This guide to Minnesota training resources for adults seeking new employment opportunities provides an overview of careers, wages, job availability, and necessary training. Occupations are described in these areas: medical careers; office professions; technical careers; art, writing, and media careers; service careers---food, hair, police; mechanic careers; precision machine crafts; construction careers; driving occupations; sales careers; careers needing 4 years of training; and jobs requiring no training. Information in each area is presented in a two-page format with eight columns listing the following: (1) job title and job duties; (2) number employed in the occupation; (3) salaries--low-range; (4) salaries--midrange; (5) growth rate; (6) job openings; (7) training needed; and (8) availability of jobs. Other sections contain the following: list of shrinking occupations and popular occupations with few job openings and growing occupations; detailed information about medical careers, computer careers, media careers, accounting, cosmetology, cooking, corrections, machine tool, printing, construction, drivers, and sales; discussion of whether training will result in a job or good pay; technical and community college addresses; majors and training programs at technical and community colleges; sources of short-term training; examples of customized training; and mature workers and employer expectations. An index is followed by a list of regional offices to call to find out qualifications for eligibility. (YLB)