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Getting fired is more financially devastating for women

Fast Company: Getting fired is almost always difficult and disappointing, but research suggests the impacts are far more devastating for women than for men. In fact, while men typically bounce back stronger, earning an average of …
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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Oct. 24: Women Voters: Why They Matter and What They Want

Host: Iowa State University Women’s and Gender Studies Program
About: Kelly Winfrey will discuss the past, present and future of the gender gap in U.S. elections, and why female voters swing elections. She will explain …
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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Oct. 25: How to Set, Honor and Manage Expectations of Yourself

Host: Professional Women’s Network
About: Join author Marlo Higgins as she discusses this topic and guides attendees in setting strategies to manage self-expectations through recognition, preventing those feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed, and defeated. 
When: …
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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Oct. 26: Cocktails & Conversations

Host: NAWBO Iowa
About: Join members of NAWBO Iowa for this month’s Cocktails & Conversations. There is no fee or registration required to participate. 
When: 4-6 p.m.
Where: WineStyles of West Glen, West Des Moines…
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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Oct. 31: Power Ladies Lunch

Host: Iowa Women Lead Change
About: Join IWLC and sponsor F&M Bank for 60 minutes of pure networking. Be prepared to swap stories, share contacts and learn ways to share some of your power with …
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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In Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 10-22-18

IOWA

On a sunny Thursday afternoon, just past 5 p.m., you’d expect most people to be headed home from work. But at the Dostal House, a retail and coworking space for women on Third Avenue …
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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On The Rise: 10-22-18

Jaclyn Hayek (pictured) ISG Architecture + Engineering

Hired as market strategist leader
Des Moines 

Crystal Ford
BerganKDV
Joined as market leader
Cedar Rapids

Allie Jackson
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
Joined as branch manager and …
By BPC Staff | Oct 22, 2018
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Mary Greeley collaborates on mental health center in Ames

A new Crisis Stabilization-Transitional Living Center that provides support for people coping with mental illness will open in Ames in late November. The center is a cooperative program of Mary Greeley Medical Center, Story County …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2018
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State unemployment rate remains at 2.5 percent

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 2.5 percent through September, an 18-year low for the state, as the U.S. unemployment rate declined to 3.7 percent, Iowa Workforce Development reported this morning. The number of …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2018
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C.R. Bankers Trust president leaves amid newbo evolve fallout

Market president Pat Deignan has left Bankers Trust of Cedar Rapids in the ongoing fallout from failed festival newbo evolve, after the bank is still owed most of a $2.25 million line of credit with …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2018
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