MINNEAPOLIS — Fortune 500 companies recruit a lot of people from outside Minnesota to work in the Twin Cities, but many don’t stay very long.
There is one group working here that wants to help professionals recruited here stay for longer.
“You kind of disengage when you come here because you just don’t know. You work for one of the corporations — that’s what you know. They don’t really focus on the social aspect that keeps folks here,” said Nick Hooks, one of the founders of Playfessionals .
The three founders of the company came to Minnesota and say that felt socially disconnected at first.
“It’s just more about figuring out how do I live life when I’m not on the clock, and everybody experiences that when they come as a professional to the Twin Cities,” said Corey Collins, another founder.
In 2009 they founded Playfessionals, a networking and social engagement company dedicated to enhancing the personal and career lives of professionals.