Iowa Workforce Development
IWD to deploy modernized unemployment system
Unemployed workers in Iowa soon will be accessing a new system in order to process their unemployment insurance claims and search for jobs. Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) announced Tuesday, May 27, that its decades-old system would temporarily go dark at…
Iowa unemployment claims jump again
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The number of workers filing for unemployment in the state…
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,…
