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The Oregon Employment Department's Rapid Response Team is planning an emergency healthcare hiring event on June 2, 2022 to help healthcare workers laid off from St. Charles Hospital find meaningful work. The event will take place at WorkSource Oregon's Bend office at 1645 NE Forbes Rd, Ste 100, Bend, OR 97701. The public is invited to join the WorkSource Oregon Career Fair from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will help connect job seekers to local resources and employers and even allow healthcare workers who have been laid off a chance to interview on the spot with other local employers. ...

A job fair coming this month to The Expo will showcase more than 100 careers ranging from wildland firefighter to nurse to crane operator. The Oregon Employment Department and its WorkSource Oregon pa...

The project is being funded in part by a state initiative aimed at helping communities recover from the Labor Day fires of 2020. It’s also an experiment aimed at tackling multiple issues at once: rising material costs, a severe shortage of construction labor, and an urgent need for housing for working families and fire victims.

Economic Update

The Oregon Employment Department and WorkSource Oregon Hiring Heroes in Healthcare event was so successful, virtual and in-person events are being scheduled again on Wed., Jan. 12, 2022. "Demand was high at last year's event. We helped employers find workers and people find fulfilling work," said Adalberto Rubio, OED business service analyst. "Job vacancies continue, however, and we know more work needs to be done." The goal of the statewide job fair is to fill openings in direct healthcare and other positions that support the healthcare industry, like food service, fa...