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Business Oregon Export Survey
We're asking for a few minutes of your time to respond to this survey from Business Oregon about exporting. The survey asks a variety of questions about your exporting opportunities, challenges, practices, and needs. We appreciate responses from all Oregon...
Manufacturing Skills Standards Survey
The Oregon Department of Education is seeking input on the skills desired of entry-level job candidates in the Manufacturing sector. Your feedback will be used to update the standards that career and technical education (CTE) teachers and faculty in Oregon consult...
How Manufacturers Can Create a Self-Motivating Environment to Engage & Retain Talent
Most manufacturers are familiar with the widening ‘skills gap.’ This is a multifaceted issue that includes Baby Boomer and Gen X generations retiring, lack of focused professional development and sufficient on-the-job training, and lost opportunities to capture...
OMEP is hiring an Account Executive
Reporting to the Vice President of Client Engagement and serves as a key member of OMEP’s Business Development team. In this capacity, this individual will play a key role in helping to implement OMEP’s business development strategies, sell consulting engagements, and...
Meet the Enhanced Technology Team
Are you trying to design a new product? Would you like to re-design an existing product to use modern technology? Do you want to find an application for a unique material you’ve developed? Do you want to build connections to federal resources that can enhance your...
Yes, Small Manufacturers can Export – Interview with Ear Trumpet Labs
Did you know that Oregon products are in high demand around the world? Yet many manufacturers who are curious about the possibility of finding new audiences for their products can feel daunted by the task of exporting. Support Available Through Business Oregon...
WANTED: Columbia Works Summer 21 Internship Mentors
For the Columbia Works Summer 21 Internship program, OMIC R&D is actively recruiting industry folk who can provide a helpful hand providing a rich experience for your summer high school interns. This 8-week program runs from the first of July through August 2021....
Survey: Manufacturing in the Pacific Northwest
Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt, Aldrich CPAs + Advisors, and the Puget Sound Business Journal and Portland Business Journal have commissioned a survey aimed at better understanding the state of the manufacturing and distribution industries in the Pacific Northwest and...
Update your Hiring Practices To Stay Competitive
Many studies have cited the skills shortage as a reason manufacturers can’t find or keep workers. While there is no denying that the traded sectors are having difficulty attracting and finding talent compared to other industries, consider that old-school recruiting...
Business Oregon Export Promotion Grant
Oregon manufacturers should be aware of a new grant available through Business Oregon's Export Promotion Program. If you are currently exporting products internationally, or if you are interested in doing so, don't miss this opportunity. The State Trade Expansion...