The celebration of Pacific/Asian American Heritage at the government level first began in 1977 when U.S. representatives Norman Y. Mineta and Frank Horton launched legislation to create [...]

With nearly 100,000 jobs and a payroll of $10.1 billion, Advanced Manufacturing accounts for 8% of the greater Southwest Washington-Portland region’s private sector employment and 11% of payroll. [...]

Historically, women in the workforce have faced disparities in employment, wages and leadership attainment. The COVID-19 pandemic of the past two years has exacerbated these preexisting [...]

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 [...]

Despite working two part-time jobs, Cynthia, a single parent could not make enough to support her family. Connecting with a case manager at WorkSource allowed her to learn about careers in [...]

Nationally, Black workers and other people of color face wage and employment disparities. Southwest Washington’s workforce reflects these national trends, with Black workers falling behind in [...]

How would our lives change if we could change our mindset to be prepared to respond to challenges that we come across? That’s what The Underdog Mentality aims to answer. Launched by Tyler Monk in [...]

People are your organizations greatest asset and investing in their training is a powerful demonstration of how much you value them. Today’s employees want to work for an organization that will [...]

Launched in Fall 2018 as an initiative of Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW), Next is a youth career and employment center, serving young adults (16 – 24 years old) across Clark, Cowlitz and [...]