Corporate and Community Partners

If you are a company interested in participating in any part of this program, explore our EMPLOYER SERVICES and call Nick Knudsen at 503-488-5165 or email at .



This page highlights and honors the invaluable support of our corporate and community partners. Organizations can partner with Career Services in a variety of ways:

Employment Partner: Hire our talented, diverse, ambitious trainees! Click to download our Employer Services document to find out how Career Services can help you find your next all-star employee!

Training Partner: Host and/or conduct a career-focused training.

Internship Partner: Hire an intern at no cost to you. You can take a potential employee for a test drive, or simply provide a valuable work experience for one of our graduates.

Sponsoring Partner: Invest directly in Career Services with a monetary contribution:

• $1,000 - Internship Sponsor: Support a student while they gain valuable work experience.
• $2,500 - Scholarship Sponsor: Fund an occupational training scholarship for someone pursuing a credential at PCC.
• $5,000 - Student Sponsor: Support comprehensive training, case management, advanced employment placement and retention support for one Career Services youth.
• $10,000 - Cohort Sponsor: Sponsor post-secondary career training and internships for an entire cohort of six to eight Career Services participants.

• Albina Community Bank provides internships, branch tours, financial education workshops, and employment opportunities.

• Bank of America provides mentorships, branch tours, training support and employment opportunities.

• Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC provides internships, training support and employment opportunities, and was a founding partner of the Corporate Connections Program.

• City of Portland provides internships, training support, employment opportunities, as well as funding for Career Services Programs. The City of Portland was a founding partner of the Corporate Connections Program.

• Comcast provides internships, training support and employment opportunities, and was a founding partner of the Corporate Connections Program.

• PCC Career Pathways provides professional and technical training in high-growth career fields.

• Portland State University School of Business Administration provides college credit for successful graduates, and was a founding partner of the Corporate Connections program.

• The Standard provides internships, training support, training space, and employment opportunities, and was a founding partner of the Corporate Connections Program. The Standard is also a Sponsoring Partner of the Career Services Program, funding tuition costs at PSU for Corporate Connections graduates.

• Todays Office Professionals provides internships, training support and employment opportunities.

• Trail Blazers, Inc. provides internships, employment opportunities and training support, and was a founding partner of the Corporate Connections Program.

• Umpqua Bank provides training support and employment opportunities, and hosted the Open Meadow Recruitment Fair and Celebration.

• Washington Mutual provides training support and employment opportunities, and was the founding partner of the Teller 101 program.