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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
OMEP Recommends
To jumpstart your continuous learning initiatives, we are creating a curated list of our recommended materials. You will find these listed on our blog page, and we will add to this list in every newsletter.
Here are three recommendations to kick this off!
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