Explore Our Sectors
Eastern Iowa has many companies that supply jobs in diverse sectors such as Manufacturing, ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering), Health Care, Transportation, Business Services, and Information Technology. Career options in these fields are rewarding and can provide above average income for you and your family. Explore the opportunities available within each sector by clicking the logos below.
Interest Profiler Assessment
Find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work and what careers you might like. With the O*NET Interest Profiler Assessment you can find out what you like to do.
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About the Sector Boards
Sector partnerships bring together multiple employers within an industry to collaborate with colleges, schools, labor, workforce agencies, community organizations and other community stakeholders to align training with the skills needed for that industry to grow and compete. Sector partnerships can help facilitate the advancement of workers at all skill levels, including the least skilled.
Who serves on a sector board?
- Employer: A business within a designated industry that employs a range of occupational skills to be competitive in the market place. The scope of businesses is diverse within the seven county region- Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Jones, Johnson, Linn and Washington counties.
- Strategic Partner: Organizations that have a vested interest in partnering with employers to address workforce needs.
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Resources
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Iowa Works
Get more information on employment services for individual job seekers.
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Workplace Learning Connection
Learn more about job shadows, internships, educator resources and much more.
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Future Ready Iowa, Clearinghouse
This is the Clearinghouse for work based learning, a part of the future ready Iowa initiative being pushed by the Governor. These are activities that companies/organizations are looking for students to participate/work on as part of their school work. As you can see, it there is a large breadth of activities.
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Kirkwood Sponsored Apprenticeships
Learn more about how to bring industry together to combine applied learning in a workplace setting catered specifically to your industry needs.
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Iowa Earn and Learn Opportunities
Learn more about state wide apprenticeship opportunities.
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ICR Iowa
ICR IOWA is the regional economic development organization serving the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids (ICR) metro, a growing region that is home to almost half a million people.
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