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November 9.
2005
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Veteran’s Job
Fair Coming Up
L o o k in g fo r a c a re e r?
W o rk so u rce O reg o n , the sta te ’s e m p lo y m e n t ag en cy , w ill
be hostin g the P o rtlan d M etro V eteran s Jo b F air on T u esd ay ,
N ov. X from 9 a.m . to 2 p.m . at the M em o rial C o liseu m in the
R ose Q uarter.
T h e ev en t w ill feature m ore than 100 e m p lo y e rs and veteran
serv ice a g e n c ie s o fferin g o p p o rtu n ities. S om e o f the c o m p a
n ie s in c lu d e A e ro te k , A m e rip ris e F in a n c ia l, C o m c a s t,
G u n d erso n , L aidlaw T ran sit. N A P A , P ro v id en ce H ealth S y s
tem s, O ffice D epot, S tream , U PS, and W ells F argo.
T h e fair is o p en to the general public, and sp ecifically
w elco m es all veteran s, th e ir sp o u ses and dep en d en ts.
Jo b seek ers are e n co u rag ed to bring several c o p ie s o f th eir
resu m es an d co m e d ressed ap p ro p riately for jo b interview s.
F or m ore info rm atio n , visit w w w .w o rk in g in o re g o n .o rg .
North Portland
Bible College
The entrance to the George Fox University campus in Newberg. The college also offers classes in Portland and other sites.
Annual Banquet - November 12,2005
S p eak er Senator M argaret Carter
President Pro Tempore
o f the Oregon Senate
Where: Ramada Inn
6221 NE 82nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Theme: "Walking in Confidence"
Philippians 1:6
Time: 6:00pm for Silent Auction
D inner at 7:00pm
Contact Office: 503.288.2919
Cost: S25/person (528 at the doori
College Offers Extensive Outreach
Multiple sites teach
arts, sciences, and
professional studies
High school graduates and adult students
are encouraged to m axim ize their grow th at
a university that nurtures scholarship, lead
ership and professional com petence.
G eorge Fox enrolls more than 3,000 stu
dents w ho attend classes on the university’s
cam pus in N ew berg, at its Portland, Salem
and Boise centers, and at other teaching sites
throughout Oregon.
T he school offers bachelor’s degrees in
m ore than 35 m ajors, degree-com pletion
program s for w orking adults, a sem inary
and 12 m aster’s and doctoral degrees.
A C hristian university o f the arts, sci
ences and professional studies, G eorge Fox
em phasizes interaction betw een students
and faculty, com bining theory with practi
cal and professional experience. The school’s
traditional undergraduate program has a stu
dent-teacher ratio o f 12-to-l.
G raduate and d eg ree-co m p letio n p ro
gram s are designed to m eet the learning
styles and schedules o f busy w orking adults.
Students can attend classes in Portland one
...designed to meet
the learning styles and
schedules o f busy
working adults.
night a week and som e Saturdays, w hile also
taking courses online.
T he 16-month adult bachelor’s degree-
com pletion program s include: m anagem ent
and business inform ation system s, m anage
m ent and organizational leadership, social
and behavioral studies, project m anagem ent,
and health adm inistration. G raduate pro
gram areas include: business, counseling,
education, leadership, psychology, and the
m inistry program s o f G eorge Fox E vangeli
cal Seminary.
Students not only benefit from program s
that accom m odate their professional and
personal com m itm ents, they also gain the
advantage o f earning a degree from a region
ally accredited university that is respected
locally and nationally.
G eorge Fox U niversity is ranked by U.S.
N ew s and W orld Report as a top-tier w est
ern regional university. The Princeton Re
view nam es the university as one o f its “Best
in the W est” selections.
The university is also com m itted to serv
ing the w orld, both locally and globally. The
Tem pleton Foundation nam ed the school
one o f only 100 colleges or universities in the
nation recognized for its com m itm ent to
encouraging character developm ent.
Service Occupations Fastest Growing
One in five
job openings
forecast
great reasons to be at
George Fox University:
1. Belong to a C h ris t-c e n te re d c o m m u n ity
where protessors and students seek to make
Christ's teachings relevant within all
academic disciplines.
2. Benefit intellectually from rig o ro u s a c a d e m ic
p ro g ra m s and accomplished faculty at a
nationally recognized top tier university.
3. Begin making a lile-t h a n g in g in v estm en t
in yourself at an institution consistently
ranked by US. .News in its “Best Universities-
M asterV category.
4 Become involved in the lives of your global and
local neighbors through serv ice anti
le a d e rs h ip by participating in international ami
regional service trips and our annual all campus
Serve Day.
5. Beyond our picturesque Pacific N o rth w e st
c a m p u s is Oregon’s cultural center, Portland,
and all the recreational opportunities of the
Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River (Jorge,
and the Oregon Coast.
800.765.4369 • georgcfox.edu
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G e o r g e F ox
U N IV E R S IT Y
a matter of m ind
Based on the Oregon Employ
ment Department’s occupational
employment projections, one in five
job openings in Oregon between
2004 and 2014 will be in service
occupations.
Food preparation and serving
occupations alone will provide more
than 78,000of the 128,000openings
expected among service occupa
tions. Other service occupations
include protective service workers,
building and grounds workers, and
personal care workers.
The job openings are due to
growth openings from employment
expansion and replacement needs
-openingscaused by workers leav
ing an occupation due, for instance,
to retirement.
Almost 245,000growth openings
and nearly 419,000 replacement
openings are expected during the
projection period. Retiring baby
boomers across all occupational
groups will drive the need to fill
jobs emptied by retirees. The total,
more than 663,000, does not in
clude job openings that will result
from turnover, or job-changing
within an occupation.
In 2004, Oregon employment
totaled 1.6 million. Nearly half was
in service, professional, and office
and administrative occupations. By
2014, Oregon’s occupational em
ployment will move close to the 1.9
million mark, a 15 percent gain.
However, the gains are a bit modest
compared to those seen in the prior
decade, when the state added more
than 230,000 jobs and grew by 17
percent.
Population growth and increas
ing life expectancy are expected to
help boost employment in services
and health occupations. Health care
occupations are the fastest growing
category, at almost 25 percent over
photo by
M ark W ashington ^
he
P ortland O bserve
Domick Winter works at the Kaiser Permanente call center on
North Greeley Avenue in Portland. She is one o f about 50 service
employees in a medical service department that provides
patients an initial point o f contact for general information,
making appointments or cancellations and talking to a nurse.
the 10-year projection period. Al 2014 period include some of the
though health occupations make up larges, occupations in the state.
only a little more than 6 percent of They are retail sales persons (28,536
employment in 2004, they will make projected openings), waiters and
up more than 10 percent of the growth w a itre sse s (1 9 ,8 7 1 ), c a sh ie rs
from 2004 to 2014, moving to 6.9 (19,490), general office clerks
percent of employment in 2014.
(15,838), fast food preparation and
Occupations with the most total serving workers (14,923), and reg
job openings forecast for the 2004- istered nurses ( 12,080).