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Facts AboutSkilled Iowa
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Do Iowa’s Demographics Affect Your Workforce?
Over 20% of Iowa’s workforce has a high school degree or less
Less than 25% of Iowans aged 25 and up hold a bachelor’s degree
Iowa’s 4.1% population growth is less than surrounding states and the national average of 9.7
Is Your Business Affected by the Skills Gap?
56% of Iowa jobs require middle-skills
Only 33% of the workforce is qualified for middle-skill jobs
Middle-skill jobs are highly technical
STEM related
What is Skilled Iowa?
Employer connection to certified workforce
Skills upgrade opportunity for Iowans
Community economic development tool
Employer
Bottom Line
Impact
Easily find qualified workers
Applicants with
verifiable skill sets
Reduce employee
churn
Applicant
Benefits
Student
Benefits
Community
Benefits
National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
NCRC
Skilled Iowa Internship Program
Participants continue to receive Unemployment Benefits
Up to 8 week internship will consist of 24 hours of work or industry training, and 16 hours of educational training each week
IWD will coordinate with the employer to develop and approve an appropriate training plan
IWD covers the Workers’ Compensation coverage for participants
Internship Examples
Internships
Skilled Iowa Business Metrics
Statewide Member Businesses (Number)
Goal: 10.0%
Current: 7.08%
Skilled Iowa Workforce Metrics
Current Labor Force with NCRC
Goal: 5.0%
Current: 0.88%
Get Involved in Skilled Iowa
Become a member business
Utilize the National Career Readiness Certificate in hiring processes
Develop an internship opportunity
Recommend earning a NCRC to someone looking for a new job
Contribute to the initiative
95 Cities using NCRC CertificationAlbia Altoona Asbury Bedford Bellevue Bettendorf Breda Burlington
Camanche Carroll Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids
Centerville Chariton Charter Oak Clarinda
Clinton Clive Coburg Creston Cumberland/Lewis
Decorah Deloit Denison
Des Moines DeWitt Diagonal Dike Donnellson Dubuque Dunkerton Earlham
Eddyville Edgewood Eldora Emmetsburg
Estherville Fort Dodge Fremont Glenwood
Grundy Center
Hazelton Hudson Humboldt Iowa City Keota Keystone Lamoni
LeClaire Leon Lovilia Lytton Macedonia Manchester Manilla Manning
Maquoketa Mason City Melrose Missouri Valley
Mt. Ayr Mt. Vernon Muscatine New Hampton
Newton North Liberty
Oakland Ogden Osceola Oskaloosa Palo Panora
Perry Preston Reinbeck Ricketts Sergeant Bluff
Sigourney Sioux City Spencer
Springville Storm Lake Strawberry Point
Treynor Urbana Urbandale Vinton Washington
Waterloo Waukee Webster City
Wellman West Burlington
West Des Moines
Winthrop
Find out more information and download an employer supporter form at
www.skillediowa.org
or contact:
Lori Adams Teresa [email protected] [email protected]
515-281-7538 515-281-5365
