Like other large urban areas in the Nation, the Twin Cities has government employers with thousands of local positions. Though public funding has been under scrutiny lately, these employers are still some of the largest in the state. Here are just a few of the biggest to check out in your Minneapolis jobs search.

The State of Minnesota is the principal employer in the state with close to 55,000 employees. The Minnesota state capitol is in the city of St. Paul and, as such, most of the management and administration services are located there. Having said that, the state has a broad reach and positions can be found throughout the Minneapolis Area and state.

The state’s career website goes beyond what you’d find on a lot of employer’s websites. It has support creating resumes, various tutorials, tips on resume writing etc. in addition to an extremely detailed job search utility. Lots of help for the job-seeker here.

The University of Minnesota is the biggest education organization in the state and one of the largest in the country. The University currently employs about 18,000 people in both full and part-time positions. The primary campus is in Minneapolis with the other campuses located in St. Paul, Duluth, and Morris.

Employment at the University varies from faculty (instructors and professors) to executive and administrative positions (technology, finance and accounting, maintenance etc.). Most of the main workplaces are at the Minneapolis campus and thus house the majority of the system-wide positions.

Hennepin County is the largest county in Minnesota and is home to many of it’s largest cities and suburbs (including Minneapolis, Bloomington, and Minnetonka). The county employs nearly 7,500 people throughout the county, though many are located in the country seat in Minneapolis. As with other public employers, the opportunities are wide ranging and cover administrative and executive, finance, technical, health care, and law enforcement.

The Federal Government also has numerous positions situated in the Twin Cities Metro Area. These jobs are also wide ranging also include parks, veteran affairs homeland security, and agriculture. The government maintains a central work website with a clean ‘google-like’ job search utility. Though less easy to operate as other websites, with some effort and trial and error, you can focus in on the correct job classifications.

There a just a couple of the big government employers in the Minneapolis Area. They have thousands of positions in a wide range of areas. Try them out!

MN Unemplolyment and MN Job Bank can assist you with your Minnesota Job Search.