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Date posted:Worksystems partners with community organizations to leverage each agency’s expertise to move people with multiple challenges into career-track employment through the Aligned Partner Network (APN). THANK YOU to our Aligned Partner Network (APN) of providers who work with us to address poverty across a wide array of vulnerable and underserved populations through access to jobs and careers. APN members align their own resources and services with workforce training and job placement services through WorkSource to help job seekers achieve economic independence. APN Member Organizations: Bridges...// Read more
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Date posted:The Columbia-Willamette Workforce Collaborative is a partnership between Worksystems, Workforce Southwest Washington and Clackamas Workforce Partnership that delivers a unified approach to serving industry, supporting economic development, and guiding public workforce investments. By working together, we can cultivate our regional talent pool and build the foundation for a strong economy. Leading with Industry The work of the Collaborative is driven by the industries we serve: advanced manufacturing , construction , health care and high tech . Business leaders are directly involved in the...// Read more
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Date posted:Back to Work Oregon is a statewide hire first program that places unemployed job seekers in jobs while providing resources to the businesses to help train the new employees. This $6.3M initiative launched in 2011 with the goal of getting Oregon's economy back on track. Worksystems administers Back to Work Oregon in our region and since its inception, the program has helped employ and train 1,600 area job seekers while providing nearly 500 local employers with the talent they need to grow their businesses and our economy.// Read more
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Date posted:The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the steepest economic downturn since the Great Depression. The onset of the pandemic caused regional unemployment claims to reach nearly 213,800 and experts predict the regional will not return to pre-pandemic job levels until 2025. While the full impact of the pandemic has yet to unfold, Black Indigenous and People of Color, women, immigrants, disabled individuals, younger, less educated, and lower-income workers have disproportionately suffered from the health and economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Responding to a crisis of this magnitude will...// Read more