Every organization rises or falls with its team and a contingency plan in place. While military orders are orders, we have a very strong and capable team in place in Portland, Oregon to take care of you. An account manager, and an intern that will ensure all our clients bilingual staffing and associate needs are met. We'll use email, Skype, Twitter, Facebook and phone to stay connected.  As our workload grows so does the team. If for whatever reason you have a question that can't be answered by our local team please contact me directly and I'll be happy to help you get where you need to go. Thanks again for your support. At your service, --David … [Read more...]

These past few weeks the BilingualHire team has been working diligently with The Wallace Medical Concern leadership team on helping ramp up their bilingual staff. Wallace is a volunteer organization providing neighborhood-based, urgent health care services and referral assistance to Portland and Gresham residents who face barriers to care. Mission: Founded in 1984 by Dr. James Reuler, a physician with the Veteran's Administration, and made possible by a bequest from local businessman, Edwin B. Wallace, the organization believes that no one should be excluded from quality health care. The Patient Relations Representative: The Patient Relations Representative works directly with the public and community welcoming them and processing their information. While the position announcement goes into more detail I want to highlight a few that should be mentioned: someone who understands the safety net clinic model--its importance--but, can easily grasp big concepts like FHQC … [Read more...]

Mark Twain once said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” When I dropped out of Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) and went to work for LaConner’s Olympic Fish Company full-time offloading and receiving salmon, cleaning and grading them, and packaging them in ice for shipment I was constantly learning about the product, teamwork, business environment and everything else that goes with creating value out of salmon----and this prepared me for the next assignment. Yes, finally graduating from MVHS was a prerequisite for attending Skagit Valley College (or any community college), and community college a prerequisite for attending Oregon State University (or any university) and all this formal schooling has been important but its also important to learn outside of the box. What are we reading and learning online? Which blogs are we subscribed to? Which TEDtalk fascinates us the most? What volunteer projects are we starting or are engaged in that fulfill our … [Read more...]

Fact: BilingualHire is in the business of staffing bilingual (Spanish/English) professionals. Fact: BilingualHire is a proud member of both the Oregon Staffing Association (OSA) & at the national level, the American Staffing Association (ASA). Fact: while we may not be able to place you if you're not fully bilingual, for instance fluent in both Spanish & English, no worries because if you are looking for employment (or know someone that is) & ready to work (or needs additional hours), at BilingualHire we can directly connect you with someone within the OSA & ASA family that can certainly help you. For instance, today I was speaking with a Portland business owner in a specific industry who doesn't have openings within her office but has a resume for an individual highly qualified ready to go. I told this individual to send the candidate my way because if we cannot bring them on as a BilingualHire Associate we'll personally direct them to one of our colleagues … [Read more...]

We take your comments seriously, and ourselves well not so seriously (maybe). We made a few BilingualHire Facelifts and hope they'll make your experience with us that much more enjoyable. Briefly, this picture above the blog post will lead you to another site, ours or someone else on the inter webs that we like, and it helps paint the picture for the blog/site. You don't have to click on the picture unless you'd like to know where it came from, etc. We hope you'll like because we take your comments whether through this sites comment system, Facebook page or through contacting us, very seriously. We're listening. We really are. Since using this site we've been told "your site looks bland, boring and we don't want to just read text, we want to see pictures of you two kayaking, pictures of Maya, video, anything, really." Ok. We're going to be adding more photos, video, videoblogs and podcasts (we have some up already) to meet your needs. Bien? Ok. Second Facelift As you visited the … [Read more...]

There's nothing worse than attending a briefing or worse a keynote that misses the mark and fails to connect with the audience. If we're asked to speak before an audience on any given subject let's begin with asking the obvious questions: What is the objective of the meeting? Who are the audience members? What organizations do they represent, e.g. public, private, non-profit? Is there someone in the room that you should recognize? What geographies do they represent, e.g. urban, rural, etc? What are their motivations for being present? What lesson are they expecting to get from us? Am I the very best person to speak on this? The organizer of such meeting will likely have this information, otherwise ask him/her to get it to you before you walk in the room. The last one requires self-reflection and critique. Audience I'm in the audience and I'm looking forward to you speaking with great anticipation. I've read your bio and I'm expecting to be wowed. I'm expecting a … [Read more...]