COVID-19

Since the last State of the Workforce Report was released in 2018, the Portland-Southwest Washington region has seen significant changes. The COVID-19 pandemic brought on historically high [...]

Economic mobility: the core of the American Dream.  It is the foundational promise of the nation: through effort and moxie, anyone can prosper. Thanks to a wide array of excellent publications [...]

To Our Community and Partners, As these last several months have shown, Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) has a tremendous amount of work to do to ensure each person in our community has [...]

COVID-19 has disrupted the practice and delivery of healthcare prompting unprecedented improvements related to the health and safety of workers and patients. While these advances are worth [...]

Despite the substantial impacts of COVID-19, the healthcare sector in Southwest Washington is recovering and quickly normalizing as businesses continue to open, unemployed workers go back to work [...]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, working remotely has become the “new normal” for many. A study by Chmura Economics & Analytics, JobsEQ leveraged two datasets, American Time Use Survey [...]

Healthcare has long been considered a recession-proof industry, but no industry is COVID-19 proof. While the healthcare industry was impacted by unemployment due to the crisis, it continues to be [...]

Things are changing daily, from phased reopening to increasing numbers of people contracting COVID-19, to the order on June 26 making mask-wearing mandatory when unable to physically distance [...]

As recovery and reopening continue, we must all remain vigilant (at home and at work) by continuing safe distancing, hand washing and wearing masks. We remain committed to supporting you and your [...]

Thirty families in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties are receiving new Chromebooks thanks to a partnership between Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW), Edge Networks and the Community Foundation [...]