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In today’s tight labor market, if your company is having difficulty finding candidates to fill your open jobs, consider veterans. Focusing on recruiting and hiring veterans has been a successful [...]

Apprenticeships are good for businesses and employees By Melissa Boles, Program Manager When I graduated from high school in 2006, I didn’t even know what an apprenticeship was. I had been told I [...]

Approximately 10,000 young adults ages 16 to 24 are not in school and not working in Clark, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties in Southwest Washington. Often these young people are experiencing [...]

Nearly a quarter of the region’s manufacturing workforce is 55 or older and could retire in the next decade. Despite the family-wage jobs and career advancement opportunities, fewer young people [...]

Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) is seeking proposals for the delivery of services to out-of-school young adults ages 16-24 (Opportunity Youth) in Clark, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties of [...]

The Southwest Washington-Portland Metro region is projected to add more than 10,000 new technology jobs by 2025. Given the anticipated growth, the Vancouver Tech Tour on September 17 was a good [...]

Job seekers, tech enthusiasts and students interested in learning about Clark County’s growing tech community and job opportunities are invited to interact with local tech companies on Tuesday, [...]

Individuals in the South Kelso and Highlands neighborhoods in Cowlitz County will soon have additional resources and services to help them move out of poverty. And local businesses could see an [...]

Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) is seeking proposals from qualified organizations to conduct an impact study to evaluate the Recruit, Train, Place program being offered at Southwest [...]

SummerWorks connects your business to young adults for 90-hour paid summer jobs. The program provides your company with: Qualified, prepared and motivated talent ages 16-21 Talent that is [...]