Oregon Needs Skilled Workers Can You Help Provide Them

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Oregon Needs Skilled WorkersCan You Help Provide
Them?

• OEDA
• Back to Business Conference
• October 6,2008

Portland Workforce Alliance Dreams, Skills and
Jobs for All Our Youth
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PWA Mission

• Help provide the region with a skilled
  workforce.
• Support the Career Pathways strategy at PPS.
• Increase the rigor relevancy of the curriculum.
• Help students make more informed choices about
  their lives after high school.

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Almost all industries have added jobs since the
recession bottomed out in July 2003.
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Construction employment exceeds 100,000 for the
first time ever.
Over the year Building 4,300 Heavy
200 Specialty trades 6,300
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Construction Sector

• Construction Camp with Carpenters
• - Students earn over 3200.
• ACE After School Mentorship Program
• - 12 Sessions in Portland Offices
• ZGF Architect Career Day

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Manufacturing continues to show good growth since
the recessionary low.
Wood products, primary metals, machinery,
computer equipment, transportation equipment,
food manufacturing, plastics all have added
jobs in the past year.
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Manufacturing Sector

• Youth Apprenticeship Training Program
• - Benson students can earn over 5,000.
• Over 40 tours of Manufacturing Plants
  Community College Machining Programs
• Classroom Presentations/Demonstrations
• Teacher Job Shadows in Plants

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Growth in Oregons High-Tech Sector Will Be Lead
By The Computer Systems Design and Software
Publishing Industries
(Overall, High-Tech will grow 12, adding 6,500
jobs.)
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Health care occupations are growing the fastest.
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Health Care Sector

• Career Highlight Fairs
• Clinical Experiences for Health Occupation
  Students
• Teacher Professional Development Day with Health
  Care Providers
• Developing Health Services Pathways at 6 PPS High
  Schools

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As we look out over the next decade, were
expecting to add about 25,000 jobs per year.
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But in addition, well need to fill about 40,000
replacement openings, every year.
New workers will be needed across almost all
industries, even those that are growing slowly,
or even declining.
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Many of the new jobs will be at the lower end of
the wage spectrum but over 300,000 new jobs will
be medium and high wage.
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STATEWIDE OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY

• Oregon will need two-thirds of a million new
  workers in the next ten years to fill new
  positions and those vacated by retirees and
  others.
• For every opening caused by growth in the
  economy, two openings will be caused by
  retirements and the like.
• All broad occupational groups are projected to
  grow in the next ten years.
• Health care occupations will be the fastest
  growing office and administrative support will
  add the most jobs.

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Questions or comments?
Kevin Jeans Gail, Director Portland Workforce
Alliance 503-916-5442 kgail_at_pps.k12.or.us or Bren
da Turner Oregon Employment Department (503)
947-1233Brenda.P.Turner_at_state.or.us