Quality Jobs

As part of Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature effort on poverty reduction and workforce development through the Economic Security for All (EcSA) program, Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) brought [...]

Internship programs are a vital piece of our workforce development system, allowing businesses to recruit emerging talent, gain fresh perspective and have an extra hand to assist with projects [...]

Challenges surrounding employee recruitment and retention continue to impact the growth and health of our workforce here in Southwest Washington and across the United States. Recently Workforce [...]

Balancing a career and raising children can be challenging for parents. Childcare is not only expensive but is often difficult to find. This forces parents to take time and attention away from [...]

Is your business struggling to find people to fill your open jobs? Are your valued employees leaving? Employee turnover is expensive but the Business Services Team at Workforce Southwest [...]

Earning a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) opens doors to career pathways that promote self-sufficiency. From bus drivers to garbage truck drivers to long-haul truckers, obtaining a CDL is a way [...]

In the Portland-Southwest Washington region, women make 81.2% of what men make. Annually, this accounts for an earning disparity of $11,740 between men and women. Despite representing 58.4% of [...]

In January 2023, Washington State ushered in two new regulations around wages – to raise the minimum wage and mandate wage transparency on job postings. The new regulations help job seekers and [...]

Foster Farms is nearing its 25th year in operation in Cowlitz County, where it’s provided many jobs to the community that it’s grown alongside. Foster Farms is dedicated to providing sustainable [...]

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 [...]