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WORKSYSTEMS PROGRAMS FEATURED BY THE WHITE HOUSE!
July 13, 2022
On July 12, 2022, the White House released a Fact Sheet demonstrating the impacts of the $40 billion American Rescue Plan investment for workforce development. We are thrilled and honored that our [...]
HEALTHCARE LABOR MARKET REPORT 2022
July 1, 2022
Healthcare Labor Market Report, 2022This industry report examines the workforce data, characteristics and trends that define the Construction sector within the Greater Portland-Vancouver area. With more than 120,000 jobs and a payroll [...]
DRIVING DIVERSITY PROGRAM RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION
June 16, 2022
Our Driving Diversity training program was featured in the national publication Resource Recycling! Visit our site Click Here for Driving Diversity Training Information Haulers are struggling to hire enough garbage and [...]
FOSTER-POWELL BUSINESS DISTRICT ADDED TO “HERE FOR PORTLAND” INITIATIVE
May 5, 2022
The "Here for Portland" initiative, which launched downtown, has expanded to include the Foster-Powell business district! On May 7th from noon – 6:00 the Portland Mercado held Makers de Mayo to [...]
WORKSYSTEMS RECEIVES $1M FOR CONSTRUCTION TRAINING
March 18, 2022
We are excited to announce that Congresswoman Bonamici secured $1M for Worksystems to train 80-100 historically underrepresented Washington County residents in construction! In the Portland Metro Area, the public capital [...]
DRIVER TRAINING CREATES PATHWAYS FOR WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
February 18, 2022
To support an equitable economic recovery and access to middle income careers, Worksystems has been working with the Portland Hauler Association (PHA), companies that collect recycling and garbage for the [...]
PRESS RELEASE: DRIVING DIVERSITY PORTLAND GRADUATION!
February 16, 2022
Mayor Wheeler Launches “American Rescue Plan” Pandemic Recovery Employment Program to Support Portland’s Economic Recovery Portland’s “American Rescue Plan” pandemic recovery employment response kicks off two years of support for [...]
DRIVING DIVERSITY IN PORTLAND TRAINING PROGRAM
February 3, 2022
Driving Diversity is a unique training program that’s creating new pathways for people of color and women into trucking careers. Partnering with Interstate Trucking Academy and the Portland Haulers Association, [...]
TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION WORKFORCE MARKET STUDY COMPLETED
January 5, 2022
The State of Oregon and the Portland Metro region are national leaders in adopting and supporting climate change policies and initiatives and a key strategy component is the electrification of [...]
DRIVING DIVERSITY GRADUATION CEREMONY OCTOBER 8, 2021
December 22, 2021
Chip Shields, a former Oregon state senator, saw that truck driving jobs are among the fastest growing middle-income jobs, and yet people of color and women weren’t getting into these [...]