How-to-Guide for Employers

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1 How-to-Guide for Employers Welcome to MinnesotaWorks.net. This how-to-guide will help you register and give you specific tips on how to have a successful job posting and employee search using the online job bank from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Previously had a Minnesota s Job Bank account, follow this procedure for your first log in to MinnesotaWorks.net Top right corner of MinnesotaWorks.net find the LOG IN box. Enter your User Name and Password. The system will prompt you to enter a Secret Question and Answer. Forgot your Password, select the Forgot Username/Password link to reset your password. Forgot both your User Name and Password, please call the MinnesotaWorks help desk at or First time registering on MinnesotaWorks.net? Select the Employer Registration button and enter your information to have access to over 45,000 resumes and the ability to post jobs, apprenticeships, internships and volunteer positions 24-hours a day. Need more help with how to use the system? Select the link Training Tutorials on the home page. Need help with other business concerns? Select the link Business Services. Terms and Conditions Federal Law prohibits the use of these services for the purpose of replacing striking workers and for soliciting business opportunities (independent contractors). Also, employers using these services agree not to: Charge a fee for applying. Post a job order for which there is no current opening. Sell or repost job seeker data and resumes found on this site. Such sale or reposting violates the individual s ability to control how his/her data or resume is distributed. This includes searching the resume database from this site for referral to an employer with whom no contractual agreement is in place for the purpose of collecting a hiring fee. Discriminate in the hiring process. To read the full Terms and Conditions, you may select the Find Quality Workers button again.

2 Registration Information All fields with the asterisk are required in order to complete the registration process. Please note, the information provided in the initial registration will default to your MinnesotaWorks (MNW) account information. This information will automatically populate for you when creating a job, apprenticeship, internship or volunteer position. Once logged in, this information can be updated at any time. Please type out the full employer name. All sections with an asterisk are required in order to complete the process. Provide your company s State Unemployment Tax Number or Federal Identification Number to help ease the processing time. Within 24-business hours, you will hear from a Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development representative about the status of your account.

3 Creating and Managing Job Orders All sections with Required Incomplete must be reviewed and within them all fields with the asterisk are required in order to complete a job order. An automated feature for each posting will add the account information into the job information section for you when creating a job, apprenticeship, internship or volunteer position. Creating a Job Order Job Location, needs a county added to be complete. Job Information, Select at least one contact method. Choose recruit online to give job seekers the option of using their MNW resume. Job Information, defaults to a close job order date of 15 days if not changed. Managing Job Orders Closed job orders can be copied and will automatically post. When allowing seekers to apply online, you view MNW resumes from Manage Job Orders, Open orders.

4 Search Tips for MinnesotaWorks.net AND Use and between search terms if you want results that contain all of the terms. Example: Word and Works will find results with both terms (a space or comma between terms will produce the same result). OR Use or between search terms if you want results that contain one or more of the terms. Example: RN or LPN (finds results with only RN, results with only LPN and results with both RN and LPN in the text) NOT Use not between search terms to find results that contain the first term but exclude results that contain the second term. Example: stone not tile (finds results with stone but excludes results with tile even if it also contains the term stone) Quotes Use quotation marks to find results searching for a phrase. Example: total quality management You can use quotation marks... in combination to search for multiple phrases at once. Example: truck driver or CDL or class A ASTERISK Use an asterisk * at the end of a series of letters to find results with those letters and anything following. Example: weld* (this will find weld, welder, welding, or welded) Matching Tips for MinnesotaWorks.net Matching is a new feature that works as a virtual recruiter and ranks the resumes that best fit with your job order. Go to Search for Resumes on the left navigation bar and select the job order from the drop down menu. Enter a ZIP Code and education level if required. Need help describing your job posting, try CareerOneStop s ( Job Description Writer tool. This will produce a list of resumes that best match your job description and ranks them with a five-star rating system.

5 Saved Searches, Saved Resumes and Recruiting Online MinnesotaWorks was not only designed for posting jobs but also to assist employers in a proactive recruiting process. When certain skills are not found in candidates applying, an employer has the option to search by keywords or use the job order to match resumes in order to locate the most qualified candidates. The Saved Search, Saved Resumes and Resumes Recruited Online sections assist with a proactive recruitment effort as well. Saved Searches Quickly run your search and set up notification by selecting the search and click, Notification On. Saved Resumes Quickly recruit online with a unique internal messaging system. Resumes Recruited Online Save resumes for future recruiting. Retains a list of resumes that you recruited online in order to quickly access the individuals resume when they contact you.

6 Optional Automation Solution for Posting Jobs on MinnesotaWorks.net MinnesotaWorks.net is now receiving a data file from the national job bank, JOBcentral. This means employers posting jobs with JOBcentral, will automatically list on MinnesotaWorks (MNW). Please note, jobs received through the JOBcentral data file will not display in your MinnesotaWorks.net account. If you are an employer with a career Web site that is not posting with JOBcentral and would like an automated solution for posting your job orders in MinnesotaWorks, you may give JOBcentral permission to review your Web site to determine if JOBcentral indexing is a solution. To request JOBcentral s index option, go to and select the Include My Jobs link at the bottom of the Web page. Please note: If you choose to use the no-fee index option, you will not be able to manage these jobs from your MinnesotaWorks.net employer account nor will you be able to track for Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) through MinnesotaWorks or JOBcentral. If another solution is needed, please contact the MNW help desk at or Also contact MNW help desk about the status of future data file uploads from other national job banks or through the employer account. Complete text fields on JOBcentral Web site and submit in order to request indexing option with JOBcentral. MinnesotaWorks will soon be uploading all manually entered job orders in MinnesotaWorks to the national job bank, JOBcentral. This will give those who choose not to or cannot use the JOBcentral option more national exposure. MNW-EHTG