The funding will help launch or enhance 11 training programs expected to serve 362 students.

Iowa Workforce Development could soon be coming to your neighborhood. The state will begin deploying a 32-foot long bus that will serve as an Iowa Works mobile workforce center, with career counselors ...

The Iowa STRONG program will prepare students for high-demand jobs in manufacturing, construction, skilled trades and healthcare.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Auditor of State Rob Sand speaks at a press conference on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Auditor of State's Office) The ...

Starting Tuesday, Iowans will be able to file for unemployment and search for jobs all in one location. It's part of a new unemployment system the state is launching. Iowa Workforce Development shut ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s Veterans Day and in this week’s Working Iowa we’re hearing from Dakota Andrew, a Veteran Career Planner with Iowa Workforce Development who helps veterans get jobs. We ...

Hawkeye Community College will lead a statewide initiative between community colleges and state organizations to establish ...

Iowa manufacturers will soon be able to apply for a new state grant program designed to help employers train workers for high-demand manufacturing jobs and address ongoing labor shortages across the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - Almost 70 Iowa Workforce Development employees are furloughed as the government shutdown continues, WOI reports. The furloughs impact approximately 67 workers from the ...

Beth Townsend, Executive Director of Iowa Workforce Development, and other Iowa Workforce Development leaders will meet with area employers Oct. 5 to hear about local workforce issues.

As Labor Day approaches, it's been just over a year since Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill dramatically cutting Iowa unemployment benefits. Did the changes return to the workforce Iowans who, as ...

Iowa Workforce Development furloughed 67 employees Monday as a result of the federal government shutdown, with the agency saying essential services will continue. Some impacted staff will be off work ...