Greater Dubuque Development Corporation

The Greater Dubuque Workforce

Our Foundation
The Greater Dubuque workforce is the foundation of our community. We boast a highly educated and motivated workforce, which has grown to support economic expansions of recent years. Area colleges, universities, and technical schools not only provide diverse fields of study and expertise to incoming students, but are a resource to businesses for continuing education and professional development. Find out more about wages, labor availability and training programs that can benefit your company.

AccessDubuqueJobs.com
For Employers and job seekers-find out more about this community-wide partnership to post local job opportunities in a virtual job fair, available 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
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Opportunity Pack
If you are moving to the area, new to the community or are looking for reasons why you should move to Dubuque, then the My Opportunity Pack is for you. The pack contains a community information book, a DVD presentation and an employer directory to show you the great things that have been happening and the opportunities this area has to offer.
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Labor Force Data
Each month you can check employment data for the Dubuque MSA.
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Wage Rates
Released by Iowa Workforce Development, you can view the entry and average wages for specific occupations.
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Workforce Training
We offer the Iowa New Jobs Training Program to financially assist businesses that are creating new jobs in the Greater Dubuque area. New Jobs Training can provide flexible funding to meet a wide variety of training and employee development needs of virtually any company.
Training Opportunities

Laborshed Analysis
Greater Dubuque Development works with Iowa Workforce Development to complete an in-depth report bi-annually to analyze the area�s workforce. From wages and salary to workforce by occupation, there is a wealth of information about Greater Dubuque�s quality workforce.
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Benefit Survey
Iowa Workforce Development worked in partnership with Greater Dubuque Development to contact a random sample of local employers across all industrial classifications to provide information on the benefit packages offered in the Greater Dubuque area.
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