New IowaWORKS Portal Will Ease Path for Veterans In Search of New Careers

Iowa Workforce Growth Communications
For Rapid Launch
Date: April 7, 2023
Contact: Jesse Dougherty
Phone: 515-725-5487
E mail: communications@iwd.iowa.gov

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New IowaWORKS Portal Will Ease Path for Veterans In Search of New Careers
Iowa Workforce Growth Unveils New Method for Veterans, Employers to Hook up with Workforce Options

DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Workforce Growth at present introduced the launch of a brand new on-line portal that can make it simpler for Veterans and their households to discover a new profession in Iowa.

The brand new portal, www.IowaWorksForVeterans.gov, was created to assist Veterans join with one-on-one job search help and to assist employers with finding and hiring individuals who have expertise from the armed forces.

IowaWorksForVeterans.gov offers entry to the dear career-enhancing instruments and assets supplied by IowaWORKS and House Base Iowa whereas additionally containing a wide range of details about the advantages Iowa offers to Veterans. The purpose is to make Iowa a high employment vacation spot for Veterans and their households.

“House Base Iowa for a number of years has been Iowa’s flagship program for recruiting Veterans and transitioning active-duty service members to our state. The brand new Veterans Portal higher connects House Base Iowa with IowaWORKS and permits Veterans to get one-on-one help with discovering that second act profession in Iowa,” mentioned Beth Townsend, Director of Iowa Workforce Growth. “Combining the brand new portal with the House Base Iowa profession planners, in addition to the Veterans companies out there in all our IowaWORKS workplaces, offers extra help than ever earlier than and a better route for Veterans and their spouses to construct a greater life in Iowa after service.”

“Iowa’s economic system wants Veterans – mission-oriented individuals who know work onerous and get a job achieved,” Townsend mentioned. “Whether or not you’re transitioning out of the service and on the lookout for a brand new place to name residence or a local Iowan who’s merely trying to higher your financial prospects, House Base Iowa and IowaWORKS are right here that can assist you get linked with the Iowa employers who want you.”

Veterans and their spouses can use the brand new portal to create an IowaWORKS account, seek for open jobs, attend on-line workshops, and/or register for one-on-one concierge companies. Iowa companies likewise can register themselves as “veteran pleasant” employers and obtain entry to resumes from a broad pool of Veteran candidates. To tour the positioning, view this video walk-through.

Alongside the portal’s unveiling, IWD is also increasing entry to the just lately launched House Base Iowa Enterprise Coaching Program to coach employers throughout the state about how they can assist enhance the hiring and retention of Veteran and military-affiliated people. This system was created by a partnership with House Base Iowa and PsychArmor.

“Fewer than 7 p.c of People serve or have served in uniform,” mentioned Jamie Norton, Director of Veteran Workforce Providers at IWD. “Consequently, many employers are unfamiliar with army tradition and the worth a Veteran can convey to the office. Contact us at HBI@iowa.gov for extra info on enroll within the superb coaching alternative.”

Absolute Group, an employee-owned building agency with roughly 400 crew members throughout Iowa, was one of many first corporations to take part within the HBI coaching as a part of a pilot undertaking. “This was a no brainer for us,” mentioned Dean Robbins, Director of Group Outreach. “There’s nice worth in hiring Veterans and people at present serving. This ought to be a optimistic for any enterprise.”

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