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The state will begin deploying a 32-foot long bus that will serve as an Iowa Works mobile workforce center, with career counselors and other Iowa Workforce Development employees helping unemployed ...
The regional one-stop centers and offices provide a variety of services to meet the workforce and workplace needs of job seekers, dislocated workers, unemployed persons and Iowa businesses through partnerships of state and local service providers. They provide job counseling, job training, job placement and assistance to special needs populations.
The Mobile Workforce Center will be back on the Tyson grounds from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. Townsend said the bus' crew of employment counselors remained steadily busy assisting workers ...
They are workforce information and education offices set up by Workforce Investment Boards as directed by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The Workforce Investment Act was repealed and replaced by the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act with an annual budget of $3.3 billion.
Both the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Iowa Business Council cited the need to address issues related to workforce in their recently released legislative priorities for 2024, including ...
According to the Story County Laborshed Analysis, which was analyzed and compiled by the Iowa Workforce Development in August 2011, Story County has a total potential labor force of 424,702 people, which breaks down as follows: Employed – 75.3%; Unemployed – 8.37%; Homemakers – 7.8%; Retired – 8.2%
Workforce development tackles systemic inequalities in the labor market by operating on both sides, efficiently connecting workers with jobs and employers with workers. Theories on networks have emphasized the importance of who you know, rather than what you know which is an attributing factor for some labor market inequalities regarding gender ...
Perry, Iowa, grapples with the closure of a Tyson pork processing plant as many laid-off workers scramble for new employment. Tyson plant that employed 25% of Iowa town shutters Skip to main content