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    DRIVING DIVERSITY IN PORTLAND: CONGRATS GRADUATES!

    October 7, 2022

    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 [...]

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    WORKSYSTEMS AND PARTNERS RECEIVE $41M TIMBER GRANT

    October 7, 2022

    The prospects of Oregon workers got a boost this month when the U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded a $41.4 million grant to the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition. The grant, funded [...]

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    CONSTRUCTION LABOR MARKET REPORT 2022

    July 25, 2022

    Worksystems-Construction_Report_2022 This industry report examines the workforce data, characteristics and trends that define the Construction sector within the Greater Portland-Vancouver area. With over 77,000 jobs and a payroll of $6.8 billion, Construction [...]

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    NEWS RELEASE: QUALITY JOBS FRAMEWORK

    July 21, 2022

    In partnership with the Columbia-Willamette Workforce Collaborative (CWWC), which includes Workforce Southwest Washington and Clackamas Workforce Partnership, Worksystems is excited to announce the release of the Quality Jobs Framework for the Portland [...]

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    WORKSYSTEMS RECEIVES $2.97M FROM THE PORTLAND CLEAN ENERGY FUND

    July 13, 2022

    We are excited to announce that Worksystems has received $2.97 million from the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) through the Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability.  In addition to this [...]

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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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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