W+K = Widen & Kennedy

One of Portland's coolest companies is hiring. Just ask you might expect from the Company that helped make Nike what it is and works with companies like Starbucks, Coca Cola, and AOL; they are looking for candidates in a very unique way.

Wieden & Kennedy (W+K) is looking for Designers, Writers, Thinkers, and Makers. Don't send your resume, instead go to http://www.wk.com/seeking and go through the one of a kind process. If you can't figure it out, you probably don't belong at W+K. If you check the most desirable combination of characteristics, they just might give you a call.

Good Luck!

Wieden & Kennedy Homepage
Wieden & Kennedy jobs page
Wieden & Kennedy on Google Finance

Vestas- #1 in Modern Energy

Ever run around as a kid with a windmill in your hand, amazed by the motion and color? If that was you as a kid then Portland has the company for you as an adult. Vestas, not to be confused with another cool Portland based company, Vesta, is the worlds leading supplier of wind power turbines. They are headquartered in Denmark with 1,400+ employees world wide and their US headquarters right here in Portland...the heart of "green land".

Vestas has been on a hiring spree lately. In the past few years I have had at least 3 headhunters approach me with different opportunities. No wonder though...their web site boasts a 28% market share and they are the market leader. And if I am reading their financial statments correctly, they did over €3.5 billion in 2006 and are projecting over €4 billion for 2007. Yup, you did your math correctly...they do over $5 billion USD.

Ready to go to work? The jobs page on their site has about 10 current openings in Portland ranging from legal council, business development, customer service, and engineering.

Learn more about Vestas with these links:

Vestas homepage
Vestas jobs page
Vestas on Wikipedia

Happy job hunting!

LaCie

Editors Note: I am going to start slimming down post length and increasing frequency. I'll be profiling some cool companies in the next few days/weeks but don't be surprised if they only have 3-5 job openings each.

If you are a Tech geek, you have probably heard about LaCie...the company that is making external hard drives cool again. Did you didn't know that this 450+ employee, $350m+ company has it's US headquarters in Hillsboro?

Well, they do. And they are cool. And they are hiring for a few sales and planning positions.

Check out their homepage and employment pages below:

LaCie Homepage
LaCie Jobs