A national nonprofit seeking to connect employees and ready-and-able workers with disabilities is hosting a three-day innovation workshop Tuesday in Des Moines. Everyone at Work’s inaugural event will be held Aug. 13-15. The event includes a visit to the Iowa State Fair Tuesday from 3 to 9 p.m. and an innovative session on design thinking… Continue reading Daily Nonpareil: Innovation workshop for deaf Iowans to be held Tuesday
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Des Moines Register: Iowa needs workers and more than half of people with disabilities are unemployed. Let’s fix that.
Over 50 percent of Americans with disabilities are unemployed or out of the workforce entirely. In the almost 30 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed by Congress, that needle has hardly moved. Iowa has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation with as many as 80,000 jobs currently vacant. That leaves us asking, why should any Iowan… Continue reading Des Moines Register: Iowa needs workers and more than half of people with disabilities are unemployed. Let’s fix that.
Quad-City Times: A first-of-its-kind job opportunity
It’s no secret that employers throughout the country have been struggling to find workers to fill open jobs. In fact, recent reports have said there are more than 80,000 jobs available in Iowa, and a quick search of online job board Indeed shows nearly 5,000 available jobs in the Quad Cities alone. Read more at… Continue reading Quad-City Times: A first-of-its-kind job opportunity
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Organization holds event to get people with disabilities into the workforce
DES MOINES — Everyone at Work, a national nonprofit seeking to connect employers with ready and able workers with disabilities who are currently out of the workforce, will hold its inaugural event in Iowa this month. The event is being held Aug. 13-15 at Drake University in partnership with the Harkin Institute. Read more at… Continue reading Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Organization holds event to get people with disabilities into the workforce
Business Record: Everyone at Work, Harkin Institute partner to recruit untapped workforce
Everyone at Work, a national nonprofit seeking to connect employers with ready and able workers with disabilities who are currently out of the workforce, announced today its inaugural event will be held Aug. 13-15 in partnership with the Harkin Institute at Drake University. See more at the Business Record website.
“Job Fairs Near Me” Features Everyone at Work Event
The inaugural Everyone at Work workshop and career fair has been featured on job website Job Fairs Near Me. See more at the Job Fairs Near Me website.
Everyone at Work Featured on “Need To Know with Jeff Angelo”
Jeff Angelo of WHO Radio in Des Moines interviewed Everyone at Work’s Kyle Duarte to talk about the group’s upcoming event on August 14 and 15, 2019. A transcript and audio of the interview are below. Jeff Angelo: Yesterday, the governor on this program said there are over 80,000 open jobs in Iowa. That means… Continue reading Everyone at Work Featured on “Need To Know with Jeff Angelo”