Iowa Advantage provides Iowans in transition a
series of workshops addressing their most immediate needs.
These include dealing with job loss, financial management,
applying for financial aid, resume development, job search methods and
tips on keeping a job in today’s environment. The purpose
of this project is to provide an opportunity for Iowa workers who become
dislocated to begin the important initial steps to re-employment.
Workshops
offered by the Iowa Advantage program include:
-
Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Unemployment Insurance
-
I’m
Unemployed: Where Do I
Go From Here?
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Career
Decision-Making
-
Budgeting
on a Shoestring
-
Coping
With Change
-
Your
Job Search: Ready-Set-Go!
-
Community
Resources
-
Your
New Job and You
-
Going
Back to School
These
workshops are open to the public for no fee at the following offices:
|
Newton
IWD
115 N. Third Ave. West
Newton, IA 50208
(641) 792-5131 |
Ames
IWD
122 Kellogg Ave.
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 232-6572 |
Des
Moines IWD
430 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 281-9619 |
For more information on class content and
schedules, please go to the
Statewide
Iowa Advantage Calendar or contact one of the offices above and ask to speak to the Iowa
Advantage Coordinator.
