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Joseph Johnson, a recently retired Des Moines business leader, and his wife, Karin, started a new nonprofit in February called Change Course, which will offer a tuition-free career and community development program to individuals coming out …
In today’s digital and hybrid work world, going on vacation doesn’t have to mean being disconnected from the office. The Wall Street Journal reports that employees are taking more of their PTO than in recent years, but …
Many business leaders in small and midsized cities around the U.S. are perplexed that a debate over remote working continues in larger cities, Emma Goldberg writes in the New York Times. “Almost everybody I know is …
KCCI-TV: United Steel Workers 310 represents more than 900 Bridgestone-Firestone workers. On Thursday, they walked from their union office across Second Avenue to the tire plant. Most had signs asking for a fair and equitable contact. …
The Future Ready Iowa initiative has maintained a goal that by 2025, 70% of Iowans will have some training or education beyond high school in order to meet economic needs.
The urgency of employers …
Heartland Forward, an Arkansas-based nonprofit “think and do tank,” this week released its latest research report, “The Labor Crisis and the Future of the Heartland.” The report “explores how decades of a reduction in domestic manufacturing, demographic …
Iowa Workforce Development announced today it has awarded more than $3.6 million to 88 recipients to fund the creation or expansion of Registered Apprenticeship programs across the state. The Iowa Apprenticeship Act (15B) provides $3 …
Iowa native Melissa Ness is using her leadership experience with professional employer organizations to build a new entrepreneurial venture with Connectify HR. Launched in August 2021, Connectify’s mission as a professional employer organization (PEO) is …
IowaWorks and the Refugee Alliance of Central Iowa are partnering on a three-part series of webinars for employers and communities to learn about how to invest in refugee employment. The events will cover what life …
The Ames Chamber of Commerce and Des Moines Area Community College came together to host a workshop to help teachers better understand the regional economy and companies’ workforce priorities. The two-day “Teaching for the Workforce” …
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