Design Week Portland and Portland Workforce Alliance offer high school students an inside look at the city’s design firms.
2018 ACE Luncheon – Photo Highlights
Meet a PWA Board Member: Samantha Jordan
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For caring adults, it’s a familiar pattern in the nonprofit world. You start out as a event volunteer, become involved in a big project, get asked to join the board of directors and before you know it, you’ve stepped into a leadership role. Samantha Jordan recognizes the process because it happened to her in service to Portland Workforce Alliance.
Finding your spark: 3 students share stories of exploring career paths
At the recent PWA Expo Breakfast, three high school students with wildly different career plans shared what sparked their interest during recent PWA Career Days and other career-learning opportunities in the high-growth sectors of design, construction and technology.