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T he P ortland O bserver • J une 11, 1997
1997 Special Edition
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Career choices made with internet ease
With college graduations ju st
around the comer, Dell Computer
Corporation has a message to the
future workforce — save yourself
time and money — apply online to
Dell which is now easier and more
enjoyable than ever.
Innovation, creativity and fun are
the focus o f Dell’s new interactive
o n lin e c a re e r c e n te r, d u b b e d
“great2b@ dell.”
The internet site is designed to be
one o f the most fun, informative cor
porate recruitment sites available in
the high technology industry.
Don’t know what you want to do
after college? Take the brief job
questionnaire to help point you in the
right direction.
Not sure corporate life is for you?
Take a look at “ A Day in the Life”
and listen to employees talk about
what it is like to work at Dell.
The “great2b@ dell” site helps
potential applicants find snappy,
easy-to-read information about Dell.
The site has several leading-edge
features, such as online audio and
video interviews with employees.
Applicants can browse current
jo b openings, use the “ R esum e
Builder” and submit a resume online
to Dell.
The site also contains informa
tion regarding Dell’s corporate phi
losophy, benefits, current job open
ings, an overv iew o f the central Texas
lifestyle, general job hunting and in
terview tips and much more.
Dell Computer Corporation has
grown quickly during the past few
years.
From fiscal year 1995 to 1996, the
number of Dell employees grew more
than 24 percent worldwide. To con
tinue hiring at that pace requires de
velopment o f innovative solutions to
make it easier to apply.
Training
Consortium
Formed
This spring, Oregon funders ot
training and technical assistance for
nonprofit community development
organizations form ed the Oregon
Community Development Training
Consortium (OCDTC). Likely the
first o f its kind in the nation, this
unique Consortium will invest more
than $200,000 in training and tech
nical assistance in the 1997-98 fis
cal year to bolster the capacity o f
community-based organizations that
seek to develop or revitalize low-
income communities through afford
able housing and economic devel
opment programs.
The Consortium is a public-pri
vate collaboration convened by The
N eighborhood Partnership Fund o f
the Oregon Community Foundation.
The C o n so rtiu m ’s other p riv ate
funders are the Network for Oregon
Affordable Housing (NOAH), a con
sortium o f Oregon banks.
“Through the website, Dell wants
to ensure that Dell is not only a great
e m p lo y e r, but a p referred em
ployer a place where people want
to work,” said John Cone, vice presi
dent, Dell University and College
Recruiting.
Competition for qualified techni
cally-oriented employees is greater
than ever, and the Internet is becom
ing an increasingly popular job search
medium.
In 1996, more than 4.000 resumes
were submitted online to Dell; and
the number is growing larger.
Every day more people use the
Internet to look for work and thou
sands o f college students enter the
workforce.
The website is located on Dell’s
w o rld w id e
hom e
p ag e,
www dell com in the "About Dell”
listing under the careers section or
www dell.eom/great2b@dell.
A Fortune 500 company, Dell
Computer Corporation has more than
11,700 employees worldwide.
The company is the world’s lead
ing direct computer systems com
pany, based on revenues o f $8.7 bil
lion for the past four quarters.
Del I designs and custom izes prod
ucts and services to end-user require-
ments, and offers an extensive selec
tion o f peripherals and software
through the DellWare program
Information on Dell and its prod
ucts can be obtained through its toll-
free number I-800-388-8542 or by
accessing the Dell World Wide Web
server at www.dell.com.
Dell and DellWare are registered
trademarks o f Dell Computer Cor
poration. Fortune 500 is a registered
Legacy Emanuel
1997 Healthcare
Scholarship Winners
Jefferson High School
Benson High School
Roosevelt High School
Jefferson High School
Jefferson High School
Sara Chiles
!toro Elijah
Häily Hergert
Cindy Nguyen
Jennifer Warren
Michael Wahl
y a _— — a .
This is the eighth year that the
Legacy Emanuel Healthcare
Scholarship has been awarded to
high school seniors who reside in
North and Northeast Portland and
are planning to study for a
Sports Medicine
Pre-Med
Radiology
Nursing
Psychology
Psychology
healthcare career. The scholarship is
$ 1,000, renewable for up to four
years, and the funds may be used for
tuition, books and other fees. Informa
tion is available by calling Community
Relations at 413-6011.
Legacy E m an uel
H o s p it a l & H e a lt h C e n te r
trademark o f The Time Inc.
Magazine Co. Dell disclaims any
proprietary interest in the marks and
names o f others.
Workforce diversity is an essen
tial part o f Dell’s commitment to
quality and to the future.
The company encourages anyone
to apply, whatever your race, age,
color, religion, national origin, gen
der, disability or veteran status.
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