By the end of the first week of April 2020, more than 350,000 Minnesotans filed for unemployment benefits. The following week, Governor Tim Walz announced an extension of Minnesota’s stay-at-home order until May 4th. There is no doubt that the efforts to diminish the spread of COVID-19 has affected employees, employers, and our economy. Yet, during the week of March 29, 2020 through April 4, 2020 employers posted 17,161 new job posts in Minnesota.
The table below shows the range of new job postings for the week of March 29, 2020 – April 4, 2020 for every county in Minnesota.
The image below lists the top 10 occupations with new job postings in Minnesota for the week of March 29, 2020 – April 4, 2020.
The graph below displays the top 20 employers with new job postings in Minnesota for the week of March 29, 2020 – April 4, 2020.
The images below display the top occupations in demand for employers with new job postings in Minnesota for the week of March 29, 2020 – April 4, 2020.
The image below displays the top 20 soft skills in demand according to newly posted job posts in Minnesota for the week of March 29, 2020 – April 4, 2020.
New online job post data collected from Gartner’s TalentNeuron Recruit on April 16, 2020 for the time frame of March 29, 2020 through April 4, 2020 by RealTime Talent and includes job posts from staffing agencies. www.realtimetalent.org I phil@realtimetalentmn.org
