Employment
Unwrapping Holiday Hiring
by Anna Johnson Retailers and package delivery companies rely on the holiday season to provide an end-of-year boost in sales that makes operating during the rest of the year worthwhile. Some businesses hire extra workers, often on a temporary basis, to get them through this busy time of year. In…
Read MoreOregon Business awards Logos Public Charter School 3rd Place in 100 Best Non-Profits to Work For in Oregon
“There is a constant forward-minded progression here…” Medford, October 7, 2019 – Based on anonymous staff surveys, Logos Public Charter School was named #3 by Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in the large business category in Oregon! For the previous 3 years, Logos staff have participated,…
Read MoreDental Hygiene Students at Oregon Tech Deliver Services to Rural Populations in Jamaica
Six senior students and two faculty members from Oregon Institute of Technology’s (Oregon Tech) dental hygiene program in Klamath Falls traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica earlier this month to provide dental care to underserved communities in rural areas. The trip was part of the International Externship Program (IEP), which provides students the…
Read MoreFirefighter program provides local education, pathway to professional career
By Lacey Jarrell Braden Krag’s future is in giving back to his community. The 18-year-old EagleRidge High School graduate said he is looking forward to one day serving as a structural firefighter for Klamath County Fire District 1 (KCFD1) in Klamath Falls. Braden is enrolled in the Resident Student Firefighter…
Read MoreSouthern Oregon Trade Careers Expo Highlights Living Wage Careers
By Julie Niles-Fry The desperate outcry from trades and manufacturing businesses across Southern Oregon has been heard and addressed. The second biennial Southern Oregon Trade Careers Expo took place on September 26th at Seven Feathers in Canyonville, bringing 2,000 high school juniors and seniors, veterans, retiring military personnel, job seekers,…
Read MoreOregon’s Wood Product Manufacturing Industry Is Still Important, Especially in Rural Areas
By Brian Rooney Once Oregon’s largest manufacturing industry, employment in the wood product manufacturing industry has gone through large, well-publicized losses since the early 1990s, with its employment dropping below computer and electronic manufacturing and food manufacturing. Despite the losses, wood product manufacturing is still a large industry in Oregon…
Read MoreOregon’s Nonprofits in 2018
August 13, 2019 By Dallas Fridley A not-for-profit corporation, commonly referred to as a “nonprofit,” is organized to achieve a purpose other than to generate a profit. These entities qualify for federal tax exempt status and must reinvest any surplus revenues into efforts that further the mission of the organization.…
Read MoreSeasonal Losses in Local Government Education Reduce Total Employment
By Guy Tauer, Regional Economist Guy.R.Tauer@oregon.gov Total payroll employment fell by 1,930 jobs in July, mostly due to a typical seasonal loss of 2,040 jobs in local government education. Employment changes in most other published industries were modest. Professional and business services added 80 jobs in July. The goods-producing industries…
Read MoreOregon Tech Adds Data Science Degree, Opening Up Pathway to the “Best Job in America”
August 29, 2019, KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Starting next year,Oregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” will launch a bachelor’s degree in Data Science, a program created to answer the quickly growing need for analysts of “big data,” and the first undergraduate program of its kind at a public university in Oregon. First…
Read MoreMeet Robert Killen New Lane SBDC Director
Robert Killen is one of those people you just have to meet to realize what a fine decision the hiring team made in selecting him as the new Lane SBDC Director. The Small Business Development Center hit a home run, but the small businesses and communities of eastern Lane County…
Read MoreWhat Replaces Timber?
By Josh Lehner Between the mill closure in Coos Bay, downsizing in Forest Grove, and the lively cap and trade discussions, there has been a renewed interest and focus on the timber industry in Oregon. Our office has fielded nearly a dozen requests recently to speak about the industry, historical…
Read MoreExcitement in next-level video, and in the local tech community
By Matt Sayre Thrill seeking skydivers in the U.S jump out of airplanes more than three million times each year. Revl, a venture-backed tech startup, is poised to capture those jumps, and other adrenaline-fueled experiences, with cinematic videos in ways that have never been done before. That’s great for thrill seekers,…
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