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the last few years, and it will be
great to have this kind o f e x p er
tise rig h t at o u r fin g ertip s.”
T he Job F air places jo b -se e k
ers face-to-face w ith em p lo y ers
from a w ide range o f industries
in both the public and private
secto rs w here they can learn
about available openings, pay
sc a le s an d b e n e fits , an d the
am ount o f ed u catio n needed to
obtain a given position, W ash
ington said. A m ong the em p lo y
ers rep resen ted at this y e a r’s
fa ir w ill be C o m c a st, C la rk
C ounty H um an R esources, and
N ew S easons M arket, to nam e
a few .
T he 2012 Jo b F air is sp o n
sored by B rooks S taffing and
O re g o n L iv e .co m .
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munity.
H e also po in ts to his w ork
w ith Jo e A n n H ard esty (fo r
m erly B o w m an ), a local A fri
can -A m erican lead er and fo rm er
state rep resen tativ e, to prom ote
eq u ity issues, such as k eep in g a
30 p ercen t set-a-side fo r h o u s
ing from U rb an R enew al d is
tricts.
“ W e n eed so m eo n e w ho
know s h o w to d o so m eth in g ,” he
said, d u rin g a visit to the offices
o f the P o rtlan d O bserver.
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possibility
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“T his is the best jo b fair in the
city o f Portland, fo r a nu m b er o f
reaso n s,” said M ark C u m ell o f
O r e g o n /I d a h o A A A H u m a n
R esources. “T he support staff is
outstanding, there is a high appli
cant flow ... and it is well ad v er
tised - in fact, the prom otion o f
the ev en t is su p erb .”
W ould-be em p lo y ees are e n
co u rag ed to “dress like y o u ’re
g oing to an in terv iew ,” W ash
ington said. “W e attract lots o f
jo b -se ek e rs, so it’s also a good
idea to show up early .”
“It’s no secret that it’s a co m
p etitiv e jo b m arket at the m o
m e n t ,” W a s h in g to n a d d e d .
“People sh o u ld try to give th em
se lv e s e v e ry a d v a n ta g e th ey
c a n .”
F o r m ore inform ation, visit
p c c .e d u /c a sc a d e jo b fa ir.
c re a te jo b s th a t fig h t p o v e rty
w ith liv in g w a g es. H e c a lls fo r
th e c le a n u p o f p o llu te d
b ro w n fie ld site s fo r jo b c re
a tio n , an d fo r m a x im iz in g m i
n o rity c o n tra c tin g to h e lp th e
d isa d v a n ta g e d .
H e said d o w n to w n projects
like streetcars are g o o d things,
b u t often co m e at the ex p en se o f
o th er needs.
“A re w e d o in g ev ery th in g w e
can ? W h o ’s being left b eh in d ?”
he asked, q u estio n s th at h e said
he w ould apply to the issues
befo re M etro.
C hase an d his w ife M eredith
hav e tw o y o u n g d au g h ters w ho
atten d P o rtlan d P u b lic Schools.
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