Kathy Leggett joined Ben Oldach as co-host of IWD's Mission: Employable podcast in January. Their goal is to educate Iowans about workforce resources and ideas.
Iowa Workforce Development expects to streamline and improve coordination of job services for veterans after the creation of a new Office of Veteran Services.
Matthew was connected with a mental health agency who was hiring for a peer support specialist. He went in for an interview and was hired for the job.
IWD recently launched a series of online financial literacy workshops. Topics include responsible credit usage, banking basics, insurance, investing, etc.
Iowans need not be on-site at an IowaWORKS job center to take full advantage of all the services. Many can be accessed virtually through IowaWORKS.gov.