Visit us at our headquarters in the East Side of Saint Paul, or at our offices in Minneapolis, Willmar, and Austin.
Office hours. Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Saturday-Sunday: Closed - Click here for holiday closure dates
Visit us at our headquarters in the East Side of Saint Paul, or at our offices in Minneapolis, Willmar, and Austin.
Office hours. Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Saturday-Sunday: Closed - Click here for holiday closure dates
Our free, hands-on career trainings prepare you for a well-paying career in high-demand fields with room for advancement.
Our free, hands-on career trainings prepare you for a well-paying career in high-demand fields with room for advancement.
Participants in these free, eight- to nine-week trainings learn soft skills to prepare them to be successful in the workplace along with direct, hands-on training in high-demand industries.
With all career paths, participants focus on developing their skills and graduate with the industry certifications they need to get a higher paying job.
As a participant you’ll receive a variety of benefits including:
Depends on the certification program.
Boiler Technicians play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of water boilers at local, state, and federal levels in Minnesota.
This is a hybrid program | Only offered in the Twin Cities
Duration: 7 weeks
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For more information, contact us at careerdevelopment@clues.org
Carpentry is a skilled trade and craft in which the primary work is cutting, shaping, and installing building materials during the construction of buildings, concrete formwork, etc.
This is an in-person program | Only offered in Willmar
Duration: 10 weeks
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For more information, contact us at careerdevelopment@clues.org
Phlebotomists collect blood samples from patients and send them off for analysis and testing.
This is a hybrid program | Only offered in the Twin Cities
Duration: 15 weeks
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For more information, contact us at careerdevelopment@clues.org
**The Commercial Driver training for Willmar students takes place in person at Ridgewater College, and the Commercial Driver training for Austin students takes place in person at Riverland College, and DCTC for Twin Cities.
Become a Commercial Driver
This track prepares students for careers in commercial driving.
This is a in person program | Offered in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota
Duration: 9 weeks for Greater Minnesota*.
Duration: 10 weeks for Twin Cities*.
In-person at CLUES offices (Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Willmar or Austin). Program orientation, digital literacy classes & graduation
*6 weeks of Industry Training with Riverland and Ridgewater College for Greater Minnesota
*4 Weeks of Industry Training with Dakota County Technical College for the Twin Cities
Employment skills training with industry partners and job search assistance
Program Language: English
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Greater Minnesota
Twin Cities
Starting on April 28, 2025. Ending on July 7, 2025.
For more information, contact us at careerdevelopment@clues.org
Health Unit Coordinators are a vital part of the healthcare team.
Our Health Unit Coordinator with Medical Terminology class is designed for anyone interested in pursuing a class in administration in the medical field. The course is taught completely online with medical terminology added to the course. We will cover topics such as how to perform clerical functions, transactions of doctors' orders, softs skills in communication with patients, families, and other hospital staff.
This is a virtual program | Only offered in the Twin Cities
Duration: 9 weeks
6 weeks of industry training with Century College
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For more information contact us at careerdevelopment@clues.org
Training for child caregivers who want to be licensed.
CLUES supports people who have a passion for early education and want to open a Licensed Family Child Care (LFCC) or care for children in their family by becoming a Legally non-licensed provider (LNL) at their own home. The program offers the necessary training to obtain the license, as well as transportation, food, and resources to be able to successfully complete the training and get licensed.
This is a in person program | Offered in the Twin Cities
Duration: 16 weeks
In-person at CLUES St. Paul. Program orientation, digital literacy classes & graduation
14 weeks of pre-
licensing training with develop training
approved
Employment skills training with industry partners and job search assistance
Program Language: Spanish
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For more information, send an email to our Early Childhood Education team: earlychildhoodedu@clues.org
If you are looking for only employment help, contact our Employment Coach, Nathan Fowler, at nfowler@clues.org
If you would like to take part in our program but feel like your English or digital literacy skills need work, we recommend taking a CLUES Adult Education course. For more information, reach out to adulteducation@clues.org
The State of Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) funded (or funded in part) this training through a grant. The grant recipient created this training. DEED does not endorse this publicity or training or make guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership of the information herein or elsewhere
CLUES is a nonprofit public charity recognized as tax exempt by the IRS under section 501(c)(3). CLUES tax ID: 41-1386986. Our Donor Privacy Policy can be found here.
