HIRED Works
My first job after returning to the Twin Cities from my 9-year-long exile in Iowa was at HIRED, a non-profit employment services agency. It was a great place to cut my teeth working with clients coming out of correctional settings, practice some social work skills, and develop questions as a budding social scientist. I just learned from my sister (who works there now) that HIRED is offering opportunities for community members to visit HIRED and learn more about its work. Unfortunately, they also chose a picture of me for their advertising - not sure that will serve them well...Anyway, check it out! HIRED is very good at what it does, working with various groups of people (ex-offenders, dislocated workers, adults, youth, etc) to help them find jobs and training.