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CR to hire workforce development specialist

An aerial view of the city of Cedar Rapids. CREDIT EXPEDITED FREIGHT   By Dave DeWitte dave@corridorbusiness.com In a reminder of the city’s persistently low unemployment rate, the...

Let’s really merge economic development

CBJ Editorial An old adage says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today. This adage can...

Corridor brand is alive and well

CBJ Editorial It is sometimes said that your brand is what people say about you behind your back. In the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area, the...

(Un)Hired Help: How more diversity can build a better workforce

Iowa’s workforce shortage has underscored the need to hire for diversity with a bright red line. Yet, in a state with a population far...

CBJ’s 15th Anniversary: 15 things that made us a region

A screenshot from the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce's 2019 video showing a handful of high-profile Johnson County leaders on a bus trip...

Tough questions for ICR Iowa

CBJ Editorial  When the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) and the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance finally came together in 2016 to create a...

(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...

The importance of growing our talent pool

By Jen Daly / Guest Column Where can we find employees? It’s a phrase our ICR Iowa team hears weekly from employers large and small...

Meet 2018’s Forty Under 40

Introduction by Katharine Carlon katharine@corridorbusiness.com Photography by Brian Draeger, Ben High and Miranda Meyer The Corridor Business Journal is proud to introduce another remarkable class of Forty...

Tim Carty

Director of Talent Attraction ICR Iowa AGE: 34 What was your biggest break? In 2012, I asked my boss (and good friend, Shawn Reineke) about some ways to...

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