The document discusses the formation and mission of the Young Professionals of Sioux City (YPSC) organization in 2002 and its goal of making Sioux City grow. It outlines YPSC's activities over the years including events, projects with students, and partnerships. It also summarizes the statewide Young Professionals of Iowa (YPIowa) organization which connects young professionals across the state and created a Job Ambassadors program to address Iowa's workforce needs and retain young talent.

1. Matt Campbell, SCGO President
Virginia Anderson, YPIowa Past President
Ragen Cote, Generation Iowa Commission
Greg Hoffman, YPIowa Regional Advisor

2. Sioux City’s YPO Formed in 2002 with Mission…
“To inspire every generation to create a
positive impact on the future of our
community, promote promise, and show
appreciation by bringing together voices
for the common good, developing
leaders, and take an active role.”

3. • Starting in 2002 with 12 people
• History of Presidents
– 2002 & 2003, Kyle Adema
– 2003, Sherriffa Wright
– 2003 & 2004, Virginia Anderson
– 2005, Kyle Kelly
– 2006, Lisa Burkholder
– 2007, Mandie Norby
– 2008, Shelby Kruse
– 2009, Matt Campbell
• One common goal: Make Sioux City Grow.

4. • Sculpt Siouxland, Inc. • Corporate Tour events
• Kirk Watson, Mayor from • Freeze Fest
Austin, TX • Ytraps
• Grow Iowa Tour around • Lunch n’ Learns
the state • Get to know city council /
• Great Places Designation candidates
• Sioux City Shirts • Social & networking
• 4th Annual YPIowa events
Conference • Special projects with
college students

5. Annual Report, Brochures,
Membership Information,
Calendar of Events
Online at
www.siouxcitygo.com
E-mail: siouxcitygo@yahoo.com

6. Iowa’s Statewide YPO
Started in 2004 with statewide conferences
Board and committee work started in 2007
Mission:
“To connect and engage young professional in
Iowa to take responsibility for the growth of
their community and state.”
YP = Young Professional
YPO = Young Professional Organization

7. Iowa is ahead of most states
• Only a handful of states have a statewide
organization (Florida, New Mexico, North
Dakota)
• Over 100 YPOs throughout the state of Iowa
Most states just see YP groups within metro
markets and not within the rural cities.

8. 501 ( c )( 3 ) organization
affiliated with the Iowa
Association of Business
and Industry Foundation.
YPIowa Board made up of
15 young leaders from
around the state of Iowa

9. Board meets 4 times a year monthly newsletter to YPs
throughout the state Blog Annual Leadership
YP Leader’s Academy assist with
Conference
start new YPOs (Le Mars, Iowa) advocates around
the state assist other Midwest YPOs
All resources can be found at
www.ypiowa.com

10. YPIowa was at the desk when the Governor Culver
signed bill to create the 1st statewide YP commission
in the nation!
YPIowa encouraged YPs to sign-up for the Generation
Iowa Commission. He had a pool of over 250 to
choose from!
Generation Iowa Commission is a commission under the
Iowa Department of Economic Development and has
access to statistics and also the ear of legislators.

11. Working since 2007 to help Iowa’s
business, government and community
leaders stop this….

12. Out-migration leads to a projection of plunging workforce population
Iowa’s workforce is
peaking in size.
In 10 years, Iowa’s
workforce will lose
about 60,000 people
every 5 years.
(Equivalent to losing a
Principal, UIHC or
Rockwell Collins every
year.)

13. From 2005 to 2007, Iowa has moved up to second-to-last in the
Midwest in key wage metric.

14. In 2008, Generation Iowa surveyed 1000
Iowans about why they would leave.
Highest Priorities
1. Highest Paying Job in their Field of Study
Other “Tie-Breaker” Priorities
2. Demographic-Specific Amenities and Attractions
3. Options for Career Advancement & Mentoring
4. Cost-of-living + Student Debt repayment

15. Brain Drain is a symptom of a lack of jobs
for people with advanced degrees

16. • What does the world look like to a college graduate?
62% of Iowa’s high school graduates go to college
–
33% of “Next Generation” Iowans will get a Bachelor’s degree
–
24% of workforce aged Iowans already have a Bachelor’s degree
–
12.2% of currently available jobs require a BA or higher
–
• Iowa has relatively fewer career opportunities, without
concentrated industry clustering & New Economy capital-efficient
industries

17. How is this specifically effecting Siouxland?
Information provided through RIG grant.

18. State-Level Policy Recommendations
• More ambitious state Job Creation programs to better funnel
efforts toward high-skill jobs
• Next Generation members on state’s economic
development, education and quality-of-life boards
• Double IDED support of small business internships
• Increase education grant to AmeriCorps’ disaster volunteers

19. What are you seeing?
www.generationiowa.com

20. We need young, YPs want to
educated Iowan’s stay, but can’t
to secure find an
our future appropriate job
YPIowa created the
Job Ambassadors

21. YPIowa wanted to create a program that
• addresses the growing workforce needs
of the state of Iowa
• Creates a network for those who want to
pursue job opportunities within Iowa.
• Attracts and retains young professional
in Iowa.

22. There are current gaps or perceived gaps in
career offerings for YPs throughout the state.
• YPs leave the state to pursue higher paying
jobs. Also, have trouble finding job
opportunities when they graduate college
• YPs then have trouble connecting to jobs
when they want to move back to their
hometown

23. YPIowa recognized that in order to keep
young talent in the state and encourage
new young talent to move to Iowa, there
must be career opportunities for them.
They must have a means to enjoy the
high quality of life that Iowa can offer.

24. How did you find out about your current
employers job opportunities?
• Newspaper
• Online Posting
• Iowa Workforce
• Temp Agencies
• Networking
– Got recruited
– Told about the opening

25. I want to move
I’ve got a
back to my
position in IT
hometown in
open here at
IA. Do you
company XYZ.
know of any
Do you know of
opportunities
a YP making a
for someone
move within this
with an IT
field?
degree?

26. • Regional Advisors in Test Markets
– Oversees a Region
• Greg Hoffman, NW Iowa
• Quad Cities
• Des Moines
• Marshalltown
• Cedar Rapids
• Job Ambassadors
– Assist Regional Advisors within specific cities
– Connected to the Community
• Sioux City: Beth Trejo, Jon Murad, Virginia Anderson

27. • Act as a link between local and regional
statewide efforts
• Close any gaps in communication or resources
that act as barriers for both YPs and employers
• Resource for YPs interested in staying or moving
to the state to find the opportunities they need.
• Assist employers to get connected to young
qualified job candidates.

28. Who is all involved?
Did not want
• Statewide and local government
to recreate the
wheel initiatives / commissions
• Statewide workforce programs
such as IWD and IDED
• Local Chambers of Commerce
• Universities and
Found
Colleges, Technical and
partnerships
Community Colleges
throughout the
• Trades, Associations and Unions
communities
• Human Resource Organizations
• Civic Organizations
• Business Leaders

29. How does this benefit your company?
• These YPs have networked in order to find out about
this opportunity so they understand the power of
making connections.
• Access to YPs that are passionate about this area and
want to make this home.
• May come across a YP that you could “make room” for
within your company because of their experience
level.

30. How to utilize
jobs@ypiowa.com
Everything sent to this e-mail will be
forwarded to the Regional Advisors
where the job is located or where the YP
wishes to find their job opportunity.

31. Company with Jobs Individuals seeking Job
• • City wish to locate to
City position located
• • Type of position you are
Job description
looking for
• Specific requirements
• Resume
• Do you want us to send
• Permission to forward
you the resume or have
the YP contact you? resume to job
opportunities

32. Questions?
www.siouxcitygo.com
E-mail: siouxcitygo@yahoo.com
www.generationiowa.com
E-mail:
www.ypiowa.com
E-mail: jobs@ypiowa.com