Iowa Workforce Development
Iowa awards $3.4 million in grants to support registered apprenticeship programs
Iowa Workforce Development has announced new grant awards for Registered Apprenticeship (RA) sponsors whose programs are building the workforce pipeline across the state. A total of $3.4 million in grants are being distributed to both existing RA programs and programs…
Iowa jobless claims set another weekly record
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The number of new unemployment claims in Iowa during the…
(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…
(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…
CR native leads launch of Google job-search feature
Google’s new job search feature is designed to make the job search process easier by…
Modine workers settle in for final summer
Training, transitions underway as workers prep for plant closure By Emery Styron [email protected] The…
Employees seeking more as conditions improve
By Angela Holmes [email protected] CEDAR RAPIDS—As the economy continues to recover from the Great Recession,…
