Mission: Employable – Details, episodes & analysis

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Mission: Employable

Iowa Workforce Development

Government

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 99

Check out the Iowa Workforce Development "Mission: Employable" Podcast where we discuss all things workforce and opportunity!

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🇨🇦 Canada - Government
14/10/2025
#97
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13/10/2025
#75
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12/10/2025
#50
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11/10/2025
#50

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Episode 216 - Getting Schooled on Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 • Duration 24:06

Iowans who own their own businesses are vital to the workforce. But, for those interested in entrepreneurship, the path ahead might be overwhelming. For Iowans looking to own their own business, many wonder: where do you start? One place might be Entrepreneurship Professor Malinda Shultice’s classroom at Iowa State University. Mission: Employable podcast hosts Ben Oldach and Kathy Leggett as they learn what it takes to launch your own business from Professor Shultice. Learn from Shultice how the experience of running her own business helps keep the class practical and relevant to new students.

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Episode 215 - A Tax-Protected Savings Plan for Iowans with Disabilities

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 • Duration 18:12

The Mission: Employable podcast is dedicated to telling the stories of all Iowans in the workforce. These stories often include sharing real world experiences of Iowans with disabilities as they overcome workforce barriers and find meaningful employment. In this episode, the Mission: Employable team sits down with the Iowa State Treasurer’s Office to highlight Iowa’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (IABLE) savings plan. This federal savings program allows Iowans with disabilities to save money without the risk of losing benefits. In January of 2026, nearly 130,000 Iowans will qualify for one of these plans. Learn more about this program with an open discussion from Mission: Employable host Ben Oldach and Deputy State Treasurer, Alicia Callanan

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Episode 214 - On the Road with the IowaWORKS Mobile Workforce Center

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 • Duration 18:00

IowaWORKS has offices all across the state, but sometimes it's easier for workforce services to come to you; enter the IowaWORKS Mobile Workforce Center. This one-stop shop on wheels travels across Iowa making it easy for job seekers to learn about unemployment benefits, openings, and how to navigate through Iowa's largest online job bank. Hear from Driver and Career Planner Edgar Ramirez about what the mobile center has to offer, and the stories of Iowans he's served on the road.

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Episode 213: a summer camp for healthcare hopefuls

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 • Duration 31:09

Rural hospitals are innovating to find their future workforce. For Crawford County Memorial Hospital, that means hosting a summer camp for kids in their area who think they may be interested in a career in healthcare! Dana Neemann, Director of Education and Patient Experience returns alongside hosts Ben Oldach and Kathy Leggett to show how the hospital created a program that has already turned young campers into full-time employees.

Find out how they made navigating the complicated world of healthcare easy for kids to understand, and how you can create a similar program in your industry.

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Mission: Employable Podcast Episode 212 – How Rural Hospitals Make it Work

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 • Duration 33:01

How do rural hospitals find the staffing in today’s day and age? That’s the question hosts Ben Oldach and Kathy Leggett are looking to answer in part one of a two-episode series at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa. Joining them are Dana Neemann, Director of Education and Patient Experience, and Macy Webb, Director of Human Resources to talk about their internship program, as well as the extra effort they make to retain employees once they have them hired.

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Episode 211 - Iowa Office of Apprenticeship One Year Anniversary

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 • Duration 26:24

Iowa has always been a major supporter of Registered Apprenticeships, but that commitment grew even further when the state took over apprenticeship oversight from the U.S. Department of Labor in June of 2024. Iowa Office of Apprenticeship Program Director Dane Sulentic joins the podcast to talk about what the IOA has accomplished in the last year, lessons learned, and what Iowan’s can expect from the IOA in the next 365 days.

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Episode 210 – Iowa Lab Saves Wild Money With Earn & Learn

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 • Duration 22:41

This episode of the Mission: Employable podcast dives into an Earn and Learn program that’s saving one Iowa organization money while reinvesting in its workforce, Goldfinch Laboratory plays an important role in Iowa’s medical industry, testing samples and biopsies sent over by other healthcare providers. However, the lab felt they were spending too much money on temporary hires. The solution? Find and train their own staff with an Earn and Learn program. Stephanie Allen, Director of Laboratory Operations, and Nancy Leiva, Shift Lead, joins us to share how they made the decision to start this program from the ground up. Find out how the program is not only solving their staffing problem but saving them a ton of money in the process.

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Episode 209 - Iowa’s Future EMTs Part 2

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 35:39

Mission: Employable is back in Le Mars to find out more about how the Le Mars Fire Department is using work-based learning to get students interested in becoming EMTs. Le Mars Battalion Chief John MacGregor joins the show and shares an emotional story about why he cares so much for teaching the next generation, including his son, who also joins the podcast.

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Mission: Employable - Ep. 208: Iowa’s Future EMTs

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 • Duration 20:35

Join hosts of the Mission: Employable podcast Ben Oldach and Kathy Leggett as they take a trip to Le Mars, IA. On their visit, they met with the local fire department to find out more about a Work-based Learning program that skills up high schoolers and gets them real world experience in the world of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT). Dr. Mark Iverson, Principal of Le Mars Community High School, joins the show and shares how his school got the program up and running, why it’s near and dear to his heart, and the benefits of taking learning outside the classroom.

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Mission: Employable Podcast - Ep. 207 – Grow With Registered Apprenticeship

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 • Duration 29:29

The Mission: Employable podcast heads to Sioux Center, Iowa, to speak with Kent Heronimus, Technical Training Manager at Interstates. This episode is dedicated to telling the story of how they’ve grown from one to several Registered Apprenticeship programs. Find out how the company has navigated building programs across several industries and how they’re working to retain their apprentices when hiring them after their Registered Apprenticeship has been completed.

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