General Mills Oppurtunity

Last Updated on 06 July 2009 Written by Timothy Stewart

After moving to Minneapolis I quickly realized that there were a wealth of opportunities in the Twin Cities.  I was a little scared at first, especially since the economy isn't doing the greatest. Before even checking the oppurtunities in the area,  I narrowed my options down to 3 companies I would like to work for: General Mills, Target, or Best Buy.  I didn't know if any of them had openings, but I knew they were all good companies to work for.  I started my search here...

Then I updated my resume with the new Minneapolis address at all of the recruiting websites (CareerBuilder, Monster, Hotjobs, LinkedIn, DICE) and started sifting through all of the available positions in the area.  It was very intimidating at first, but I was able to narrow down a lot of the positions that were available.  Most of the positions in the area were contract hires, 2rd shift, or very high leveled experience positions with at least 10 years.  Luckily I found 3 positions and applied for them and was given interviews at all of them.

After interviewing with 3 companies, (eLoyalty, Boston Scientific, and General Mills) I decided to pursue General Mills.  Well, after a lengthy interview process and getting to see the whole campus, I was offered the position and I accepted it.  I accepted it for many reasons, but I think one of the biggest reason were the quality of people I met there.  Almost everyone that I had met had been there 10+ years, loved General Mills, was offered many opportunities internally, and they all said that General Mills is very flexible and provided a great work life balance.  Also General Mills was rated the #1 Best place to Work in IT, according to Computerworld.  After hearing all of the wonderful things, seeing how well they were doing even in the economic downturn, and seeing how many awesome brands they owned (Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Wheaties, etc...), I knew I made the right decision.