/ JO B S is a trade m agazine published w eekly by N o rth w e s t P ublishing C om pany o f I o rtla n d , O regon It w as in tro d u c e d in 1983, and is designed p rim a rily as .1 m eans th ro u g h w h ic h g o ve rn m e n ta l agencies, c o n tra c to rs , anti private businesses c o u ld advertise bids, sub bids, e m p lo ym e n t oppor tu n itie s, and item s o f interest that are job or trade related Included am o n g its advertisers are federal, state, c o u n ty , and city agencies soln itin g Bids or R equests for Proposals (RFP's), as w ell as the p riva te sector seeking a p p lica n ts for p o sitio n open ings w ith in their firm s JO 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 198/ 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 lor ated 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 b u ild in g s fe a tu re fo r d is trib u tio n , it is also added as an insert to the P ortland Observer As a speci.il 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 Response 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 that 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 try w ritin g or ph o n in g : JOBS Trade M agazine 1463 N.E. K illin g s w o r th P o rtla n d , OR 97211 (503) 288-0033 A p ril 15 •• ' f ' i . ’< ■ ' . A * ' 1987, J O B S Pag«; 13