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Popular Cascade Job Fair set for April 27
Photos and story by James Hill
With enrollment up nearly 20 percent this spring, many people are using Portland Community College to retrain or get a degree and at the end of April – find that perfect job.
Portland Community College will host the 13th Annual Cascade Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, at the Cascade Campus Gymnasium, 705 N. Killingsworth St. Sponsored by Comcast, OregonLive, Hoffman Construction and Pacific Coast Fruit Co., the job fair will have a wide variety of employers with which the community can connect. Plus, the fair is perfect for students as nearly all of PCC’s 80 professional technical programs can find at least one employer related to their degree or certificate.
The Cascade Job Fair, which had 50 employers and more than 1,900 job seekers last year, is a community event. Job-seekers are mostly between the ages of 23 and 34 and are almost 18 percent African American. Out of the attendees surveyed last year, 75 percent said they were unemployed, making the job fair a worthwhile annual event.
Employers this year are AAA, Aflac, American Family Insurance, American Red Cross Blood Services, Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Bonneville Power Administration, The Brooks Staffing, CARQUEST Auto Parts, Central City Concern, Clackamas County, Investment Advisors International Inc., KGW, Kroger Manufacturing, Liberty Mutual, Lifeworks NW, Metro, Metro Multifamily Housing Association, Minot Area Development Corp., Mt. Hood National Forest, Multnomah County, OnPoint Community Credit Union, Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Oregon Child Development Coalition, Oregon Construction Craft Laborers Apprenticeship Program, Oregon Friends of Shelter Animals, Oregon Army National Guard, Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., Oregon Youth Authority, PHC Northwest, Playworks, Portland Community College, Portland Fire & Rescue, Portland General Electric, Portland Public Schools, Self Enhancement Inc., Stream Global Services, TNT Direct Sales Group, TriMet, US Bank and Zones Inc.
For more information, call (503) 503-978-5613, or visit the Web site www.pcc.edu/resources/careers/fairs/cascade
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »