Portland located in the U.S state of Oregon, is
commonly called the ‘city of roses’ owing largely to the significant role of
roses in the city’s history and due to the fact that the city has umpteen
number of rose gardens.
However Portland is also a much known business
town and has an array of multinational companies headquartered here. Portland’s
location along with multiple favorable conditions like easily accessible
resources and energy available at a relatively low cost makes it a popular
economic hub.
Leading Industries
A number of renowned sporting and sports good
companies such as Nike, are headquartered in Portland. Even Adidas, a famous
German multinational corporation that manufactures sports clothing and accessories
has its US head quarters in Portland.
Besides that a number of financial services
companies such as Fidelity Investment, KeyBank, U.S. Bank and Standard
Insurance Company offer job opportunities to many in the region.
Advertising, utilities and communication
provider companies, healthcare service providers and architectural firms are also
prevalent in the region. Jobs in Portland are thus available easily and across industries. In fact, the
unemployment rate in Portland has remained well below the National average for
a few years now.
The best jobs
in Portland however belong to the IT folks as one of the world’s largest
computer components manufacturer is based in Portland and is incidentally the
city’s largest employer hiring approximately 15,000 people. Portland has an
astounding 1200 technology companies and thus there are plenty of options for
IT jobs in Portland. Companies such as Intel, McAfee and Dell are
known to contribute to the IT job market to a large extent.
There are quite a few significant steel and
heavy industry companies that can be found in Portland as well.
Among the best companies to work for in this
region – VA Medical Center, Zurich North America, Washington State University,
Providence Health and Services, InComm, and Telecare Corporation rank high.
With a range of companies which contribute to the local economy with revenues
between 3 and 30 million dollars, the region of Portland suggests an
economically promising future to most of its citizens.
