Job Training & Placement
American Indian OIC
Job Training Program (JTPA)
1845 East Franklin
Phone: 612-341-3358
Hours: Monday through Friday From 8 am-4: 30 pm.
Provides: assessment of skills and work history, job preparation classes, work experience and on-the-job training, help with job search and placement, referral for vocational/technical training: programs for youth. Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP).
Remarks: Program participants must be Native Americans and residents of Hennepin County; all services are free.
American Indian OIC
School of Business and Office Technology
1845 East Franklin
Phone: 612-341-3358
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 am-4: 30 pm.
Provides: Training for clerical, data entry, bookkeeping, and work processing jobs; 6-11 month vocational programs with externships in management, customer service.
Remarks: Program is open to everyone; financial aid is available, as is on-site daycare for students’ children.
Catholic Charities Job Services
1624 Chicago Ave. S. (upstairs from Branch III)
Phone: 612-375-9372
Hours: Monday though Friday from 7 am-4: 30 pm
Provides: job preparation and readiness, job placement; support services (i.e. transitional housing from single adults with no children, assistance with resume writing, transportation) and retention services.
Remarks: all services are free.
Center for Asians and Pacific Islanders
3702 East Lake Street #200
Phone: 612-721-0122
Hours: Monday though Friday from 8:30 am- 4:30 pm
Provides: employment counseling, job preparation and training, job placement and assistance with job search, bilingual and multi-lingual support services.
Remarks: services are targeted for Asian refugees; all services are free.
Centro Cultural Chicano
1915 Chicago Ave South
Phone: 612-874-1412
Hours: Monday though Friday from 8:30 am-5 pm. Call on Mondays to set up an appointment
Provides: employment information and counseling, job placement, ESL classes, and bilingual support services.
Remarks: services are targeted for Hispanic and Spanish speaking people; all services are free.
City of Minneapolis
Employment & Training Program
250 South 4th Street, Room 510 (Public Service Center)
Phone: 612-673-5700
Hours: Monday though Friday from 8 am-4: 30 pm.
Provides: Can provide referrals to programs offering job kills assessment, counseling, job placement, Child care and transportation for TANF mothers provided. See also Neighborhood Employment Network
Division of Indian Work
1001 East Lake Street
Phone: 612-722-8722
Hours: Monday though Thursday 8:30 am-4: 30 pm
Provides: Horizons Unlimited program provides employment search assistance.
Employment Action Center
900 20th Avenue South
(+13 other Twin Cities locations)
Phone: 612-752-8800
Hours: Monday though Friday 8 am-4: 30 pm
Provides: Over 30 employment-related programs customized to meet the special needs of youth, mature workers, laid-off workers, women, parents on welfare, and other.
Remarks: Call to see if they have program to fit your needs. There is no charge for most programs.
Hennepin County Vocational Services Program
219 North 2nd Street #414
Phone: 612-348-4947
Hours: Monday though Friday 8 am-4: 30 pm
Provides: Job evaluation and job placement for individuals with mental illnesses.
Remarks: services for residents of Hennepin Country; requires referral from Rehabilitation Services.
Hennepin County Training & Employment Assistance
Century Plaza-Room 370
330 South 12th Street
Phone: 612-348-8953
Hours: Monday though Friday from 8 am-4: 30 pm. (until 7 pm on Wednesdays)
Services: employment and training opportunities, job skills assessment, job preparedness classes, and counseling; child care assistance; transportation assistance; tools, equipment and uniforms; ESL classes; voice mailboxes; adult basic education.
Remarks: this office coordinates Hennepin Ready Temps, and food Stamp Employment & Training, Most of its services are for people who are economic assistance with housing, although their job resource room and use of phones for job search calls are available to anyone who needs them.
HHH Job Corps Center
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul
Phone: 651-642-1133
Office Hours: Monday though Friday 8 am-5 pm.
Provides: Vocational training for persons ages 16-24 who are generally low or moderate income. Training is in areas of: culinary arts, health occupations, transportation industry, painting and wallpapering, facility maintenance. Building and apartment maintenance, and office occupations. GED and basic skills classes, job placement assistance, a residential living program and on-site medical services available.
Kitchen of Opportunities
3025 4th Avenue South
Phone: 612-827-2085
Provides: Training in culinary arts including basic skills, baking, and other on-the-job tasks, plus job readiness, kitchen safety and personal finance classes.
Requirements: Must be 18 years old or older; have no felonies or violence or theft in past 10 years; and must be able to pass a drug test.
Intake: Call for information.
Minneapolis American Indian Center
Workforce Investment Act (”WIA Program”)
1530 East Franklin Avenue
Phone: 612-871-4555
Hours: Monday though Friday 8 am-4: 30 pm.
Provides: Career education counseling and support services.
Remarks: services are open to all; all services are free.
Minnesota Department of Economic Security
Workforce Center
South
777 East Lake Street
Phone: 612-821-4000
Hours: Monday though Friday from 8 am-4: 30 pm
North
1200 Plymouth Avenue North
Phone: 612-520-3500
Hours: Monday though Friday from 8 am-4: 30 pm.
Provides: Unemployment claims, job counseling and placement assistance, Must take part in orientation. Please show up 15 minutes early.
Summit Academy OIC
935 Olson Memorial Highway
Phone: 612-377-0150
Provides: Pre-vocational and job preparation classes; training in the fields of accounting, general clerical, microcomputers, general office systems.
Hours: Monday though Friday 8:30 am-2: 30 pm
Twin Cities Community Voice Mail
Phone: 651-643-0883
Provides: Through a network of community agencies, TCCVM provides voice mailboxes for phone messages in low-income persons looking for jobs or housing, to victims of domestic abuse looking for safety in communication, and to people who need to maintain charge for this service. Call for a referral to a participating agency.
Work with Dignity
Epworth Methodist Church, 3207 37th Ave. S
Phone: 612-722-2726
Hours: Monday though Friday 9 am-4pm; Saturday by appointment.
Provides: Counseling and training to prepare for employment application and interview process. Assistance finding full-time employment with benefits for chronically unemployed or underemployed individuals.
