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BUSINESS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Maurices, a women’s clothing store, opened Jan. 23. T.J. Max will be another clothing store to open in the Warrenton shopping area near South East Discovery Lane. T.J.Maxx opens doors soon WARRENTON — T.J. Maxx, one of the nation’s largest off-price retailers with more than 1,000 stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico, will open its new location in Warrenton April 12. It offers many items, from fashion and accessories to jewelry, home, beauty, pet products, toys and more. ‘We are pleased to expand our store base to Warrenton, delivering value and an ex- citing selection of merchan- dise to serve the needs of customers,” Richard Sherr, president of T.J.Maxx, said in a release. “With thousands of new items from top de- signers and brands arriving in stores weekly from around the world, shoppers will discover a new store full of amazing values every time they visit.” As part of the grand open- ing, T.J.Maxx will present a $5,000 check to the Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank at 7:30 a.m. April 12. The grand opening starts at 8 a.m. and runs until 8 p.m. Reusable bags will be given WRWKH¿UVWFXVWRPHUV The new store will also join all other stores nation- wide in sponsoring a child who participates in Save the Children’s U.S. Programs. T.J.Maxx also supports Save the Children, Autism Speaks and Joslin Diabetes Center with annual in-store fundrais- ing campaigns. The store is located at 1479 S.E. Discovery Lane in the North Coast Retail Cen- ter. The new store will add ap- proximately 60 full- and part- time jobs locally. Oregon job vacancies, wages are up During 2014, Oregon’s pri- vate employers were looking to ¿OO DERXW MRE YDFDQFLHV at any given time, according WRQHZDQQXDO¿JXUHVIURPWKH Oregon Employment Depart- ment’s Job Vacancy Survey. The Job Vacancy Survey provides a snapshot of the labor market job seekers face. The number of job vacancies in 2014 increased by 40 percent compared with 2013. The average starting wage offered by employers also im- proved over the year, increas- ing by 4 percent to $15.67. The largest increase in vacancies was among jobs offering starting wages between $10 and $15 per hour. There were 15,200 vacan- cies in this range, up 72 percent from 2013. Vacancies offering more $15 per hour increased 29 percent to 11,900. There were slightly fewer vacancies offering less than $10 per hour in 2014. That’s partly because the increase in Oregon’s mini- mum wage from $8.95 in 2013 to $9.10 in 2014 narrowed that wage range. 2QH NH\ WR ¿QGLQJ D MRE that pays higher than average wages is to have at least some post secondary training or oth- HU ZRUNUHODWHG TXDOL¿FDWLRQ The average wage offered for vacancies requiring education beyond high school was more than $17 per hour. Average wag- es increased for jobs requiring college degrees. The average hourly wage was $20 per hour for vacancies that required an associate degree, $31 per hour for a bachelor’s degree, and $38 for a graduate degree. Vacancies that did not require education beyond high school offered hourly wages of $12 per hour. Employers also offered high- er wages when their vacancies required more than a year of previous experience. Vacancies with no experience requirement paid an average of $11 per hour. Those requiring less than one year of experience paid $12 per hour. For vacancies that required RQH WR ¿YH \HDUV RI SUHYLRXV work experience, the average wage offered was $18 per hour, ZKLOHWKRVHWKDWUHTXLUHG¿YHRU more years of experience aver- aged $32 per hour. The health care and social as- sistance industry accounted for DOPRVW RQH¿IWK RI YDFDQFLHV more than any other industry sector. Four additional industries each accounted for more than 10 percent of Oregon job vacan- cies: management, administra- tive, and waste services (which includes company headquarters DQGWHPSRUDU\VWDI¿QJDJHQFLHV among other businesses); retail trade; leisure and hospitality; and manufacturing. Characteristics of job vacan- FLHV FDQ YDU\ VLJQL¿FDQWO\ E\ industry. For example, nine out of 10 health care vacancies were for permanent positions, and 39 percent required education beyond high school. In natural resources and mining, however, just 18 percent of vacancies in 2014 were for permanent jobs, and only 3 percent required edu- cation beyond high school. 7KH VSHFL¿F RFFXSDWLRQV being recruited make a big dif- ference in how industry-level details play out. Almost two- thirds of the natural resources and mining vacancies were for farmworkers, of which only 11 percent were permanent posi- tions and most were seasonal. Health care recruitment was focused on registered nurses, nursing assistants, and medical assistants, which were almost always permanent positions. Every region of the state had more vacancies in 2014 than in 2013. Eastern Oregon saw the greatest percentage growth in vacancies over the year, up 73 percent from 2013, and the Portland area followed, with 44 percent more vacancies in 2014 than in 2013. The Portland tri-county area (Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas counties) had just over 23,000 vacancies in 2014, 51 percent of the statewide total. The Oregon Job Vacancy Survey has been conducted since 2008. The 2014 estimates are based on responses from 10,400 Oregon employers. Vacancy survey results for the ¿UVWTXDUWHURIDUHVFKHG- uled for release in April 2015. A special report on Oregon’s GLI¿FXOWWR¿OOYDFDQFLHVZLOOEH available later this spring. For more details on state- wide and regional vacancies, visit www.qualityinfo.org/pubs and scroll down to the section titled Job Vacancy Survey. Fervor over PDX carpet spurs new life SALEM (AP) — Visitors and Oregon locals lined up inside Portland International Airport to have their photos taken with an odd celebrity — a piece of nearly 30-year-old carpet. Before the day was over, more than 800 photo booth- style pictures were snapped of people standing next to the VHJPHQW RI ÀRRU FRYHULQJ hung up for an event called PDX Carpet Fest. It was classic Portland, a city known for keeping it weird: a farewell party for the airport’s trademark teal carpet, which is being replaced after three decades under travelers’ luggage wheels. “I guess this carpet is really iconic, and I can’t imagine an- other city getting this worked up over carpet,” said Sierra Prior, a Portland resident who posed for photos before board- More than 40,000 “foot sel- ¿HV´²SKRWRVSHRSOHWRRNRI their feet on the carpet — were plastered on Instagram. The carpet got its own Facebook and Twitter pages. Some local companies started selling T-shirts, coffee mugs and other products fea- turing its signature pattern. “I’m getting married on November 6th, and I think I’m going to have all my grooms- men wear the PDX carpet socks,” said Derek Harguth, AP Photo/The Oregonian, Michael Lloyd a Portland native who went TSA officers Andrea Green, left, and Edmund Gray stand to the airport to check out the beside a piece of dressed up old carpet from the terminal PDX Carpet Fest. at Portland International Airport during a press confer- Demand for actual rem- ence in Portland, March 20. nants of the carpet has been VR KLJK WKDW DLUSRUW RI¿FLDOV ing her plane to New Orleans. EROL]H DLU WUDI¿F FRQWUROOHUV¶ are giving four local vendors The unmistakably ’80s view at night. 1,000 square yards each to carpet at the airport known as As word spread that it incorporate into items — in- PDX is decorated with dark- would be torn up, the weath- cluding sofas, doormats and blue lines and red, lavender HUHGÀRRUFRYHULQJEHFDPHDQ cat beds — that will be sold to and purple dots meant to sym- online superstar. the public. Clatsop County Property Transactions Sellers: Donald William Royse and Theresa Hope Royse Buyer: CDogg Properties LLC Address: 188 Fernwood St., Cannon Beach Price: $917,000 Seller: Lower Columbia Preservation Society Buyers: Robert J. Magie and Cynthia D. Magie Addresses: 1555 to 1569 Exchange St., Astoria Price: $375,000 Sellers: Daniel R. Kel- ley and Debra A. Cheuv- ront-Kelley Buyers: Deborah Anne Stenvall and Jeffrey P. Gayral Address: 1064 14th St., Astoria Price: $280,000 Sellers: Dean M. Fuller and Lynn R. Fuller Buyer: Jeffrey Arthur Frane Address: 6 Auburn Ave., Astoria Price: $245,000 Seller: Pamela E. Hayden Buyer: Barry F. Mc- Menamin Address: 141 Avenue I, Seaside Price: $245,000 Sellers: Kevin Mitchell and Tara Mitchell Buyers: Aidan H. DeRenne and Karen E. DeRenne Address: 89672 Sea Breeze Drive, Warrenton Price: $222,000 EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian Linda Lawson coaches individuals in person and by phone through her company, Heart 2 Heart Coaching. Making the Dollar INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES BY EDWARD STRATTON Linda Lawson, owner Heart 2 Heart Coaching Seaside A former teacher, Linda Lawson now tries to help peo- ple realize their potential through her advising business, Heart 2 Heart Coaching. She works on the go, meeting her customers in person or by phone, and specializes in working with people who’ve experienced grief and loss. She can be reached by calling 188 INGENIO, and enter- ing code no. 05229439; and at 720-301-3993 or info@ heart2heartcoaching.org How would you describe Heart 2 Heart Coaching? “Coaching in itself is a partnering with a client who wants to make a transition in life… and they don’t feel they can make it on their own. They know they want to change but don’t have the internal strength to do that. So when someone is supporting you, even just by listening … and you’re talking out and hearing yourself, you start to hear your own wisdom, which you don’t hear when you’re just thinking about it in your head. You just have blind spots. But when someone’s listening and asking you questions based on what you say, then you start to follow what you already understand. Coaching is to me a very respectful art. This is really based on what someone already understands.” How did you get started doing this? “I was getting done with teaching, and I was actually studying something else. I was studying the metaphysical arts at an academy, and they opened up a branch of life coaching, and I just was curious and wanted to see what it was like. I actually took to it right away. It’s not real different from teaching. You don’t start out deciding what someone knows. You’re really taking a back seat and let- ting them take the lead, and then being very being very DWWHQWLYHDQGUHÀHFWLYHEDFNWRWKHPZKDWWKH\SUREDEO\ PLVVHGLQWDONLQJWKHPVHOYHV,¿QLVKHGWKHDFDGHP\LQ 2010. I’m going to say 2011” is when I started. :KRGR\RX¿QGDUH\RXUFOLHQWHOH"'R\RXWDUJHW certain demographics? “I’m really trying to specialize in teachers, because I came out of teaching, and it’s such a strong support to teachers who don’t get support that much. Some school districts, or some schools, they have a strong PTA, and they’ll be really tight-knit and supportive of the teach- ers, and they’re not just stressed all the time. A lot of the schools, the demands are unreal. There’s not that much voice in teaching. You have a union. Nothing is address- ing teacher self-care. I came out of teaching. I quit early; I quit 10 years early. There was an incentive, so I took it. And I knew that there was something else for me to do, but I just didn’t know what it was. I took off some time to do some self-care for myself, and then I’m going ‘OK. What do I do now?’ Then I decided if I’m going to give back in coaching, I’m going to give back to teachers.” What are some of the quirks or challenges of being a life coach? “The challenges are you do also need to be a business person, which I’m not particularly. A lot of us will have this challenge of ‘OK. How do I get known then?’” Why do people need a life coach? ³<RX ¿QG RXW µ, JRW DQRWKHU DEXVLYH ER\IULHQG:RZ how did that happen?’ With coaching, you can have a look at that. You can interrupt that pattern, so that whatever it was that was causing you to do that, you become aware of that and you start to actualize different behaviors. Maybe there were signs all along that I was quietly paying atten- tion to but not saying to myself ‘Don’t go there!,’ but I was going anyway. The whole thing is for you to pay attention to what you already know. The person I was talking to to- day started out at one place. She talked herself through a number of things, and I was taking notes, and I went back and pointed out what she said, what her own wisdom was UHÀHFWLQJZKDWVKHKDGDOUHDG\NQRZV6KHZDVTXLWHVXU- prised by it, because she was just talking. She wasn’t listen- ing to herself. So now she’s got some goals based on what she said, what she knew.”