Tag: Beth Townsend
Wise to end pandemic unemployment program
Everything is political or perceived as political nowadays, including Gov. Kim Reynolds’ move to end Iowa’s participation in the federal pandemic-related unemployment benefit program...
Big glass ceiling breaks
Two significant glass ceiling barriers were broken over the past several weeks. First, and most obviously, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first...
Job market gains a hopeful sign
While COVID-19 isn’t going away anytime soon, we are heartened that Iowa’s unemployment rate continues to improve.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to...
New IowaWORKS app connects job seekers with services
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Iowa Workforce Development has announced the launch of the new IowaWORKS mobile application that expands work search services for Iowans.
The mobile...
Iowa’s unemployment rate increases to 10.2% in April
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 10.2% in April, up from 2.7% one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate rose...
(Un)Hired Help: Reflecting on a year of workforce reporting
This marks the conclusion of the CBJ's members-only series exploring the causes and symptoms of Iowa's worker shortage. We look back at some of...
(Un)Hired Help: Digging into Iowa’s workforce skills gap
In this six-part, members-first series, the CBJ is exploring the causes and symptoms of Iowa’s worker shortage, and whether it’s likely to be a...
C-suite parity still eluding Iowa women
By Katharine Carlon
katharine@corridorbusiness.com
It’s lonely at the top – and it might be loneliest of all for women.
Though they make up nearly half of...