Bill Thomason became a graphic designer partly because he loved working with his hands. But after 25 plus years in the industry, he wanted to do something different – that still allowed him the opportunity to create. While doing an online job search, he came across an assembler position through TERRA’s Beaverton office. An assembler …
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Ismaila Are was an architect in his home country of Nigeria. He helped design schools, churches and residential buildings. But while he enjoyed what he did, and was great at what he did, he decided to leave it all behind. Ismaila said, “It was important for me to travel, to see more of the world.” …
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Kim Stewart moved to Portland from Boston about six months ago. To make some money, he began doing part-time landscaping jobs, but he needed something that offered more hours and more stability. His goal was to find a job that would allow him to use his three years of forklift experience. An online job search …
Read More from TERRA Believed in Me – I Have a Stable Job and I’ve Already Been Promoted!
Michael Dancer was an experienced and committed warehouse and manufacturing professional who was looking for a better opportunity closer to home. His commute to work was two hours each way! Michael applied for a warehouse opening through TERRA’s NE Portland office and was called in for an interview by Recruiter, Melissa Braaten. Melissa thought Michael …
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Dilkush Kendrix was born in Sri Lanka and raised in Europe. She worked for various foreign embassies overseas and even worked on a passenger ship in Greece. Maybe she was influenced by her travels, or maybe it is just her nature, but Dilkush has a great love of people. So when she found herself looking …
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Opportunity doesn’t always look how we imagined it to look. That’s why some people miss out when opportunity knocks on their door. But not Raul. Today’s story is about Raul Gomez, someone who believes that a can-do attitude and working hard is enough to set you up for success. His philosophy is a simple one: …
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Recently, our NE Portland office got involved with an organization known as New Avenues for Youth and participated in their holiday donations program. New Avenues for Youth delivers support and resources to foster, at-risk and homeless youth so that they can realize their potential. And every year New Avenues for Youth provides holiday gifts for …
Read More from TERRA “Season of Giving” – New Avenues for Youth
Our Beaverton office recently participated in Lincoln Center’s Season of Charitable Giving event to support families at Metzger Elementary School who are in need. Together, Sheliya and her team collected donations of hats, coats, gloves, and other items to help keep Metzger families comfortable and warm this holiday season. This is not the Beaverton team’s …
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Ashley Wilson found herself unemployed for the first time since she was 15 years old. Needless to say she was upset and stressed. A month of fruitless searching later, she came across a Craigslist ad that caught her eye. She picked up the phone and scheduled an interview, despite her nervousness regarding never having worked with a …
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The right job can unlock something that you didn’t even know you were passionate about. That’s what happened to Erika Hillman. We’ll let her share her story. Back in 2021, I was living in Florida where I worked at Disney World in a few different roles. I worked in a restaurant as a Hostess, I …
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