JOBi Trade Mag JO B S is a trade m agazine published w e e kly by N o rth w e s t P ublishing C om pany o f P ortland, O regon. It w as in tro d u c e d in 1983, and is designed p rim a rily as a m eans th ro u g h w h ic h g o vernm en tal agencies, c o n tra c to rs , and private businesses co u ld advertise bids, sub bids, e m p lo ym e n t oppor tu n itie s , and item s of interest that are job or trade related Included am ong its advertisers are federal, state, c o u n ty , and c ity agencies s o licitin g Bids or R eguests for Proposals (R FP ’s); as w ell as the p riva te sector seeking a pplican ts for p o sitio n open ings w ith in their firm s J O B S is c u rre n tly d is trib u te d th ro u g h o u t the state o f O regon, and in Tacom a and Seattle. W ash in g to n , and proposes to expand to Idaho and C alifornia in late 1987 JO B S m agazine has a readership o f over 48,000 and is d is trib u te d free fro m n ew sstand s located in n e ig h b o rh o o d businesses, superm arkets, sh o p p in g centers and o ffic e build in g s As a special fe a tu re for d is trib u tio n , it is also added as an insert to the P ortland Observer, O regon's seventh largest new spaper and the S ta te ’s oldest Black o w n e d p u b lica tio n R esponse fro m advertisers has been e xtre m e ly po sitive as JO B S m agazine a ffo rd s them the o p p o rtu n ity to advertise at m ore than c o m p e titiv e rates There is a likew ise response fro m the c o m m u n ity w h o fin d th a t JO B S is a valuable to o l d u rin g job search A d v e rtis in g rates and a d d ition al in fo rm a tio n co n c e rn in g the JO B S m agazine m ay be o b ta in e d fry w ritin g or ph o n in g : JOBS Trade Magazine 1463 N E K illin g s w o rth P o rtla n d . OR 97211 (503) 288 0033 il 1, 1987, JO B S , Page 15 tF •r,