PDX Job Search, Networking support groups for the unemployed, offering Networking Opportunities and Transitions options for professionals

If you can't afford Cobra

Health Insurance, or

need options, call:

503-922-2903

http://www.HBS247.com

Additional Links:

Support Networking

Groups for the unemployed

http://www.PortlandsBest.org

Cascade Mountains
CITIES: Brightwood, Camp Sherman, Cascade Locks, Cascadia, Chemult, Chiloquin, Crescent, Crescent Lake, Detroit, Diamond Lake, Drew, Estacada, Fort Klamath, Gates, Gilchrist, Government Camp, Idanha, Klamath Agency, La Pine, Lakeview, McKenzie Bridge, Mill City, North Umpqua, Oakridge, Prospect, Rhododendron, Sandy, Sisters, Sunriver, Warm Springs, Welches, Westfir, Zigzag
AREAS: Crater Lake National Park, Deshutes National Forest, Fremont National Forest, Mount Hood National Forest, Rogue River National Forest, The Three Sisters, Umpqua National Forest, Willamette National Forest, Winema National Forest

Central Oregon
CITIES: Antelope, Arlington, Bend, Brothers, Condon, Culver, Dufur, Fossil, Grass Valley, Hampton, Lonerock, Madras, Maupin, Metolius, Mitchell, Moro, Mosier, Paulina, Post, Prineville, Redmond, Rowena, Rufus, Shaniko, Spray, The Dalles, Wasco

Northeast Oregon
CITIES: Adams, Arlington, Athena, Baker City, Boardman, Canyon City, Condon, Cove, Dayville, Echo, Elgin, Enterprise, Fossil, Greenhorn, Haines, Halfway, Heppner, Hermiston, Huntington, Imbler, Imnaha, Irrigon, Island City, John Day, Joseph, La Grande, Lexington, Long Creek, Lostine, Medical Springs, Milton-Freewater, Monument, Mt Vernon, North Powder, Oxbow, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Prairie City, Richland, Seneca, Summerville, Sumpter, Ukiah, Umatilla, Union, Unity, Wallowa, Weston
AREAS: Hell's Canyon

Oregon Coast
North Coast
Astoria, Bay City, Beaver, Cannon Beach, Garibaldi, Gearhart, Hebo, Nehalem, Manzanita, Neahkahnie, Oceanside, Pacific City, Rockaway Beach, Seaside, Tillamook, Warrenton, Wheeler
Central Coast
Depoe Bay, Dunes City, Florence, Gleneden Beach, Lincoln City, Mapleton, Newport, Otter Rock, Reedsport, Seal Rock, Siletz, Toledo, Waldport, Winchester Bay, Yachats
South Coast
Agness, Bandon, Brookings, Charleston, Coos Bay, Coquille, Gold Beach, Lakeside, Myrtle Point, North Bend, Port Orford, Powers, Wedderburn

Portland and Vicinity
Banks, Barlow, Beaverton, Camas, Canby, Clackamas, Clatskanie, Columbia City, Cornelius, Forest Grove, Gaston, Gresham, Happy Valley, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Marquam, Milwaukie, Molalla, North Plains, Oregon City, Portland, Rainier, Sandy, Scappoose, St. Helens, Tigard, Troutdale, Tualatin, Vernonia, West Linn, Wilsonville

Southeast Oregon
Adel, Adrian, Burns, Diamond, Drewsey, Frenchglen, Hines, Jordan Valley, Juntura, Lakeview, Nyssa, Ontario, Plush, Vale

Southern Oregon
CITIES: Ashland, Butte Falls, Cave Junction, Canyonville, Central Point, Dillard, Drain, Eagle Point, Elkton, Glendale, Glide, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Klamath Falls, Malin, Medford, Merlin, Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Phoenix, Prospect, Riddle, Rouge River, Roseburg, Shady Cove, Sutherlin, Talent, Umpqua, White City, Winchester, Winston, Wolf Creek, Yoncalla
AREAS: Applegate Valley, Illinois Valley

Willamette Valley
Albany, Alsea, Amity, Aumsville, Aurora, Brooks, Brownsville, Canby, Canyonville, Carlton, Corvallis, Coburg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Culp Creek, Dallas, Dayton, Detroit, Donald, Dundee, Eugene, Falls City, Gates, Gervais, Halsey, Harrisburg, Independence, Jefferson, Junction City, Keizer, Lebanon, Lowell, Lyons, McMinnville, Mill City, Millersburg, Mt.Angel, Molalla, Monmouth, Newberg, Oakridge, Oregon City, Philomath, Salem, Scio, Scott Mills, Sheridan, Silverton, Sodaville, Springfield, Stayton, St. Paul, Sublimity, Sweet Home, Tangerit, Turner, Veneta, Walterville, Waterloo, Willamina, Woodburn, Yamhill

Sponsors

Health Benefits Solution, Inc

CompView

Career Fair

Venue site: The Ambridge Event Center, Portland
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Time: 12 noon to 6:00 p.m.

Free for career seekers. We are seeking technology companies to participate. Even if they have no current openings, they will have a great opportunity to meet face to face with prospective candidates for when they get a green light to hire.

All the best to you and yours.

Rodger Cook

Pacific NW Tech
Phone: 503-270-6404
www.pacificnwtech.org

PDX Job Search

Networking Support Group for Professionals in the Portland, Oregon region.

Purpose

● To provide our members with enhanced networking opportunities.

● To help our members manage career or employment transitions.

● To inform our members of and provide them with opportunities for professional development.

Each week, we seek to positively and constructively accelerate our members’ transitions to new opportunities. To achieve this, we discuss the latest networking trends and techniques, with special emphasis on social media and networking methods and technologies. Stay ahead of the crowd in recognizing and understanding future trajectories for job markets, hiring criteria, and other employment issues, as well as learning about just plain interesting events

A typical meeting

Meetings start with a short round table where attendees introduce themselves using their elevator pitch. This provides each attendee a chance to practice the 30 to 60 second explanation about yourself, your skills and your goals.

Each session is designed to enable personal growth through the combination of relevant, topical presentations combined with peer interactions. Learn new tools and techniques that apply to your professional transition or new career opportunity.

Share advice, ask questions, discuss ideas, and mingle with a great set of peers! Your attendance at and personal contributions to the weekly PDX Job Search gatherings will elevate our visibility and introduce you to additional employment resources, diverse educational and networking events in the Portland Metro area, and relevant business trends and opportunities. Come join us!

Sponsors

Health Benefits Solutions, Inc

If you are currently on the PDX Job Search’s web site, it is just part of the tangible contributions made by Doug Ellsworth. The group has also benefited from the professional speakers each week, many of whom result from Doug’s extensive network. Doug also presented to the group about practical information to be used in the job search process and in our regular family lives. Doug has added great value to the group and to the people facilitating this group.

And as job seekers know, finding the right health care options can be a challenge. Doug specializes in helping people. Please support our sponsors by contacting them with your need – Doug’s business web site is http://www.HBS247.com

Thank you very much Doug for your support!

Scott Winter and David Stannard – PDX Job Search Facilitators

CompView

The group wishes to highlight and recognize the support by CompView. As a national leader in supplying state-of-the-art AV solutions, CompView recognizes the importance of leveraging technology to facilitate education and collaborative events. People in career transitions are no exception to being able to leverage technology as they seek their next opportunity. CompView has enabled us to more effectively deliver professional assistance to our group’s members.

I have belonged to other organizations that have also trusted CompView’s experience and benefited from their knowledge and professionalism. You can obtain more information about their products at www.compview.com

Thanks a million to the team at CompView.

David Stannard and Scott Winter – PDX Job Search Facilitators

Websites of Interest:

Health Care Insurance that works with Alternative Care Providers:

http://www.AlternativeCareHealthInsurance.com

Affordable, Low Cost Health Insurance verses Cobra:

http://www.MyOregonAgent.com

Declined, or unable to qualify for Individual or Family Health Insurance:

http://www.OMIP.biz

Networking Support Groups for the Unemployed:

http://www.PortlandsBest.org