Port Jobs

Expanding Opportunities. Building success.

Airport University Recognized

The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies has just published a report that features Port Jobs' Airport University.

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Financial Tools for the Trades

The new "Trainer Toolkit" has everything that apprenticeship programs need to teach apprentices money management skills.

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Airport University

Port Jobs welcomes Mary Turla who joins us as the new Airport University Program Coordinator.

Making good jobs easier to get, and good employees easier to find

Port Jobs is a non-profit organization that works to increase access to living wage jobs, primarily in the port-related business sector.  Our goal is to foster a more vibrant and equitable economy for residents and employers in King County, Washington.

We develop programs that connect job seekers and employers and help workers succeed; create partnerships that support family economic success; and engage in innovative research to explore workforce issues facing the community.

Since our creation in 1993, Port Jobs’ programs have served more than 60,000 community residents, helping more than 11,000 people find jobs.

 
 

Port Jobs Releases the Financial Tools for the Trades "Trainer Toolkit"

Now apprenticeship programs can teach money management skills to their apprentices

Financial Tools for the Trades is a money management class that teaches apprentices to:

  1. Be prepared for apprenticeship and potential layoffs
  2. Manage money using spending plans
  3. Understand credit and build a good credit history
  4. Deal with debt
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Airport University

The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies has just published a report, Aviation Workforce Development Practices, that singles out Port Jobs' Airport University as a model for developing a skilled workforce in the aviation-related sector.

"TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 18: Aviation Workforce Development Practices explores airport operating entity jobs and related skill sets needed to perform those jobs. The report also identifies potential ways to gain training on the skill sets needed to fulfill airport-related jobs and notes gaps where skill sets, and educational and advancement opportunities, may exist."

 

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  • The programs and people at Port Jobs are key to the vibrancy and health of the Sea-Tac, Seattle, and King County communities.”

    ~ Paul Lawson, District Manager, and Suzette Graham, General Manager, Ivar's Seafood Bars

 
 

PORT JOBS RECEIVES FUNDING AND IN-KIND SUPPORT FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE