Related Info from Dr. Harry: Monday Staff Meeting: Getting the MOST Out of a Job Fair

From Press Release:

BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES CAREER FAIR MAY 16

17th Annual Women in Trades Career Fair Goes Green!

WHAT: Come discover high-paying careers in construction-related trades during the 17TH Annual Women in Trades Career Fair. Participate in hands-on activities such as operating heavy equipment, framing a house, climbing utility poles, wiring light switches, soldering copper pipes, welding, exploring solar power, learning about eco-roofs and many other trades related learning activities. Everyone is invited. Attendance is Free.  No advance registration is required.

WHO: Meet successful tradeswomen role models, including electricians, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, line workers, plumbers, and more. Learn about apprenticeship programs and community college programs training opportunities.

WHEN: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saturday, May 16, 2009

WHERE: NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center
16021 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR
Free Admission
Free parking
Free childcare
Free eco-shuttle provided from Gateway Transit Center.

WHY: According to a December 2008 Report by the Oregon Employment Department, approximately 92,000 vacancies from growth and retirements will occur in Oregon in the building, construction, maintenance, and repair trades between now and the year 2016.

MORE INFO: Visit www.tradeswomen.net

From Shop Symposium:

35 Local Business Leaders Join to Educate Business Owners
Second Annual SHOP Symposium for Portland Retailers and Entrepreneurs

Tickets are still available to the second annual SHOP Symposium, a one-day conference for small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to draw an edge in what may seem an over-saturated market. Like last year’s selling-out SHOP/08 (touted as “fabulous”, “uplifting” and having “contagious energy”), Portland’s unique SHOP Symposium is a forum fit to educate and equip Portland’s business-minded individuals, with 35 leaders in the Portland business community speaking on panel, adding to a lively, educationally rich dialogue followed by an audience-approved Q & A.

Individual registration is $99 for the day or $75 each when two or more register.

For more information, please visit: www.cravebusiness.com/shopsymposium09/portland

WHO: Retailers, boutique brands, and other small business owners looking to build on their business strategies, increase profits and revive ROI.

WHY: SHOP Symposium gives a new meaning to “Support Local”. Our 35 featured speakers prove that Portland’s small business community is not like the fend-for-yourself mentality of other cities. These thriving entrepreneurs, consultants and strategists want to share their stories to encourage and equip other business owners to surge forward, past the current economic slump and past the unknowns of small business.

Featured Local Business Leaders at SHOP/09:

• Harry DeWolf, Portland District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration
• Jackie Babicky, Chair of the Small Business Advisory Council (works directly with the Mayor and City Council on policy development tailored to enhance small business prosperity)
• Search marketing expert Kent Lewis, Founder of Anvil Media (named as a top ten fastest growing private company in Portland by the Portland Business Journal)
• RYZ Wear Brand Evangelist, Ryan Christensen (called one of “25 of Portland’s Most Creative Thinkers” by The Oregonian)
• Lisa Schroeder, Founder of Mother’s Bistro (Business woman of the Year by the Portland Business Journal and Co-Chair for the Portland Business Alliance’s Downtown Retail Council)
• Curt Mudd, Founder of Emergent (former HR exec for Nau + Nike)
• John Freiss, Founder of Seven Planet
• Mom-praneur Mindee Doney, Co-Founder of Boogie Wipes (now selling in 30,000 retail stores nationwide)
• Alice Dobson, Designer and Founder of Sofada (featured in New York Fashion Week)

WHEN: Monday, April 6, 2009

7:30am – 8:30am | Registration & Check-In

8:30am – 4:00pm | SHOP Symposium

12:00pm – 1:15pm | Lunch provided by Art Bar*

• 15-minute Business Strategy Makeovers on stage with nationally-known Author, Speaker and Consultant Lisa Johnson)

4:00pm – 5:00pm | Networking Reception

WHERE: Brunish Hall (4th Floor), Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway (downtown Portland, Oregon)

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A few months back, I started a  twitter account (@pdxjobs) to syndicate good & interesting jobs I found across the net. Luckily, we live a great community here in Portland and many people have helped. From the beginning, other PDXers were sending me jobs to post. KGW even had me/@pdxjobs on “Live at 7″ to help people find jobs.

If you are on twitter, I hope @PDXJobs helps you. Also, send me jobs you find, retweet it & use #pdxjobs hash-tag so others can follow jobs across the search timeline.

Because jobs range a great deal, I created a few others that cater only to certain fields. They aren’t quite running yet but, they will within a week so follow them if you are looking for jobs in these fields

Other accounts:

Clicking name on left takes you to twitter account. Clicking description on right takes you to posts here in that category.

• pdxtechjobs (Portland Tech Jobs)
• pdxmarketingjob (Portland Marketing/Advertising/SEO/”Social Media” jobs)
• pdxcreativejobs (Portland Design, Writing, Art Jobs)
• pdxsalesjobs (Portland Sales Jobs)
• pdxnonprofitjob (Portland Non-Profit Jobs)
• pdxindustryjobs (Portland Service Industry Jobs)
• pdxbarjobs (Portland Bar Jobs )
• pdxkitchenjobs (Portland Cooking/Prep Jobs)
• pdxgreenjobs (Portland Green Industry Jobs)
• pdxbizjobs (Portland Business/MBA-type Jobs)
• pdxhealthjobs (Portland Health Care Jobs)