Education

After two years of sharp declines in hiring, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) students are having more success landing jobs – and getting them earlier – than during the depths of the financial crisis, The …

The pace of downsizing remained virtually unchanged in May, as employers nationwide announced plans to cut 37,135 positions from their payrolls during the month. That figure is just 1.8 percent more than the 36,490 job …

Sen. Tom Harkin announced that Des Moines and Dubuque will receive $98,770 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Public Housing – Family Self Sufficiency Program.

The funding is designed to hire …

Lisa Lacher, director of media relations and public relations at Drake University, will resign to accept a position Strategic America, a local advertising and public relations agency. Lacher, who has served as Drake’s director of …

The Des Moines Public Charter School Foundation has received a $50,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Leadership Circle.

The Leadership Circle granted the foundation $200,000 in 2010 for start-up costs. The …

Volunteer mentors are needed for the Post-Secondary Education Retention Program being launched by Iowa Homeless Youth Centers. Beginning this summer, 10 youths will be accepted and enrolled in college through the program, which seeks to …

As recent college graduates prepare to enter the job market, those who graduated with an engineering-related degree should be in good shape to earn a high salary over their lifetime, with business majors not far …

Submittal Exchange of Waukee and ITAGroup Inc. of West Des Moines have been named winners of the 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces competition sponsored by Inc. magazine and Winning Workplaces. The annual contest recognizes the …

The loss of top performers is of growing concern to employers in the Midwest, according to a report by Right Management Inc. A survey of 700 U.S. companies found that 30 percent of respondents expect …