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Employers expect to slow pay hikes in 2024, continue to add positions

Employers plan to increase hiring and continue to offer pay increases in 2024, although those increases will be tempered, according to the Palmer Group’s 2024 Salary Guide, which was released Nov. 1.

The guide is …

HR Pro Jessica Meisner

Invested in the HR profession

Jessica Meisner comes from a family of human resource professionals. 

She recalls as she was growing up, she would bring her mom’s policy manuals home to read. Meisner’s parents, Joe and Joyce Gitch, were part …

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Jobs Outlook 2023: Experts share challenges, forecast for 2024 jobs market

Employers will have to work to determine their in-office culture and manage their job openings with ongoing labor challenges in 2024, according to employment experts who participated in the Business Record’s Jobs Outlook panel discussion …

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Palmer Salary Guide: Employers expect to slow pay hikes in 2024, continue to add positions

The graph above shows salary raise expectations for 2024 compared to prior years. Source: The Palmer Group

Employers plan to increase hiring and continue to offer pay increases in 2024, although those increases will be …

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Delta Dental of Iowa’s green room to discuss job trends, recruitment strategies

Delta Dental of Iowa will host its next virtual Green Room on “Help Wanted: Trends and Strategies for Iowa’s Workforce” at noon on Nov. 8. Ron Cox, owner of Midwest Workforce Strategies, and April Schmaltz, …

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Jobs Outlook Preview

Employers will face a variety of challenges in the hiring and retention of talent in 2024, according to some of the panelists participating in the Business Record’s Jobs Outlook panel on Oct. 19.

Panelists scheduled …

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Tippie to honor Kyle Krause with Schmidt Business Leadership Award

Kyle Krause, founder and CEO of Krause Group, will receive the Oscar C. Schmidt Iowa Business Leadership Award from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business on Monday at the Krause Gateway Center in …

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Palmer Group’s collecting salary, hiring expectations for 2024 in annual survey

Palmer Group has launched its annual survey to gauge salary and hiring expectations for 2024. The survey will remain open until Friday, Oct. 13. The annual survey, done in conjunction with the Greater Des Moines …

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IPERS earns 5.41% return in fiscal 2023

The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System this week announced that its investment program earned a 5.41% return in the fiscal year that ended June 30, slightly exceeding its policy benchmark of 5.27%. The earnings were …

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Meisner named 2023 Dentons Davis Brown Human Resources Professional of the Year

The Business Record has named Jessica Meisner as the 2023 Dentons Davis Brown Human Resources Professional of the Year. Meisner is the vice president of human resources at UnityPoint Health.


The award, launched by the Business Record …