CEDAR RAPIDS — As an employee at a long-term care facility, Pam Guilford was one of the first Iowans to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in February. At first, she was unsure is she wanted the new vaccine, Guilford admits. She wondered, are there long-term side effects we don’t know about? “I am not an anti-vaxxer,” Guilford said. “I think what annoys me is people who are hesitant about the vaccines, we’re calling them anti-vaxxers. That’s not the case.
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In this episode of Careers & Coffee, Liz and Dan discuss behavioral interview questions that you need to be ready for during an interview. Behavioral interview questions are an unbiased way to pose questions to a potential employee. There are some good ways to prepare yourself for these questions, and we go into some detail on how to combat these type of questions. Other topics we cover is how to handle yourself under pressure.
Coffee Emporium is far from the only place for a Cedar Rapidian to get a caffeine fix. But the baristas have something that many of their counterparts at other coffee shops in Iowa might not have — 401(k) and retirement benefits. “It really doesn’t matter whether they’re a barista or a manager or whatever,” co-owner Abby White said. “They still have needs. They’re still human.
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When Doug Hundt hosted some guests at Vermeer Corp.’s headquarters in Pella recently, he called the nearby restaurant George’s Pizza and Steakhouse to order some food. “They said, ‘You can order a pizza and salad,’” said Hunt, president of industrial solutions for the industrial and agricultural machines manufacturer. “And that’s it.” The reason? Not enough workers. More than three months after the end of Iowa’s participation in federal unemployment programs — halted early by Gov.
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