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Merit Resources buys Portico Staffing

Merit Resources will purchase Portico Staffing, a West Des Moines-based company that specializes in employment and staffing for accounting, finance, engineering and administrative operations, the company reported. The deal closes on Dec. 28. Portico Staffing…
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The Jobs Issue – 2016 outlook

Greater Des Moines’ economy will see solid growth in 2016, but continued recovery will be muted by the widespread economic drag of low grain prices, labor shortages, and other factors, economists and other observers agreed.…

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Franchise owners seek to overturn NLRB ‘joint employer’ ruling

Hundreds of franchise owners are blanketing Capitol Hill this week to urge members of Congress to roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s expansion of who is a “joint employer,” the Washington Business Journal reported. The Protecting …

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Iowa Biotech Association plans human resources symposiums

The Iowa Biotech Association plans legal symposiums on human resources issues Nov. 3 in Ames and Nov. 19 in Coralville. The sessions each offer 5.75 units of continuing education credit. Cost is $49 for members, $79 for …

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GDMLI announces Community Leadership Program participants

Fifty individuals will participate in this year’s Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program. Each participant was nominated by a program alumnus. The participants represent private, public and nonprofit sectors within the community. Class …

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Power Roundtable: Human Resources

Editor’s note
Before all of our Power Breakfast events, we invite the panelists to the Business Record office for a pre-event meeting to prepare for possible topics. We always leave that meeting wishing we could …

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VIDEO: Power Roundtable- Human Resources

 

Before all of our Power Breakfast events, we invite the panelists to the Business Record office for a pre-event meeting to prepare for possible topics. We always leave that meeting wishing we could have …

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University Research: The jobs you need to fill

Research overview: 

By the end of the decade, the U.S. military will be downsized by approximately 350,000 people, and Home Base Iowa seeks to attract as many of these veterans to the state as possible …

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Leadership Institute ‘Community Connect’ participants announced

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute has announced the 30 program participants and 15 mentors selected for this year’s Community Connect:  Mentors Inspiring Success program.

The goal of the program is to connect future leaders …

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Majority of jobs created last year pay less than average U.S. wage

The U.S. added more than 2.1 million jobs in 2013 for the third straight year, the best stretch since 2004 to 2006, but more than half of those jobs pay less than $18 an hour, …