Iowa Workforce Wire

Iowa Language Learners: Grants to Improve Workplace Communication

The Iowa Language Learners Job Training Program provides $5 million to help employers provide sustained programs for dual language instruction.

Iowans Increasingly See Value in Registered Apprenticeships

Iowans are endorsing earn-as-you-learn job training methods in record numbers, making this state a national leader in building new registered apprenticeships.

IWD Celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October is National Disability Employment Awareness month, and Iowa Workforce Development is joining the rest of the nation in celebrating.

Designing for Business Success

Amber created a web design business.

Bridgid Ruden featured speaker at 2022 IVRS Conference

Bidgid Ruden speaks at the IVRS 2022 conference.

IWD'S New Business Engagement Division: Proactive Help to Find and Connect the Pieces of Your Workforce Puzzle

If you’re an employer facing workforce challenges, Iowa Workforce Development's Business Engagement Division wants to hear about it.

September is Workforce Development Month

September is Workforce Development Month, a time when professionals at IWD and sister agencies highlight the ways you can get help in finding a new career.

IWD Veterans March in Iowa State Fair Parade

Iowa Workforce Development employees marched in celebration and commemoration of their colleagues in a parade commemorating Veterans Day at the Iowa State Fair. 

Iowa Schools Prepping Launch of Teacher / Paraeducator Registered Apprenticeships

Participants in the Teacher Paraeducator Registered Apprenticeship Pilot Grant Program will earn paychecks while working toward teaching degrees.

New Mobile Unit to Expand the Reach of IowaWORKS

Iowa Workforce Development expects to take delivery next summer of a 32-foot-long, custom-built bus – a mobile IowaWORKS on wheels.