MnDOT
This is the city where MnDOT’s central headquarters is located.
What is St. Paul?
This Minnesota city is home to the world’s largest freshwater lake port.
What is Duluth?
This federal law helps employees balance work and personal needs by allowing eligible workers to take protected time off for medical or family reasons.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
This essential document outlines the duties, minimum qualifications, and preferred experience for every posted position.
What is the job posting?
This session helps new hires learn MnDOT’s mission, values, and the resources available to support them on day one.
What is New Employee Orientation?
This Minnesota landmark, built in 1927, is the longest continuous stone arch bridge over the Mississippi River.
What is the Stone Arch Bridge?
This national park, famous for its interconnected waterways, sits on the Canadian border.
What is Voyageurs National Park?
This process, often supported by Labor Relations, is used when an employee formally challenges the application of a contract provision.
What is a grievance?
When candidates have questions about their application status, they’re encouraged to reach out through this centralized system used across Minnesota state agencies.
What is the State of Minnesota Careers Portal?
This resource offered by Training & Development helps employees track and complete required courses.
What is New Employee Orientation?
This MnDOT initiative uses data, engineering, education, and enforcement to reduce fatal and serious‑injury crashes on Minnesota roads.
What is Toward Zero Deaths (TZD)?
This Minnesota river, whose name comes from the Dakota word for “clear water,” forms part of the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin.
What is the St. Croix River?
When an employee wants to formally challenge a workplace decision, Labor Relations guides the process outlined in this document.
What is the collective bargaining agreement?
This behind‑the‑scenes process ensures candidates move smoothly from selection to Day 1, including background checks, paperwork, and final approvals.
What is onboarding coordination?
This tool helps employees set goals and plan the skills they want to build each year.
What is an Individual Development Plan (IDP)?
This long‑range MnDOT planning document guides statewide transportation investments over a 20‑year horizon.
What is MnSHIP (the Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan)?
This lake is the largest entirely within Minnesota’s borders.
What is Red Lake?
This support from Labor Relations helps supervisors understand how to apply workplace rules consistently across teams.
What is contract interpretation?
This proactive strategy strengthens MnDOT’s future applicant pools by building relationships with schools, community groups, and job‑seekers long before a position is posted.
What is workforce outreach?
This program requires employees to get approval before taking a class and to show how it supports their job or career goals.
What is tuition reimbursement?
This MnDOT office leads statewide efforts to incorporate pedestrian, bicycle, and transit considerations into highway planning and design, supporting the agency’s commitment to multimodal transportation.
What is the Office of Transit and Active Transportation (OTAT)?
This Minnesota city is home to the nation’s first enclosed, climate‑controlled shopping mall, opened in 1956.
What is Southdale Center in Edina?
This strategic support Labor Relations provides helps supervisors navigate complex situations by outlining options, risks, and contract considerations before taking action.
What is consultation (or strategic guidance)?
When a supervisor notices that an employee’s duties have gradually shifted beyond their current classification, Staffing may initiate this formal review to ensure the title and pay range still fit.
What is a job audit?
This career‑growth service helps employees present their strengths clearly and practice responding to challenging prompts before pursuing new opportunities.
What is interview preparation support?