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| Industry Clustering - Alternatives for Economic Analysis | | These tools provide essential information for economic developers and other decision-makers to evaluate the economy in a local area and to make industry-based decisions for economic growth. | | Jul-21-2008 | Go To Article | | Iowa Workforce Development Local Area/Regional Websites
Our 16 regional workforce development partnerships throughout Iowa are ready to meet your workforce and workplace needs. Visit the regional Web site in your area to discover services available to you. Iowa Works for you!
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| Publications | | | | | | Regional Profile
A regional profile will give you the latest information about jobs and workers in your labor area. It can give you the extra edge if you are assisting new and expanding businesses, applying for grants, setting pay scales for employees, tracking demographic and economic trends, responding to plant closings, determining the local labor supply, identifying training needs, or planning a career.
| Laborshed Studies
A Laborshed is defined as the area or region from which an employment center
draws its commuting workers regardless of natural or political boundaries. This study gives communities the ability to document and illustrate the characteristics of their labor force which in turn has proven to be a unique and effective tool for retaining
and expanding their existing businesses while also attracting prospective new employers into the area.
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Laborshed Studies
A Laborshed is defined as the area or region from which an employment center
draws its commuting workers regardless of natural or political boundaries. This study gives communities the ability to document and illustrate the characteristics of their labor force which in turn has proven to be a unique and effective tool for retaining
and expanding their existing businesses while also attracting prospective new employers into the area.
| Local Employment Dynamics for Iowa (LED)
Local Employment Dynamics (LED) is a voluntary partnership between state labor market information agencies and the U.S. Census Bureau to develop new information about local labor market conditions at low cost, with no added respondent burden, and with the same confidentiality protections afforded census and survey data.
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