Portland has jobs available in just about any field you can imagine. Everything from government and law oriented jobs to military and computing. Portland has its share of Fortune 500 employers such as Intel , Nike Inc. Safeway, and Willamette Industries. Other major employers include Fred Meyer Inc., Oregon Health Sciences University, Louisiana Pacific Corp., U.S. Bank, and Providence Health Systems. As an example, I've located a list of major employers in the Portland metro area Many sites out there have been created to assist in the job-hunting process. Some are extremely helpful…. some are not. I've compiled a list of the more useful links to help in your search. Some are local and more specific, and a few are national which I've taken the liberty of narrowing down to the local area as well if you choose. The world truly is an exciting place, and I hope this site can help you along the way.

General and Job Search Engines

• General
  Provides general job information in many fields in the Portland area.

• Monster.com
  Has a very comprehensive list of features. This is also one of the largest and most successful job search engines on the net. To make things easier, I have linked the area/field page directly as well.

• Flipdog.com
  A large job search engine that claims over 300,000 jobs. Narrowed to the Portland area here

• Hotjobs.com
  Another large job search engine, also narrowed to the local area here

• Worktree.com
  Claims to be the biggest resource of jobs on the Internet, but also requires registration.

• Multnomah County Job Openings
  Very local listing of job opportunities. Some jobs are time sensitive and most include wages as well.

• Oregonlive.com
  Locally related site directed to their job information. Site also includes a local employer directory

Local Field Specific Pages

• Government
  Everything from police work to city administrators listed here.

• High Tech
  Lists the larger local high tech employers.

• If you're new at this, or just want to be sure everything goes well, here are also some tips on job interviews that might prove useful.

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