Employment

The Iowa City metropolitan area offers a blend of amenities incorporating a sophisticated urban life styles with small town living to offer businesses extraordinary opportunities in unexpected places!

The Iowa City area has the assets in place to deliver a highly-skilled, trainable workforce for your company’s future growth plans. And, business leaders love our workers’ Midwestern values and strong work ethic.

Home to the University of Iowa, the area offers a unique mix of business, intellectual and cultural diversity. Technology transfer and outreach have aided the University’s success in many areas, including Human Genome Research, the internationally recognized Biocatalysis Research Group, National Advanced Driving Simulator, Computer-Aided Design and the most widely-known, FDA-approved, non-profit small scale drug production facility in the United States.

Corridor Careers.com

Corridor Careers (www.corridorcareers.com) is a valuable resource for jobseekers and businesses. The site, maintained by Gazette Communications, has a listing of available jobs in the Technology Corridor that vary from professional and technical careers to hourly jobs. After defining job specifications, businesses using the Web site can immediately view matched candidates. Businesses also have the capability to use recruiting management and applicant tracking tools through CorridorCareers.com. A new feature allows HR staff to aid accompanying spouses and partners in their job search. The Web site receives more than 35,000 visits a month.

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Corridor Career Fair

The Corridor Career Fair, which has a reputation as one of the finest in the Midwest, provides opportunities for businesses located in the Corridor to showcase career options to potential employees. It features employment and recruiting opportunities, as well as workshops for those who want to fine-tune their skills or change careers. The Corridor Career Fair is a Technology Corridor project. The Kirkwood Community College main campus is the permanent location and the last Saturday in April is the reserved date for the annual Corridor Career Fair. In 2007, more than 1,000 jobseekers visited 80 business exhibitors.

Our global connectivity is clearly evident. More than 70 countries are represented among University of Iowa faculty and students and corporate executives at Fortune 500 companies located in the Corridor. The diversity that reflects our population and defines our communities is mirrored in our businesses, professional and social organizations. Our area is home to a wide range of national and international Fortune 500 companies; small, family-owned businesses and emerging and advancing entrepreneurs representing:

• Advanced Manufacturing (electronics, food, personal and hygiene products)
• Life Sciences (biotechnology/bioprocessing)
• Information Solutions (software, financial and insurance services, educational services)

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