Iowa Workforce Wire

Unique Hobby Becomes Success Iowa Business

Brandon Knopf created a business that makes duck calls.

Grants Help Des Moines Center Overcome Obstacle to Quality Child Care

Childcare grants helped Precious Beginnings Children Center open its doors.

Virtual Job Club: Expert Online Advice about Resumes, Interviews, etc.

Welcome to the IowaWORKS Virtual Job Club, an online forum where unemployed Iowans gather weekly with a handful of IowaWORKS experts to discuss job searching.

IWD Career Planners Point Veterans to New Opportunities

Sue May is one of 20 people in IowaWORKS offices around the state who work directly with veterans to help them find meaningful careers.

IowaWORKS Cedar Rapids Helping Refugees Sew Seeds for New Careers

Ajram Upholstery is a front-line example of Iowa Workforce Development’s ongoing efforts to help refugees land long-term careers in their new home.

Axis U Using Free Online Education to Find Companies Workers

Axis U is a company using free online classes to provide the classroom training for apprenticeships in welding, CNC, HVAC, and warehouse logistics.

NW Iowa Care Center Uses Grant-funded Lab to Train Nursing Assistants

Pleasant View Care Center used a $250,000 coronavirus recovery grant to build its own Education Center on the care center’s campus for training CNAs.

Promoting Innovation by Teaching Teens Tech

Nancy Mwirotsi is nearing the end of her seventh year as executive director year of Pi515, a highly respected nonprofit teaching tech to students in Des Moines,

State Center Used Grant to Build a Peace Officer Pipeline

Funded through a Future Ready Iowa Grant, the two law enforcement academies in 2021 provided more than 50 would-be officers with free training.

IowaWORKS Coordinates Successful Event for TPI Employees

More than 335 job seekers attended a two-day job fair in Newton. It was organized to help find new careers for workers losing their jobs at TPI Composites.