Youth

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

The Future Leaders Project (FLP) continues to expand in 2025, offering Washington State University Vancouver (WSU Vancouver) students even more meaningful and unique internship opportunities. FLP [...]

The team at NEXT Success is busy preparing for SummerWorks to start soon! Over the course of approximately 8 weeks, SummerWorks provides the opportunity for young adults ages 16 – 24 who [...]

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 [...]

This year marks the sixth anniversary of Next, our region’s dedicated youth career and employment center. Founded by Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW), Next was established to address [...]

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

Five years ago, Next, our region’s only youth career and employment center, opened its doors to provide holistic career, education, training and support services for young adults ages 16 to 24. [...]

The 2022 Opportunity Youth Report, from Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) and its Columbia-Willamette Workforce Collaborative (CWWC) partners, found that an estimated 34,400 16-to-24-year-olds [...]

With nearly 100,000 jobs and a payroll of $10.1 billion, the Advanced Manufacturing sector accounts for eight percent of the Portland-Southwest Washington region’s private sector employment and [...]

As we celebrate Internship Awareness Month, Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) takes pride in providing internship opportunities to local businesses through two programs, SummerWorks (for high [...]