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The Workforce Talent Development Board (WTDB) helps guide, influence and drive strategies and investments in many types of education and training for Oregon’s workers. The board helps to connect job seeker to programs, services and financial resources that help support workers and job seekers as they develop the knowledge, skills and proficiencies they need to get a job, develop in their career, or to get a better job. The following are some helpful resources the board helps to shape:
Job Search Assistance and Workforce Research
Search for open jobs or work with the trained staff of WorkSource Oregon to gather your skills and job preferences, create a Job Seeker Profile, find jobs that
match your skillset, and request to be contacted directly by employers.
Get assistance with job searches
WorkSource Oregon programs and services assist you in your search for jobs. You can meet one-on-one to complete a Welcome Conversation to create an individual employment plan to help you identify your career goals and successfully search for jobs.
Start your job search
Browse available jobs
Search job openings posted with the Oregon Employment Department (OED) by keyword and location, filter by occupation, wage, full/part time work, duration, and more. Many jobs listings even allow you to contact the employer directly to apply for the position.
Browse available jobs Learn facts and trends of Oregon's labor market
Learn about careers, wages, economic and workforce trends, training and education programs and much more at
QualityInfo.org, WorkSource Oregon's labor market and career information website.
Develop skills that match the opportunities in your community
Visit your local
WorkSource Oregon Center to access training and skills development resources to gain essential employability skills, discover a new career path, gain money management skills, and find tutoring, mentoring, and counseling services.
Apprenticeship Opportunities
Learn about the great opportunities that come with the Registered Apprenticeship model, find apprenticeship opportunities, prepare for the application process, and find helpful resources available such as childcare cost coverage.
Learn what an apprenticeship is
Learn about Registered Apprenticeships in Oregon, including the great opportunities that come with the Registered Apprenticeship model. Find answers to
frequently asked questions and speak with representatives who can guide you toward a fitting opportunity.
Learn about apprenticeships Find apprenticeship opportunities
Get connected to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries! Take a deeper dive into the details around Registered Apprenticeships in Oregon!
Visit BOLI apprenticeships Understand the application process
Get prepared for applying for an apprenticeship by downloading a checklist that covers how to find an apprenticeship, filling out required documents, determining its necessary experience and qualifications, how to submit an application, and helpful tips about what an interview might be like.
Prepare for a strong application
Discover your aptitudes, interests, & abilities
Oregon Career Information System (CIS) staff can assist you in discovering your aptitudes, interests, and abilities using their career guidance expertise. Contact CIS to arrange a conversation.
Contact the CIS staff Childcare resources for apprentices
Receive childcare cost coverage while registered in your state-certified pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship.
For Pre-Apprentices For Apprentices Licensing
A license is a valuable credential leading to rewarding careers and family-supporting wages. Successful completion of some apprenticeships requires a license and labor unions are another good resource for licensing information. There are a variety of agencies and organizations that contribute to licensing for workers.
Oregon License Search ( All Licenses) Oregon Construction Contractors Board Building Trades - Individual LicensesDepartment of Consumer and Business Services - Building Codes Division
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
Older workers may be faced with unique employment challenges. Get assistance with resume writing, interviewing, training, and coaching. You can also access individualized support in your job search to help you be successful.
Learn more about SCSEP "We have a variety of benefits and services we can provide. We [have] case managers there to help each participant with the process so that they don't have to go through this alone."
- Ricque Smith, OED
Assistance Programs, Insurance, & Benefits
Assistance programs seek to provide adversely affected workers, veterans, and with opportunities to obtain the skills, credentials, resources, and support necessary to (re)build skills for future jobs.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Programs
Trade Act programs help workers who have become unemployed due to increased imports from, or shifts in production to, foreign countries.
The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program seeks to provide adversely affected workers with opportunities to obtain the skills, credentials, resources, and support necessary to (re)build skills for future jobs.
Learn more about these programs
Veteran Assistance
If you served in the U.S. military or are a spouse of a veteran, you can qualify for
Priority of Service. This includes priority referrals to jobs and other employment and training services over non-veteran applicants with the same qualifications.
Services include: job search assistance, workshops, resume assistance, labor market information, career counseling, and referrals among other resources.
WorkSource Oregon staff are all Veterans representatives and will assist with determining identifying opportunities. The Oregon Employment Department has additional expertise regarding specialized veteran programs.
Check your eligibility
Adult Education Assistance
Adult basic education can help if you want to improve skills in reading, math, and writing, or to prepare for the State GED Examination. Help is available for non-native speakers to improve their language and workplace skills including critical thinking, digital literacy, locating and using information, and interpersonal workplace skills.
Learn about Adult Education
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assist individuals with disabilities to get and keep a job that matches their skills, interests and abilities. Connect with state and local resources and employers that provide individualized services that help each eligible person receive relevant, quality services that are essential to their employment success.
Connect with resources
Worker Rights
All workers in Oregon have rights. Oregon Bureau Labor & Industries protects employment rights, advances employment opportunities, and ensures access to housing and public accommodations free from discrimination.
Understand workers rights
Dislocated Worker Resources & Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits are money to partly replace your lost earnings. They help you pay expenses while looking for new work. Four out of five people in the U.S. will need unemployment benefits at some point in their working lives. These benefits come from taxes that employers pay. They are not a type of public assistance. They are not based on financial need.
Visit unemployment.oregon.gov Dislocated Worker Benefits
Resources are available if you have been laid off, such as: unemployment insurance, assistance with re-employment, and other supportive services. Contact your local WorkSource Oregon Center for more details to determine eligibility or learn more about
Dislocated Worker benefits.
Contact WorkSource Oregon Dislocated Worker Programs
Find out about adult and dislocated worker programs in your area that can connect you to education and training options and opportunities.
Get the skills you need to be successful!