Author Archives: Jim Erickson

Just Thinking Out Loud… Is it Time for a New Fare?

After receiving our Best Places to Work survey results, the word that our employees and staff used most to describe their experience with Q Consulting is FUN. What’s a more fun topic for Minnesotans than the State Fair? In my personal life, I wake up and workout at the same time each day (4:45 am), leave […]

Just Thinking Out Loud…Is it All Luck?

A family member of mine recently went through a significant career change. He stepped into a failing branch of a global organization and within a few short years led the team to be the most profitable branch in the company. He poured his passion, knowledge and soul into leading this branch and ultimately found success! […]

10 Year Challenge: The Hiring Crisis in Minnesota

10 Year Challenge

With unemployment rates at a 50-year low, it comes as no surprise that the job market and hiring landscape in Minnesota look vastly different than 10 years ago. According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, in Q2 of 2009 there were 31,000 job vacancies and 232,000 unemployed people. Ten years later in Q2 […]