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Choose a career with the
OREGON EMPLOYMENT DIVISION
The Oregon Employment O ivision employs 1200 people in
a wide v a rie ty of careers.
He have many youth who have chosen careers with the
Oregon Employment D iv is io n .
The O ivision recognizes
it s knowledgeable and s k ille d employees and attempts
to
promote
upward
m o b ility
from
w ith in
the
o rg a n iza tio n .
The two in d iv id u a ls p ro file d below are
among our fin e and coimiitted employees.
Perhaps
th e ir success s to rie s w il l help other young people
choose a s im ila r c a re er.
Judy Hebb, In v e s tig a to r, has been employed with
Employment D ivis io n since 1976.
She r e la te s ,
the
My
career w ith the Employment O ivision began as a
c le r ic a l as s is ta n t (Hourly wage:
$5.50 - $ 7 .2 9 ).
Since I'v e always enjoyed working w ith the p ublic
th is job su ited me w e ll.
"In November 1976, I became what is now c a lle d a JSR
(Job Service R epresentative, h ou rly wage: $7.29 -
$ 1 0 .4 9 ).
I was a JSR fo r e ig h t years before being
promoted to an A djudicator (H ourly wage:
$9.08 -
$ 1 1 .5 3 ).
As an A d jud icato r, I d e a lt w ith S tate laws
and Oregon A d m in istrative Rules.
I fin d the law
in te re s tin g and hope to continue my education in
Crim inal J u s tic e .
Two months ago, I was promoted to
In v e s tig a to r w ith the QIP U nit (Q u a lity Improvement
subsequently re fe rre d to the Employment S ervice.
S h o rtly a f t e r f i l l i n g out the PU100. a p p lic a tio n form,
I began employment as a seasonal JSR (Job Service
R e p re s e n ta tiv e ).
A fte r
three
years
of
steady
employment in the Lake Oswego o f f ic e , 1 was la id o ff
due to budget cuts in
employment I was able
p o s itio n in the p u b lic
Employment D ivis io n two
knowledge of the unemployment insurance programs.
Hired again as a seasonal JSR, I was assigned to
special p ro je cts and loaned to various local o ffic e s
in the M etrop o litan area.
This opportunity provided
me w ith more knowledge and expanded my program
experience.
In 1987, I was promoted to an Employment
Supervisor (s a la ry range $1,739 - $ 2 ,2 1 7 /, in the
Oregon C ity o f f ic e .
"Last month, I was again prom oted--this time as the
Employment
D iv is io n 's
A ffirm a tiv e
Action
O ffic e r
(s a la ry range: $2,114 - $ 2 ,6 9 9 ).
In th is capacity 1
w il l
r e c r u it
women,
m in o ritie s
and
handicapped
in d iv id u a ls fo r our fu tu re w orkforce.
My ro le is
instrum ental in a s s is tin g the O ivision to b u ild a
workforce th a t r e f le c t s
and appreciates c u ltu r a l
d iv e r s it y .
And, I view th is opportunity as both a
P ro je c t, sa la ry Range $1,818 - $ 2 ,3 0 0 ).
" I w asn't q u ite sure what my job would e n ta il when I
accepted the p o sitio n w ith the QIP U n it; however, I
fe e l I have made the r ig h t d ecis io n .
Although I am
no longer dealing w ith the p u b lic , I am doing studies
to determine i f the procedures used by the Employment
O ivision are cost e f f e c t iv e .
This is a r e la t iv e ly
personal and a professional challen ge."
The Oregon Employment D ivis io n provides th ree basic
services th a t are mandated by fed eral law:
1)
Unemployment
Insurance
Benefits
to
q u a lifie d
claim an ts, 2)
a complete labor market exchange,
matching q u a lifie d applicants with those who need
t h e ir services and 3)
comprehensive labor market
in fo rm ation .
The Employment O ivision is the only
e n t it y funded and mandated to provide a l l of these
new program and 1 fin d the work ch allen gin g.
A ll t o ta l
I have been w ith the Employment D ivision 12
years and I s t i l l enjoy my job and the people I work
w ith ,
as
fo rtu n a te ,
w ell
as
since
I
my
supervisors.
I
fe e l
services to the general p u b lic .
I f you have an in te re s t in becoming part of the
Oregon Employment D iv is io n 's team, contact your local
very
Portland Local O ffic e s :
Downtown 229-5730
Northwest 229-5936
E. Multnomah 257-4249
North 280-6046
Oregon C ity 657-20 71
H ills b o ro 681-0219
Beaverton 644-1229
have found th a t not everyone can
deDrae C o t t r e ll,
A ffirm a tiv e
Action O ffic e r ,
has
been employed w ith the Employment O ivision since
1980.
She says, "My career s ta rte d by accident.
I
fo r my Unemployment Insurance Benefits
I was lucky. A talent for basketball
helped me make it. But not all kids are
that lucky. For many young Blacks educa­
tion is the only way. That’s why Miller Lite
and the National Basketball Association
created the Thurgood Marshall Black
Education Fund. To support public Black
colleges and their students. Public col­
leges do not get the backing that some
private colleges do. With your contribu­
tions, the Thurgood Marshall Fund can
Employment o f f ic e fo r fu rth e r inform ation.
say th at about t h e ir jo b ."
f i le d
1983.
With a background in
to land a claims supervisor
se cto r.
I returned to the
years la te r with a d d itio n a l
and was
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Consumer Report
W A S H IN G T O N — M e d ia n
weekly earnings for black men
working at full-time jobs were
$356 in the first quarter of 1988, 77
percent of the median for white
men ($464), the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics reports. The me­
dian wage for Hispanic men was
$297.
For black women working full­
time, median weekly earnings
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0
were $279, 88-percent of the $317
median for white women.
The median usual earnings of
the nation’s 80.2 million full-time
wage and salary workers were
$385 per week in the first quarter
of 1988. This was an increase of
4.3 p e rc e n t fro m a year
earlier — slightly exceeding the
4.0-percent rise in prices as mea­
sured by the Consumer Price In­
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dex for All Urban Consumers.
Data on usual weekly earnings
is collected as part of the Current
Population Survey, a sample of
59,500 households made monthly
in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. Respondents are ask­
ed how much each wage and sal­
ary worker in the household usu­
ally earns per week, excluding
self-employment income.
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help deserving students pay for schooling,
and preserve the quality of our public
Black colleges.
So give to the Thurgood Marshall
Black Education Fund. With Miller Lite and
you, we can help put a higher education
within reach. Because a future should be
something everyone can afford.
THE THURGOOD MARSHALL
BLACK EDUCATION FUND
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Education Fund. Here’s my donation of $
towards the future of our public Black colleges.
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Please send check or money order (do no. send cash) l o j h e Thurgood Marshall Black
Education Fund One Dupont Circle, NW., Suite 710MI, Washington, DC. 20036.
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CITY
Five States Have Half Of Black Population Growth
Growth By The Year 2000, Census Bureau Project
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S o u th e rn O regon S ta te Collect*.
College. Ashland. Oregon I
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t could be your ticket
recent weeks, more than 450 Oregon students have
iplied for an unusual college scholarship for next year.
,me of them may be your friends and neighbors.
Only about one in three will actually win the
holarships. All of them will be Blacks, Hispanics or
ative Americans. Almost all the scholarships will give
e recipients a boost th at will very likely change their
tures.
Scholarships w orth $1,600
These scholarships were authorized a year ago by the
regon State Board of Higher Education. The
holarships pay tuition and fees (about $1,600
nnually) for selected Oregon minority students who
-ill be first-time college freshmen The scholarships
-ill be renewed annually for students who make good
cademic progress.
The state board authorized the scholarships for tw
rimary reasons:
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• To promote cultural diversity on Oregon s eight
lublicly supported, four-year colleges and universities.
Half of the Black population
growth from 1988 to the year
2000 will be in five states, accor­
ding to the first state population
projections since 1983 from the
Commerce Department's Cen­
sus Bureau.
97520. 1-800-4S2-SOSC
Western Oregon State College. Monmouth.
Oregon 97361
Some 2.4 m illion of the pro­
jected 4.8 million Black increase
will be in California (631.000),
F lo rid a (547,000), G e o rg ia
(435,000), Texas (402,000), and
New York (389.000).
1 -800-232-9653
Oregon Institute o f T echnology. Klam ath halls.
Oregon 97601. 1-800-422-2017
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Oregon Health S cien ces U niversity. 31hl S "
Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland. Oregon 97201
279-7800 (toll call from outside Portland)
By 2000, more than one-third
of the Black population will live
in the five states. New York will
have 3.2 million; California, 2.9
million; Texas, 2.4 million; Flori­
da, 2.3 million; and Georgia, 2.2
million.
When you write or call, ask about scholarships under
the Minority Student Enrollment Imtitaive.
How to prepare for college
Students who receive these scholarships must meet
all normal admissions requirements.
Oregon’s public, four year colleges and universities
require 14 units (a unit is equivalent to a year s study
of college-prep courses in high school Required are
four years of E n g lish , three years of m ath em atics,
three years of social studies, two years of science and
two years of college-prep electives (a foreign
language is strongly recommended).
• To motivate minority students still in high school
The eight colleges and universities require lug i
o take the classes and earn the grades that will get
school grade-point averages ranging from 2.25 to 3 6
hem into college, and help them to succeed once
(on a scale of A equals 4.0).
Your choice of a college also is critical to your success
■nrolled.
Most of the institutions have a “preview day early in
the calendar year to acquaint prospective students wdli
Mark your calendar
If you or a member of your family is about to start the the campus. Contact the college or university ol your
choice for the date.
senior year of high school, it isn’t too early to begin
thinking about applying for one of these scholarships
Chances are, you know one or more of the 166
for the 1989-90 school year.
minority
students receiving these scholarships tins pa-l
Admissions officers on the eight campuses will begin
accepting applications on October 1 5
vcur.
Chances are, you know one or more ot the 456
As you can see from the list below, students have a
s
tu
d e n ts who have applied for next year
wide variety of choices of institutions and locations.
will
Chances
are, you — or someone in your lamily
Why not cut out this ad, make a note on your
benefit from getting to know more about this
calendar and write for an application form next tall
scholarship for 1989 96
These are the addresses and toll free (from Oregon)
„hone numbers of the eight colleges and universities
that offer this unusual scholarship Address your
request to the Admissions Office at
O regon S ta te U n iv ersity , Corvallis, Oregon 97331
1 8OO-462-32H7
U n iv ersity o f O regon. Engine, < )regoi.
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• The nation’s Black popula­
tion w ill total 35 m illion by the
year 2000, an increase of 16 per­
cent. The White population will
rise by 7 percent, to 221.1 million.
A report including additional
information on state population
projections will be published
later in the year.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
"The Eyes and Ears of the Community'
288-0033
The Portland Opportunities
Industrialization Center
The projections are based on
various assumptions about fu­
ture trends in fertility, mortality,
immigration, and internal migra­
tion.
Here are other Black popula­
tion trends from 1988 to 2000:
• Projections show the follow ­
ing w ill have populations that are
at least one-fourth Black. District
of Columbia (68 percent), M issis­
sippi (36 percent), Louisiana (32
percent), South Carolina (30 per­
cent), Maryland (28 percent),
Georgia (27 percent), and Alaba­
ma (26 percent).
training programs
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SERVICES
• The number of Blacks living
in the South will increase by 2.6
m illion compared with 798,000 in
the Northeast, 743,000 in the
West, and 680,000 in the Mid­
west.
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• The West will gain 26 per­
cent more Blacks, followed by
the South with 16 percent, the
Northeast with 14 percent, and
the Midwest with 12 percent.
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• Blacks will comprise 19 per­
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compared with 12 percent of the
Northeast’s, 11 percent of the
M idwest’s, and 6 percent of the
West’s.
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