Quality Jobs
Good, high-quality jobs—ones with competitive wages and benefits, predictable hours, necessary training, and opportunities for advancement— are as good for business as they are for working people.
Committed to addressing inequitable access to good jobs and careers that allow people to support themselves and their families, in 2021, the Collaborative set out to define what a Quality Job means for our region.
The quality Jobs Initiative
Seeks a regional approach to defining quality jobs
Provides guidance to employers to encourage the creation of quality jobs
Identifies resources to support employers and their workforce needs
Develops actions and implementation steps to advance the creation of more quality jobs
The Quality Jobs Framework
The Quality Jobs Framework was created with the support of regional partners representing businesses, workers, organized labor, service providers, and government agencies to describe the components of a quality job and the steps employers can take to implement them.
A quality job has one or more of the following characteristics:
Self-sufficiency wages
Safe Working Conditions / Worker Engagement
Predictable Hours
Comprehensive Benefits
Transparent hiring and onboarding practices
Training and advancement opportunities
Who we serve
The Quality Jobs Initiative centers workers who are low income, unemployed, underemployed, and receiving public assistance, who are disproportionately subject to low wages, poor-quality working conditions, and a lack of quality career pathways.
Our Team
The Collaborative’s Quality Jobs Team—made up of the best and brightest from Clackamas Workforce Partnership, Workforce SW Washington, and Worksystems—is working together across borders and boundaries to advance the notion that better jobs make a more prosperous, equitable, and happier Portland-Vancouver metro region.
Next Steps
For assistance implementing your strategy, reach out to the workforce boards at:
For Clackamas County, Oregon:
Amanda D. Wall (she/her/hers)
Community Relations Manager
503.657.6644 x105
For Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum counties, Washington:
Darcy Hoffman (she/her/hers)
Director of Business Services
360.608.4949
for Multnomah and Washington counties, Oregon:
