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WORKSYSTEMS FEATURED ON KGW’S “GET AHEAD” CAMPAIGN

October 12, 2017| Video| Jenny Weller

Worksystems featured on KGW’s “Get Ahead” series discussing the local job market and... Read More → WORKSYSTEMS FEATURED ON KGW’S “GET AHEAD” CAMPAIGN

Bay area native Sierra Haager dropped out of high school to work in the world of indie music. In 2013 when... Read More → CODE OREGON: SIERRA’S STORY

Anab participated in our youth employment program SummerWorks for several years providing community... Read More → SUMMERWORKS: ANAB’S STORY

In the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region in 2012, 20,183 households served by public housing authorities... Read More → HOUSING WORKS PROGRAM ACHIEVING RESULTS

Over the next decade, economists and business leaders say America faces a shortage of millions of skilled... Read More → MANUFACTURING IN OREGON: WORKSYSTEMS FEATURED ON PBS (VIDEO)

Want to learn more about local workforce boards? Check out this video from the Oregon Workforce Partnership!... Read More → LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS 101

Program The Green Careers Training Project provided low-income individuals, unemployed people of color,... Read More → GREEN CAREERS TRAINING PROJECT: SARY’S STORY

February 11, 2015| Reports| Jenny Weller

America’s Advanced Industries (Brookings) This Brookings report focuses on the importance of... Read More → AMERICA’S ADVANCED INDUSTRIES

By 2020 there will be 1 million more tech jobs in the U.S. than qualified people to fill them. According to... Read More → CODE OREGON

September 12, 2014| Reports| Jenny Weller

Disconnected Youth Roughly 14,000 youth in the City of Portland, Multnomah and Washington Counties are... Read More → DISCONNECTED YOUTH IN THE PORTLAND METRO REGION, 2010