EEO Public File Report
Midcontinent Communications
Grand Forks, ND
October 1, 2006-September 30, 2007
Long Term Iniatives
No. Date Initiative Description Scope of Involvement Personnel Involved
1 4/24/2007 Job Fair at ND Job Service Job Service of ND held a Job Fair specifically for Midcontinent Communications. Job Service advertised for this event locally, and our local hiring manager did on the spot interviews for walk-in applicants.   Mark Jenson (Service Manager), Butch Moteberg (General Manager), Steve Mattern (Installation Manager)
2 6/4/2007 Supervisor's Training regarding EEO and diversity in the workplace. This training program is designed to communicate to supervisors the company’s commitment and accountability to EEO and to train them on EEO responsibilities applicable in all phases of employment. All Midcontinent managers and supervisors are required to attend Supervisor's training on an ongoing basis. Steve Mattern (Installation Manager), Mark Jensen (Service Manager), Albert Koshney (Technical Operations Manager), Robert Johnson (Plant and Performance Maintenance Manager), Butch Moteberg (General Manager)
3 Ongoing Technical College Partnership Partnership with local technical school: Minnesota State Community and Technical College - Wadena. Steve Mattern (Installation Manager) partners with a local technical school: Minnesota State Community and Technical College - Wadena to share job opportunites and information about careers in telelcommunications. Steve Mattern (Installation Manager)
Midcontinent Communications - Grand Forks, ND
October 1, 2006-September 30, 2007
No. Date Initiative Description Scope of Involvement Personnel Involved
4 Job fair scheduled for Sept 19, 2007 Job Fair scheduled at ND Job Service We were planning to particiapte in a job fair at Job Service of ND, however they rescheduled it for October 9, 2007 and we did participate. Our local hiring manager planned to do on the spot interviews for walk-in applicants.   Mark Jenson (Service Manager),  Steve Mattern (Installation Manager)
5 beginning 5/15/2007 through ongoing Online advertising to target diveristy-focused candidates in North and South Dakota. We started an annual membership on several websites that will "mirror" the Midcontinent Career Website and post all available jobs. Ensuring we are able to widely dissemenate all our jobs to a variety of audiences online. Erin Cambier (staffing manager) started memberships in:              www.NorthDakotaDiversity.com             www.JobsinBismarck.com               www.NorthDakotaJobNetwork.com            www.JobsinBismarck.com                   www.JobsinFargo.com            www.JobsinGrandForks.com
5 Ongoing Online advertising to target a wide range of candidates throughout our regions. We advertise all available positions on the state Job Service Websites (through the Department of Labor). Ensuring we are able to widely dissemenate all our jobs to a variety of audiences online. https://onestop.jobsnd.com/vos38000000/default.asp
6 Summer 2007 Internship Opportunities Internship opportunities were made available in all regions including Grand Forks. We did not have any applicants express interest in our internship program in this region. Local Hiring Managers were all aware of internship opportunities and shared them with various technical schools.