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Business
Services
Business
and Employer Satisfaction Survey
Iowa Workforce Development is much more than just the "unemployment
office." The mission of Iowa Workforce Development is to provide quality, customer-driven services that support prosperity, productivity, health and safety for Iowans.
Services for employers in Region 12 include:
- IowaWorks—A one-stop internet resource for Iowa business.
Use IowaWorks to submit job
orders electronically, access a variety of forms and publications,
find wage information, link your website to our
Business Directory, and more.
- Recruiting—IWD Staff seeks to match job seekers against the
employment needs of prospective employers and to make appropriate
referrals. No fees are charged. Job listed with IWD are posted in
local offices and on several internet sites:
IowaJobs, the "Local
Job Opportunities" section of this website,
America’s Job Bank, and
Smart Career Move. Smart
Career Move is Web site for jobs paying a minimum of $30,000 per year.
- Career and Employment Fairs—Annual career and employment
fairs in Region 12 are usually held in the spring and offer employers
and job seekers the opportunity to interact at a single location.
Employers are charged a nominal fee to cover advertising costs.
- Testing Services—Planning to hire a new secretary who must
be able to type 65 words per minute? IWD staff can administer—at no
charge to the employer or the job seeker—proficiency testing for
typing, 10-key, and data entry. IWD has access to several
tools for assisting job seekers who want to identify skills, abilities
and interests for employment, including the “Iowa Choices” software
program.
- OPAC®—The
Office Proficiency Assessment and Certification System (OPAC) is
the premier PC and office skills testing suite. With an array of over
30 tests the OPAC System is the perfect tool to measure job applicant
PC and office skills.
- Reverse Referrals—This service directs all interested job
seekers to apply for openings at the IWD offices, freeing the
employer’s time for other tasks.
- WorkKeys® and Accuvision—Systems developed by American College Testing
(ACT) to document and improve work place skills.
WorkKeys®
is implemented in three steps: job profiling, assessments, and
training targets. WorkKeys® allows employers to screen employees with
needed skills, determine training needs of entry level and current
employees and provide schools with information on how to prepare
students for the workplace. For more information about WorkKeys® and
Accuvision in
Region 12 contact Linda Glorfield by e-mail or telephone (712) 233-9030.
- Tax Credits—The
Work
Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtWTC) offer employers federal income
tax credit if they hire persons from certain eligibility groups such
as low income persons or persons with disabilities.
- Labor Market Information—Current
labor market
information is available on various economic trends and
occupations including data on prevailing wage rates and projected job
outlooks.
- Free Space—Want to interview or test prospective applicants
away from your office? IWD offers free meeting rooms to employers for
job interviews (when available) and Resource Center space for
employers to display and distribute job information.
- Employer’s Council of Iowa
(ECI)—This group of local employers
holds regular meetings to discuss common concerns and to sponsor
seminars on topics of interest.
- Child Labor Forms—IWD staff issues
work
permits and certificates of age for employers who wish to hire
young people under 18 years of age just entering the job market.
- Required Posters—General requirements and ordering
information are available for
state and
federally required employer posters. These posters are available at
no cost to the public from IWD. (The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required
to view and print this file and can be downloaded free of charge.)
- Business Closings/Downsizing—Should your business
experience a closing or restructuring, IWD staff and its partners are
ready to help employees make the transition to other employment.
Laid-off workers are provided access to services including financial
support and training.
- Tax Liability Information—Region 12 has two tax liability
specialists. Amie
Lovrien can be reached from 8:00 A.M.
to 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday at (712) 233-9032.
Rhonda
Hauge can be reached from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday through
Friday at (712) 233-9046.
Unemployment Insurance Tax Forms and Publications—A number
of commonly
required or requested forms are available on-line.
Veterans Services—The Veterans Services Representatives
can assist you with all levels of staffing needs through the use of a
statewide database. They can also provide information concerning
employment rules and regulations pertaining to veterans.
- Benefit Payment Control Investigation—Through its fraud
detection program, Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) attempts to
prevent and detect benefits paid through error by IWD or through
willful misrepresentation or error by the claimant or others.
Larry Finley can be
contacted at (712) 233-9030 for information regarding wage cross
matches, border checks and regular investigations.
- Iowa Advantage—This new series of workshops is available
for job seekers, dislocated workers, students, and other customers
interested in updating their job seeking skills, deciding on a career,
going back to school, budgeting, etc. Workshop topics include:
- Job and Career Options - career exploration and planning.
- Coping With Change - managing the stress of job loss or change.
- Budgets and Finances - reviewing your current
situation and an overview of the available resources
- Your Successful Job Search - job seeking skills
including completing applications, writing resumes and
interviewing skills
There is no cost to attend any of the Iowa Advantage workshops. For
more information on class schedules, or to pre-register, contact your
local Iowa Workforce Development office or check out the IWD on-line
calendar of events.
- Immigration—Employers, in most cases, need to obtain work
authorization for foreign nationals prior to hiring. Alien labor
insures that employers will not displace US workers or that the
employment of alien workers will not have an adverse effect on the
wages and working conditions of similarly employed US workers. The
alien labor certification process applies to temporary visas such as
the HIB, H2A and immigrant visas. Questions regarding this process can
be addressed to John McDonald, Alien Labor Certification specialist at
(515) 281-9336, or by email at
John.McDonald@iwd.state.ia.us.
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