Gail Cruikshank

The job market continues to be a job seekers market in Central Minnesota. Gail Cruikshank is the Talent Director from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation. She says she has never seen a better job seeker market which makes retention of employees and recruiting new employees to Central Minnesota businesses more important.

Central Minnesota is dealing with a tight labor market now and has for quite awhile. Gail Cruikshank is the Talent Director with the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation.

Almost all Central Minnesota industries have been hit hard by the nationwide worker shortage. Gail Cruikshank, Talent Director from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, and local HR professional Meghan Murphy joined me on WJON this week. Meghan is also a volunteer with St. Cloud Stand Down.

Internships are valuable to both interns and employers. Gail Cruikshank, Talent Director from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, and Renee Theisen, Human Resource Specialist from Geo Comm, joined me on WJON today. Over 70% of employers offer an intern a full time job with 80% of those people accepting those jobs. 56% of interns get full time jobs from internships.

The worker shortage in Central Minnesota and across the nation is encouraging employers to be a "Choice" employer. Talent Director Gail Cruikshank from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation joined me on WJON Today.