• Poached adds messaging feature to appeal to text-savvy applicants

    When Kirk Thornby started Poached Jobs, an online job board and applicant tracking system for the hospitality and restaurant industry, in 2012, employers had the upper hand when it came to hiring. A job posted online could bring in hundreds of resumes.
    But today, with an unemployment rate of 3.6 percent, employers in the industry are struggling to recruit and maintain workers in a tight labor market.
    Thornby consistently hears from Portland restaurant owners that only about one in 10 job applica
  • Scenes from the 2019 PBJ Private 100 party (Photos)

    It was a futuristic fiesta and an intergalactic gala.
    About 900 guests showed up at the Oregon Convention Center June 13 to celebrate the region's 100 fastest-growing private companies and count down the Business Journal's rankings one by one. The party had a space-age theme, and many attendees came outfitted with spandex and glow sticks or dressed as their favorite sci-fi characters or in their own creative costumes.You can see the whole ranked list of honorees here and read about the top 25&he

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