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Important Skilled Iowa Documents
Press Releases
- February 11, 2013 Iowa high school students can earn career certificates during State Wrestling Tournament
- December 18, 2012 Marshalltown Joins Skilled Iowa Community Effort
- December 18, 2012 Newton Businesses Encouraged to Endorse Skilled Iowa Initiative
- November 20, 2012 Cedar Valley Debuts as a Skilled Iowa Community
- June 11, 2012 Skilled Iowa Initiative Press Release
- June 11, 2012 Skilled Iowa Initiative Media Advisory
Articles on Iowa jobs
- May 28, 2012 Iowa State University to add faculty in effort to help create a biotech research powerhouse
- May 23, 2012 Workforce Development says more workers needed for “middle skill” jobs
Skilled Iowa News
- KTIV: State rolling out program to expand Iowa “middle skill” workforce
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Cedar Valley leaders sign on to Skilled Iowa Initiative
- Radio Iowa: Waterloo/Cedar Falls named first “Skilled Iowa Community”
- Des Moines Register: Skills program to link workers, jobs
- Quad-City Business Journal: Branstad announces program to teach job skills to unemployed
- Sioux City Journal: Program launched to help unemployed Iowans learn skills
- Globe Gazette: New public-private partnership aimed at internships for the unemployed
- The Gazette: New program will help Iowans gain job skills while collecting unemployment benefits
- Radio Iowa: Governor unveils program to help workers improve their skills
- KCRG-TV: What Does “Skilled Iowa Initiative” Mean for Unemployed?
- WQAD-TV: Initiative aimed at improving Iowa jobs outlook
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