Collaborative EDO and Lane Workforce Partnership Launch Hot Jobs, a Free Lane County Job Board that Shows Pay, Bus Service, and Training Paths

CONTACT:
Chelsea Irvine, Collaborative Economic Development Oregon, chelseai@collaborativeedo.org

Jesse Quinn, Lane Workforce Partnership, jesse@laneworkforce.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Collaborative EDO and Lane Workforce Partnership Launch Hot Jobs, a Free Lane County Job Board that Shows Pay, Bus Service, and Training Paths

Eugene, Oregon – November 3, 2026: Collaborative Economic Development Oregon (Collaborative EDO) and Lane Workforce Partnership (LWP) today launched the public beta of Lane County Hot Jobs, a free list of more than 1,400 current local openings in one place. The list updates every night, and most listings link straight to the employer’s own posting, so job seekers can apply directly.

The launch comes at a hopeful moment. Lane County’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in September from 5.3% a year earlier, and private education and health services added 1,200 jobs over the year, according to the Oregon Employment Department. The state projects Lane County will add 10,900 jobs by 2034.

“With so many job platforms, it can be overwhelming to know who’s hiring and where. Hot Jobs cuts through the noise for job seekers and those who support them by focusing on local job opportunities and industries – all for free,” said Ashley Espinoza, Executive Director of Lane Workforce Partnership.

Who’s Hiring Now

Today, Hot Jobs lists more than a thousand local openings from nearly 350 Lane County employers. Health care and human services lead with 341 openings. Albertsons, McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, and O’Reilly Auto Parts were among the private employers with the most listings, and 178 openings were in rural communities from Florence to Oakridge.

Nearly every listing shows pay. More than half show the employer’s own posted wage; the rest show a clearly labeled estimate of what most people in that occupation earn in Lane County.

What Sets Hot Jobs Apart

Collaborative EDO built Hot Jobs from employers’ own hiring sites, which support the largest share of listings, plus public job postings and labor market information gathered by the Oregon Employment Department through QualityInfo. Hot Jobs complements WorkSource Oregon, and many listings allow job seekers to apply directly through WorkSource. Job seekers can search by keyword, town, distance from a town, type of work, kind of employer and hours, with menus and filters in seven languages. Feedback from community testers shaped key features:

• Pay information, either posted by the employer or clearly labeled as a local estimate.
• Bus service at a glance. For jobs near a Lane Transit District stop, Hot Jobs shows how often buses run on weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and flags shifts that start or end when buses aren’t running.
• The path to the job. Most listings link to training programs in and near Lane County, flagging those on Oregon’s approved training list, along with what the job involves, how much preparation it usually takes and, where the work requires one, the Oregon License. Listings also show how many openings for that type of job are currently available locally, along with similar jobs that are hiring.
• “Where does my experience fit?” Job seekers pick jobs they’ve held and see the kinds of work hiring now that use similar skills, with no account and nothing saved.
• A “Checked” date on nearly every listing, so job seekers know the opening was still live when Hot Jobs last looked. Listings that have closed are removed every night, and postings with common fake-job warning signs are held back.
• “Easier access” filters for jobs near an LTD bus stop, jobs that don’t require a degree, jobs with training provided, and fair-chance employers.
• Military experience, translated. Veterans can search by their military job code to find civilian openings that use the same duties.
• A list to share. Case managers, career coaches, and friends of job seekers can save openings to a list and send it by link, QR code or printout; the link always opens the latest version. Printouts include the employer’s address and phone number when known.

“I’ve been looking for work, and Hot Jobs is the first job site that felt like it was built for me. The search is easy and you actually find what you’re looking for. I found a job that fit, clicked straight through to the employer’s own application and applied that same afternoon,” said Abbey Nelson, a Lane County job seeker who tested Hot Jobs before the launch.

“We built Hot Jobs to shorten the time between someone deciding to look for work and finding the right opening. Most commercial job boards are built to sell ads and collect your information. Hot Jobs has no ads and requires no account. It is built for one thing: helping people in Lane County find real, open, local jobs, and answering the questions that decide whether a job will work: what it pays, whether a bus can get you there, and what training it takes,” said Matt Sayre, Executive Director of Collaborative EDO.

For Employers and Partners

Employers don’t need to do anything new. Hot Jobs reads the hiring sites of more than 1,100 employers every night and adds new ones each day. Employers not yet included can send their career page link to info@collaborativeedo.org. Partner organizations can add the Hot Jobs widget to their own websites with one line of code. LWP will share a regular Hot Jobs email with job developers and case managers across the region, and a short self-paced guide helps counselors get started.

Hot Jobs is part of a broader regional strategy. As Lane Workforce Partnership’s industry engagement partner, Collaborative EDO is the backbone of Lane County’s sector partnerships, where employers who compete for the same workers, such as the county’s hospitals and clinics, work together on shared hiring needs. Hot Jobs gives those partnerships a nightly view of which jobs are hardest to fill, so employers, educators, and training providers can act on current data.

Start Your Search Today

Your next opportunity may have been posted this morning. Visit laneworkforce.org/hot-jobs to explore current openings across Lane County.

About Collaborative Economic Development Oregon

Collaborative EDO accelerates inclusive economic prosperity in Lane County through industry engagement, entrepreneurial support, workforce development, business retention and expansion, regional marketing, and public-private partnerships. Its programs include On-the-Job Training, Career Tours for students, and Bridge Lane resource fairs, with a special focus on rural and underserved communities. Learn more here.

About Lane Workforce Partnership

Lane Workforce Partnership (LWP) is the local workforce development board for Lane County, Oregon. LWP funds and delivers programs that empower job seekers and respond to the current and future workforce needs of employers. Services are provided through a network of public and private partners. LWP is one of nine workforce boards statewide. Learn more here.