IWD Launching Business Engagement Division, Reaching Out to Build Business Relationships

Iowa Workforce Improvement Communications
For Speedy Launch
Date: September 12, 2022
Contact: Jesse Dougherty
Phone: 515-725-5487
E mail:  communications@iwd.iowa.gov

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IWD Launching Enterprise Engagement Division, Reaching Out to Construct Enterprise Relationships
New Construction Will Concentrate on Serving to Employers Discover the Workforce Instruments They Want

DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Workforce Improvement at this time is launching its new Enterprise Engagement Division, reorganizing staff across the state to create a extra environment friendly staff for assessing and resolving the workforce challenges of Iowa employers.

The launch might be accompanied by an employer outreach blitz throughout the state. Over the subsequent 100 days, IWD management and members of the brand new division will deploy throughout Iowa to share details about obtainable assets and supply particular factors of contact for helping employers with any workforce want.

The Division, which might be led by Division Administrator Tim Goodwin and Deputy Division Administrator Kathy Anderson, was created on the course of Governor Kim Reynolds, who challenged IWD to design and implement a “one-stop store” for employers – an easy-to-access system that can meet employer wants no matter the place they’re within the cycle of their enterprise lives.

“We need to spend the subsequent few months connecting with as many Iowa employers as doable so we are able to make sure that the state is doing the whole lot it could possibly to handle their workforce wants and likewise present a slate of actual options,” stated Beth Townsend, Director of Iowa Workforce Improvement. “Iowa has many workforce instruments to assist with totally different challenges employers face.  It may be troublesome for companies to navigate the obtainable assets within the state, so now we have created a one-stop store to offer concierge service to them, no matter the place the packages are housed.”

A key first step includes constructing long-term relationships. Towards that finish, IWD needs to fulfill with Iowa’s employers and might be reaching out to schedule in-person visits with them to judge any ongoing workforce wants. (Employers can also join a go to by clicking right here.) IWD consultants additionally will observe as much as present any recognized help throughout these conversations. Topic areas embody:

• Exploring and constructing workforce (obtainable help with employee coaching and work-based studying)
• Surviving a slowdown (fast response staff, voluntary shared work program)
• Growing, increasing, and retaining workforce (assist discovering extra staff, increasing the pool by focused packages and retention packages)

“We’re remodeling Iowa Workforce Improvement right into a one-stop store the place employers can go to search out help with any workforce problem at any level within the enterprise cycle,” stated Sherri Behrendt, IWD’s new Deputy Director of Employment and Coaching, together with Enterprise Engagement. “Over the subsequent few weeks and months, we’re going to be actively reaching out to companies throughout the state to make certain Iowa employers perceive that we’re prepared, prepared, and greater than in a position to assist.”

To seek out extra data on the workforce providers obtainable to Iowa employers, go to this hyperlink. You possibly can contact Enterprise Engagement at iaworks@iwd.iowa.gov, 1-833-469-2967, or by clicking the hyperlink above.

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