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 ...

The state unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percent to 3.5% in April. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that’s partly because more people are looking for work. “We had 5,000 ...

DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Workforce Development reported on Dec. 10 that Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.7 percent in September. The state’s jobless rate was 3.3 percent ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa businesses shed 2,700 jobs in June, lowering total nonfarm employment to 1,590,700, according to ...

Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the state unemployment rate increased again slightly in May as more people starting looking for a job. “If they’re not employed when they rejoin, ...

DES MOINES --- While Iowa’s economy is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in some ways, at least one significant pocket of disruption remains: in the state’s workforce, where thousands of Iowans are ...

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, down from 3.8 percent the previous month, the Iowa Workforce Development agency r ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - New data from Iowa Workforce Development show unemployment is up in Iowa compared to last year. In March of 2024, almost 47,000 Iowans were out of a job but looking for ...

JOHNSTON, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) - Iowa’s workforce may not yet know how President Donald Trump’s global trade war could impact it in the weeks ahead, but another 44 workers found ...

Mar. 19—The IowaWORKS Mobile Workforce Center — which was unveiled last year by the governor and Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), and was subsequently deployed to Perry when its Tyson plant closed — ...

IOWA, USA — Due to what is being called a "historic upgrade," Iowans will not be able to file for unemployment benefits through Iowa Workforce Development until June 3. According to IowaWORKS, the ...