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722 N. Sumner Ave, Portland, OR 97217
503.46 0.3830
Local grown Mustard Greens
4 bunches f o r $ lM
(Limit 8 bunches additional @ 2 for S I“ )
Coupon Expires 10/4/2(X)6
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SAT 9am-7pm
SUN 9am-6pm
Look fo r Big City Produce
Community Market opening soon
in the New Columbia/Hope VI
Project 4632 N. Trenton Ave, PDX
College to the Real World
Author guides
readers through
the transition
In "D orm Rooms to Board-
rooms” Victoria Pi late guides
readers though the pain of
transitioning from college to
the Real World.
The book starts with the job
search process and continues
on through relocating and the
first days on the job. Its major
sections are on surviving o f
fice politics and learning pro
fessional etiquette and groom
ing.
The book covers all m ajor
hurdles o f starting a jo b and
m aking career decisions with
valuable tips on travel and busi
ness presentations.
Woven throughout the guide
is the P ilate's own story as
well as that of200-odd survey
Victoria Pilate
respondents. She also brings
in academ ic research to d riv e
home points. The book is ben
eficial even for those already
in the w orkforce and who are
struggling to d ecip h erth e un
spoken rules o f the office.
Pilate is a form er statisti
Pilate offers readers sage ad
vice on surviving the rough cian and econom ist for the
w aters o f transitioning to the federal government. She holds
a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences
Real World.
from the U niversity o f M ary
land. B altim ore C ounty. She
lives and works in the W ash
ington, DC, metropolitan area.
“ L if e ’ s m o s t u r g e n t q u e s t io n is :
W h a t a r e y o u d o in g f o r o t h e r s ?”
H A P
M artin Luther King fr.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF PORTLAND
CO NTRACTING O P P O R T U N IT IE S
B ecom e A
P o r t l a n d F ir e f ig h t e r
We are replacing the Iris Court public housing community
in North Portland w ith a mixed-income development,
Humboldt Gardens.
A p plications av ailable for the positions o f
F irefighter EM T
and F irefighter T rainee
starting O c to b e r 2 -16, 2006.
Walsh Construction and CJ Jackson will team as Construction
Managers/General Contractors on the $40 million project.
HAP and its CM/GC team are com m itted to providing
o p p o rtu n itie s fo r disadvantaged, m in o rity -o w n e d ,
women-owned and emerging small businesses. D/M/W/ESB
firms provided 24 percent of the construction on HAP's
Applications a vailable:
New Columbia redevelopment, representing nearly $24 million
On-line
in contracts.
w w w .ci.p o rtlan d .o r.u s/jo b s
Portland Fire & Rescue - Training Division
Watch for Humboldt Gardens building opportunities:
Abatem ent and D em olition
4800 N E 122nd A venue
7:00 am - 4:30 pm
October 2006
Pre-bid meetings
October 5-6, 2006
Right o f Way (streets, landscaping, lighting)
January 2007
Housing Construction
March 2007
Portland Fire & Rescue - Administrative Office
T hird Floor R eception
55 SW A sh Street
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
For more information call:
HAP (Jerry Walker)
503-802-8509
Walsh Construction (Carolyn Wilson)
503-222-4375
CJ Jackson Construction (CJ Jackson)
503-285-8370
Portland Bureau of Human Resources
Application Center
Portland B uilding
1 1 2 0 S W 5th A venue
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Or visit h ttp ://w w w .h a p d x.o rg /h u m b o ld tg a rd e n s/ and click on
Business O pportunities
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1120 SW 5"' A venue. Room #404
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