COLUMN: Employers will likely struggle to fill high-demand jobs in Salem area

“We’ve just been through the greatest disruption to the workforce since World War II.” So say the researchers of ECONorthwest, a Portland consulting firm, in a report prepared for the state workforce board last spring.

Has the workforce recovered from “the great disruption?” What challenges do job-seekers, the local workforce board (working in the mid-Valley counties of Marion, Polk, Linn and Yamhill) and its job-training programs, and the mid-Valley’s 21,000 employers face in late…