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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 Wahlertlori.adams@iwd.iowa.gov teresa.wahlert@iwd.iowa.gov

515-281-7538 515-281-5365