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To apply for a Metro or Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission position, you must follow the specific application procedure for the position to which you are applying.

Current openings

The complete job announcement and application form may be accessed and downloaded from the main jobs web page at www.metro-region.org/jobs.

Application procedure

Metro only accepts applications for positions that are currently open.

Application materials can be downloaded from a link at the end of each job announcement posted on our web site. Application packets can also be picked up from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in Metro’s Human Resources Office located at 600 NE Grand Ave., or call 503-797-1570 to request application materials be mailed to you.

Read and follow the application procedure listed in the job announcement carefully. Most recruitments have required supplemental questions that must be answered and submitted along with the appropriate application materials. Applications will not be accepted without the required supplemental questions. Resumes are not accepted, except when requested as part of the application procedure.

Submit your completed application materials, including answers to any required supplemental questions, to Metro’s Human Resources Office by 5 p.m. on the deadline date.

Veteran's preference

Under Oregon Law, qualified veterans may be eligible for veteran's preference in application for Metro/MERC positions. If you are a veteran, or disabled veteran, and would like to be considered for a veteran's preference for the job for which you are applying, please complete and submit a veteran's preference form, along with your application materials.Download the form

Submit your application

Equal employment opportunity

All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law. Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.

Following up on your application

After the application deadline, it usually takes about three to four weeks before the hiring manager selects those individuals who will be interviewed. You can find out the status of a position for which you've applied by:

1. clicking on the recruitment status updates link at the top left side of this page
2. calling the job hotline at 503-797-1777 and listening for the recruitment update prompt.

Weekly recruitment status updates will be posted on the job hotline and web site every Friday. When accessing recruitment updates, you will need the title of the job for which you applied.

Jobs hotline

Call 503-797-1777 to learn about new job postings or to follow up on weekly recruitment status updates, which will be posted on the job hotline and web site every Friday.

Files that are downloadable from this page

• Veteran's preference form 29K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published November 9, 2007

Related Internet links

• Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission employment

  (http://www.merc-facilities.org/aboutMerc/employment.aspx)