Iowa’s seasonably adjusted unemployment rate was 2.4% in March, the sixth consecutive month for the low rate. That means many employers in all sectors are looking high and low for good workers. Which brings us to a piece in the Wall Street Journal in which Sarah Chaney and Eric Morath reported that a growing number of women are taking jobs in traditionally male-dominated jobs such as truck drivers, delivery people and warehouse workers. According to the U.S. Labor Department, between 2000 and 2018, the percentage of women who worked in the transportation and material-moving business jumped 43%, the Journal reported. In addition, the number of women working in protective service jobs such as police officers increased 40% between 2000 and 2018; in construction, the increase was 23%. The gains were due to a number of reasons, the Journal reported, including companies broadening recruiting efforts in a tight labor market and women applying for jobs in which they see other women working. The article makes me wonder what Iowa employers are doing to attract workers into jobs traditionally held by one sex or the other. In 2018, according to Iowa Workforce Development. 4 out of every 5 jobs created in Iowa were in construction and manufacturing. The report didn’t include the sexes of those hired. Are Iowa companies that traditionally hire males expanding their recruiting efforts to women?