Considering Minneapolis (St. Paul, Wells, Franklin: apartments, lofts, condos)

[NicK Thomas]

Hello guys I am a recent college graduate in my mid 20's single no kids with a bacholer's degree in communications and marketing and I am strongly considering Minneapolis to start my career. What I want to know is are they many jobs in Minneapolis/St Paul area in my career field? I have been browsing careerbuilder and I have saw many fortune 500 companies that I found interesting. But I still wanna throw somethings out there and see what type of response I get. Also what are the bad and good areas of Minneapolis?? also how are the Cedar 94 apts? I find those interesting and wondering how they are? I plan to spend no more than $1,300 a month on a nice place. If information will be useful and helpful thanks

[JONOV]

For 1,300 a month you can get a far nicer place than Cedars 94. Its not in a great area and a former roommate worked there, and he said avoid it; many families overloading small apartments, etc. The best areas for younger people are uptown (the 20xx block south, and West of 35W, getting progressively better as you move west, several blocks west of the interstate are kind of sketchy) Northeast Minneapolis, and near the U of M. People who have finished school are more likely to prefer NE or Uptown. I also had friends live on Cathedral Hill or near Grand Ave in St. Paul and it was a nice fun area. Areas to avoid would be parts of North Minneapolis, and directly east of 35W from Franklin to about the 3600 block, but the farther east you go, the better it gets as you get to Longfellow. I lived in Uptown for 2.5 years and I LOVED it, even with the higher cost of living compared to other neighborhoods

As far as starting your career in your field, Minneapolis is probably as good as any other town. United Health, Target, and Wells Fargo seemed to hire the most kids from my graduating class (I graduated 2010.) Wells Fargo seemed to do all their hiring through AccountTemps and similar groups, but was good about hiring them direct full time after a few months.

[rj2250]

I personally enjoy the area where Cedars 94 is located. It's very central to downtown, uptown and northeast neighborhoods. You should know that the Minneapolis area comes with a higher price tag than outlying suburbs, however it is a great place to be. I found this site which shows some more information about the Cedars 94 properties, its amenities and the walk score of the area:

Cedars 94 | Apartments in Minneapolis MN | Apartment Living Guide

On the career side, there are many opportunities in the Minneapolis area. There are many large companies based in the cities, which means many job prospects. I'd highly recommend the area!

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by rj2250

I personally enjoy the area where Cedars 94 is located. It's very central to downtown, uptown and northeast neighborhoods. You should know that the Minneapolis area comes with a higher price tag than outlying suburbs, however it is a great place to be. I found this site which shows some more information about the Cedars 94 properties, its amenities and the walk score of the area:

Cedars 94 | Apartments in Minneapolis MN | Apartment Living Guide

On the career side, there are many opportunities in the Minneapolis area. There are many large companies based in the cities, which means many job prospects. I'd highly recommend the area!

You can't be serious?? Do you work in Marketing for Cedars or something?

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Originally Posted by JONOV

For 1,300 a month you can get a far nicer place than Cedars 94. Its not in a great area and a former roommate worked there, and he said avoid it; many families overloading small apartments, etc. The best areas for younger people are uptown (the 20xx block south, and West of 35W, getting progressively better as you move west, several blocks west of the interstate are kind of sketchy) Northeast Minneapolis, and near the U of M. People who have finished school are more likely to prefer NE or Uptown. I also had friends live on Cathedral Hill or near Grand Ave in St. Paul and it was a nice fun area. Areas to avoid would be parts of North Minneapolis, and directly east of 35W from Franklin to about the 3600 block, but the farther east you go, the better it gets as you get to Longfellow. I lived in Uptown for 2.5 years and I LOVED it, even with the higher cost of living compared to other neighborhoods

As far as starting your career in your field, Minneapolis is probably as good as any other town. United Health, Target, and Wells Fargo seemed to hire the most kids from my graduating class (I graduated 2010.) Wells Fargo seemed to do all their hiring through AccountTemps and similar groups, but was good about hiring them direct full time after a few months.

Let me just add that I did a stint through Accountemps for Wells Fargo and I was told I needed to Temp for I believe it was 2 years before I could have the option to be officially placed within the company (which I had little desire to do anyways, but Temping for 2 years isn't exactly ideal either).

I thought that info may be useful to you.

As far as Marketing/Communications jobs, you can't pick many other places better than the Twin Cities when it comes to advertising, a component of marketing. I don't know exactly where they rank nationally but I think it's top 5. Campbell Mithune, Periscope, Fallon Worldwide, and Olson are five of the biggest agencies you could start a search with.

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by Min-Chi-Cbus

Let me just add that I did a stint through Accountemps for Wells Fargo and I was told I needed to Temp for I believe it was 2 years before I could have the option to be officially placed within the company (which I had little desire to do anyways, but Temping for 2 years isn't exactly ideal either).

I thought that info may be useful to you.

As far as Marketing/Communications jobs, you can't pick many other places better than the Twin Cities when it comes to advertising, a component of marketing. I don't know exactly where they rank nationally but I think it's top 5. Campbell Mithune, Periscope, Fallon Worldwide, and Olson are five of the biggest agencies you could start a search with.

That may have been the case at one point but not so any longer..unless Accountemps has a different contract. I know several people that have worked at Wells as a Temp but were hired in a year or less..all within the last couple years.

[Thedosius]

Originally Posted by JONOV

For 1,300 a month you can get a far nicer place than Cedars 94. Its not in a great area and a former roommate worked there, and he said avoid it; many families overloading small apartments, etc. The best areas for younger people are uptown (the 20xx block south, and West of 35W, getting progressively better as you move west, several blocks west of the interstate are kind of sketchy) Northeast Minneapolis, and near the U of M. People who have finished school are more likely to prefer NE or Uptown. I also had friends live on Cathedral Hill or near Grand Ave in St. Paul and it was a nice fun area. Areas to avoid would be parts of North Minneapolis, and directly east of 35W from Franklin to about the 3600 block, but the farther east you go, the better it gets as you get to Longfellow. I lived in Uptown for 2.5 years and I LOVED it, even with the higher cost of living compared to other neighborhoods

As far as starting your career in your field, Minneapolis is probably as good as any other town. United Health, Target, and Wells Fargo seemed to hire the most kids from my graduating class (I graduated 2010.) Wells Fargo seemed to do all their hiring through AccountTemps and similar groups, but was good about hiring them direct full time after a few months.

I couldn't agree more with this poster's advice, though I would add that you may also want to check out the North Loop neighborhood downtown. Since I have a home in Longfellow I can only eye the area wistfully, but it's got a lot of great restaurants, interesting old brick warehouses (many converted into luxury apartments/lofts/condos), and several of the major PR/Advertising houses are within walking distance. Since I can't seriously look to move to the North Loop despite my dreams of more-urban living I don't know about costs, but $1,300 a month can get you a nice place in most parts of Minneapolis.