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Worksystems Annual Report Shows Rising Demand for Workforce Services Across Portland Metro
October 6, 2026
More than 80,000 people accessed WorkSource Portland Metro services as the region faces layoffs, rising unemployment, and changing industry needs. PORTLAND, Ore. — Worksystems released its 2025-26 Annual Report, [...]
Why Portland’s workforce infrastructure matters in every economy
October 1, 2026
Advanced Manufacturing continues to be a cornerstone of the metro area’s economy and a source of quality jobs for workers across the greater Portland region. In 2025, Semiconductor Processing [...]
Executive Insights with CEO Miriam Halliday
September 30, 2026
What does the future of workforce development look like in the Portland metro region? In this Portland Business Journal Executive Insights conversation, Worksystems CEO Miriam Halliday joins Publisher Candace [...]
Quality Jobs in the Clean Energy Sector
September 23, 2026
Quality Jobs combine competitive pay with benefits, predictable schedules, opportunities for advancement, safe working conditions, and hiring practices that make career-track employment more accessible. To help people better understand [...]
The Impact of Future Ready Oregon and Prosperity 10,000
September 21, 2026
Passed by the legislature in 2022, Future Ready Oregon was designed to address the economic challenges brought on by the pandemic, with a focus on supporting populations facing employment [...]
Workforce Development Month
September 1, 2026
Building Opportunity in a Changing Economy September is Workforce Development Month, a time to recognize the people, partnerships, and programs that help individuals build skills, connect to meaningful careers, [...]
Reinvesting with SNAP: Sustaining Employment Programs through Career Boost
August 25, 2026
Career Boost helps SNAP recipients access the coaching, training, and support they need to move toward greater stability through living-wage careers. The program leverages local investments through the federal [...]
Meeting Workforce Needs: Bringing Employers and Policymakers Together
August 11, 2026
Join the Columbia-Willamette Workforce Collective (CWWC) for a lunch event bringing employers and policymakers together to identify actionable solutions to the region's workforce needs. Workforce challenges continue to shape [...]
Clean energy jobs are growing, workforce partnerships help meet demand
August 3, 2026
As the Portland region invests in energy-efficient building upgrades and home retrofits, employers need more workers with specialized skills. A new How Oregon Works interview explores how the HERO [...]
Worksystems Invests $20.3 Million In Workforce Services Despite Funding Challenges
July 23, 2026
Nearly 78% of their total budget goes directly to community investments Portland, Ore. — July 23, 2026 — Worksystems will invest an estimated $20.3 million in workforce services during [...]