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This article was originally published by The Gazette on The Gazette on Jan, 2023. What apprenticeship programs are near me? In our podcast, we chatted with Gazette reporter Izabela Zaluska. Izabela walked us through her story on the Iowa City program that builds connections for job seekers to the skilled trades to help them find an apprenticeship program near them.
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This article was originally published by The Gazette on The Gazette on Dec, 2022. Listen in on our conversation with The Gazette's Des Moines Bureau Chief, journalist Erin Murphy and if its possible there are more opportunities for job seekers even with Iowa's slow growth. Recently, Erin talked with a state economist in his piece on how difficult it will be to recoup Iowa's worker losses due to Iowa's chronic population growth problem.
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DES MOINES — Iowa will become just the fourth state with 16 weeks or fewer of state unemployment benefits under legislation that needs only Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature to become law. The reduction in state unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 16 was approved Tuesday by majority Republicans in the Iowa Legislature. Reynolds made a similar proposal earlier this year, and is likely to sign it into law.
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This article was originally published by The Gazette on The Gazette on Apr, 2022. In this lively discussion on the Careers & Coffee Podcast, Liz and Dan discuss the upcoming opportunity to meet with local job seeker resources at our upcoming Career Fair in Cedar Rapids. This career fair will feature 38 employers looking to hire. In addition to this, 6 community resources for job seekers will be present.
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