolis - St. Paul

1. University of Minnesota
2. U.S. Government
3. State of Minnesota
4. 3M CO - physicians' and surgeons' equipment
5. Fairview University Medical Center
6. Methodist Hospital
7. Thompson West - legal research
8. Mayo Clinic
9. Abbott Northwestern Hospital - Piper Breast Center
10. Regions Hospital

The largest local market area (LMI) employers are the

1. State and Federal Government,
2. Healthcare, and
3. Legal Research.

Transportation and Construction are also healthy in the Twin Cities and will be boosted by ARRA Stimulus Package funds for infrastructure and Employment & Training form 2009 - 2012.

Economic expansion has stressed the local market area's transportation services and these are expanding with recent opening of the 21st century's Hiawatha Light Rail reaching out towards the Mall of America in Bloomington and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Regional rail routes called the Northstar Corridor are connecting St. Cloud with Minneapolis as well, with expansions after 2008 all the way through 2014.

ARRA funds were allocated for further expansion and successful in many fields in the Twin Cities.

Transportation to and from the area and for commuting:

Airport Terminals

• Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/World-Chamberlain at www.mspairport.com/
• St Cloud Regional
• Rochester International
• Crystal
• Anoka County-Blaine
• St Paul Downtown Holman Field

Amtrak Train Station

• St. Paul/Minneapolis, In St. Paul, At 730 Transfer Rd. Ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, public restrooms, payphones, vending machines, free parking, car rental service, taxi stand.

• Temporary Agencies - IT managers and Analysts, Administrative Assistants, Virtual Assistants, Website Design, and Data Entry
• Swift Transportation - Truck Drivers, Owner-Operators, Mechanics
• Telereach Corporate - Sales, Telemarketing, IT
• Mayo Clinic - Healthcare and IT
• STI 1,184
• Ameriplan - Insurnace Sales and IT
• UnitedHealth Group - Healthcare and Insurance Sales; some IT

All of the following job titles are in Healthcare or Insurance positions.

[Job Title and Percentage of Increase in Jobs Available]

1. Physician Assistants 83.3%
2. Home Health Aides 68%
3. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 64.7%
4. Surgeons 62.6%
5. Pediatricians, General 62.5%
6. Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 57.1%
7. Internists, General 56.2%
8. Family and General Practitioners 55.7%
9. Podiatrists 55.6%
10. Medical Records and Health Information Technicians 54.5% 

Hospitals and Medical Centers in The Twin Cities

• Abbott - Northwestern Hospital Inc
• Children's Health Care - Minneapolis
• Clifton House
• Fairview University Medical Center
• Hennepin County Medical Center
• Philliphs Eye Institute

This Minneaoplis-St. Paul metro area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of the United States and covers the following Minnesota Counties:

• Anoka
• Carver
• Chisago
• Dakota
• Hennepin
• Isanti
• Ramsey
• Scott
• Sherburne
• Washington
• Wright

and in Wisconsin, covers these counties:

• Pierce
• St. Croix

Major Colleges and Universities in Minneapolis-St. Paul

• ACADEMY EDUCATION CENTER INC www.academyeducation.com
• AMERICAN INDIAN OIC INCORPORATED www.aioic.org
• AUGSBURG COLLEGE www.augsburg.edu
• AVEDA INSTITUTE www.aveda.com
• DUNWOODY INSTITUTE www.dunwoody.tec.mn.us
• HERZING COLLEGE-MINNEAPOLIS DRAFTING SCHOOL CAMPUS www.herzing.edu
• LAKELAND MEDICAL AND DENTAL ACADEMY INC www.Lakelandacademy.com
• MCCONNELL SCHOOL INC www.mcconnellschool.com
• MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE www.mctc.mnscu.edu
• MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN www.mcad.edu
• MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• MUSICIANS TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER www.musictech.com
• NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY www.northcentral.edu
• NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES-TWIN CITIES http://naes.indian.com
• SUMMIT ACADEMY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CTR
• THE ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL MINNESOTA www.aim.artinstitutes.edu
• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES www.umn.edu/tc/
• VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER SCH OF RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY