Why this is important:
Employment figures are a count of the number of filled jobs, excluding the self-employed, domestic jobs in private households, farm jobs, and the armed forces. Because some people work more than one job, the employment level also exceeds the number of working persons. Employment is the main source of household income and has a direct impact on consumer spending and the overall health of the economy.
The unemployment rate measures the number of persons 16
years of age and older who do not have jobs and are available
for and actively seeking work within the labor force as
a whole. This is a major indicator of the degree to which
the state economy provides jobs for those who are seeking
work.
What we're doing about this:
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers through our IowaWORKS partnership. IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization in such a way to provide effective, demand-driven products and services. Our vision and mission is to create, enable and sustain the most future ready workforce in the nation and to power Iowa's possibilities by connecting workers to opportunites and employers to workforce solutions.
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