Request for Proposals – Wahkiakum County Outreach

Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) is soliciting proposals to provide job seeker outreach to Wahkiakum County residents. WSW is looking for a provider that will act as the conduit between the [...]

Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) and the Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC), both co-located at 805 Broadway, Suite 412 in Vancouver, WA, are soliciting proposals to provide [...]

Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) CEO Kevin Perkey has been elected Chair of the Washington Workforce Association (WWA) for a two-year term beginning January 2020. As Chair, Perkey will work [...]

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 [...]

WSW is growing and we’re looking for passionate, energetic, innovative thinkers to join our stellar team! If you enjoy working with new people, are self-directed and a creative problem solver, we [...]