Mankato Place
12 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 1600A
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-389-6723
Fax: 507-389-2708; TDD: 507-389-6512
Toll Free: 1-888-GET-JOBS
Career assistance is available to all Minnesota residents at no cost at the Mankato Workforce Center. Services include: Weekly "Creative Job Search" workshops (also online); resume assistance; MN
Job Bank; MN Career Information Services computer career guidance system; MN salary and labor market information; specific services for those laid off or down-sized (Dislocated Worker Program); unemployment insurance information and processing.
Mankato, Waseca, Fairmont, & New Ulm Locations
201 North Broad Street, Suite 100
Union Square Business Center
Mankato, MN 56001
The Mankato Life-Work Planning Center is a Minnesota Pre-Employment Program for women and a Minnesota Displaced Homemaker Program. This program serves women in transition, including Displaced Homemakers;
Non-Displaced Homemakers; Latina Women and Youth; Teen and Young Moms; and Women transitioning from Welfare to Work. Services include personal growth and career development workshops. Services are free to displaced
homemakers, nominal fee for non-displaced homemakers.
Local Area Career Counselors*
*use your own discretion—most are fee-based
MSU CDC
Mankato Area
Minnesota
Career Resources for those in Transition or Re-Careering
- ISeek – A state of Minnesota online resources to assist with choices about careers, employment, education, and training. Very comprehensive!
- ISeek Minnesota Career Counselor Directory.
- Minnesota Careers – comprehensive collection of articles on career planning and exploration; skills, wages, employment growth, education and outlook; and schools, program listings, financial aid, and more!
- Minnesota Virtual University – MnVU provides links to more than 30,000 courses from many public and private education providers in Minnesota.
- ONet Online – Interactive and accessible occupational information.
- What Color is Your Parachute? – Book & Website by Richard Nelson Bolles. Both the book and website have comprehensive information about finding a career that's right for you, doing research on a career or a company, and networking.
- Career One Stop – very comprehensive Federal website includes employability check-up, employer locator, skills profiler, reading room and resume tutorial.
