Spousal Employment
Dakota County and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area are home to some of the world's best global competitors. 3M, Thomson, General Mills, Target, Best Buy, US Bank, Cargill and Medtronic all have their headquarters in the Twin Cities. Dakota County is proud to be the home of CHS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Goodrich Sensor Systems, Northwest Airlines, Ecolab, Delta Dental, Lockheed Martin, Unisys, and other great companies. As you can see, Dakota County is becoming a hub for knowledge workers at these firms as well as many smaller companies. You can get a more complete list of potential employers here on the Dakota Future web site (www.dakotafuture.com).
Minnesota has an excellent online resource for employment, the Minnesota Job Bank (www.mnworks.org). You can search for a job and post your resume on this service.
Looking for Self Employment?
If you are a spouse of an employee and are thinking about starting your own business, Minnesota has some great resources.
More than 50,000 people are employed in Eagan along, making it one of the top and fastest growing job centers in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Dakota Future www.dakotafuture.com is a web site with great overall information about the business environment in Dakota County.
Bizpathways www.dakotacountybizpathways.org is a web portal to all kinds of business planning tools, information and resources.
The Small Business Development Center at the Partners in Higher Education Building in Apple Valley can provide free one-on-one business counseling services. Contact Christine Pigsley at christine.pigsley@dctc.mnscu.edu or (952) 997-9540.
GetGoMN www.getgomn.org is a web site that connects business owners and investors.
Minnesota Small Business Assistance Office www.mnsbao.comserves as a point of first and continuing contact for individuals and firms with questions about the start-up, operation or expansion of a business in Minnesota.