NW Youth Careers Expo

The NW Youth Careers Expo is the Northwest's premier career-exploration experience, produced by the Portland Workforce Alliance. The 2027 expo will take place on April 20, 2027 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Each year the free event welcomes about 6,000 students from 75+ high schools in Oregon and Southwest Washington, along with 200+ exhibitors representing the region's leading employers and postsecondary partners. The expo showcases the diversity of career opportunities in the region along with the skills and education needed for those jobs, through hands-on learning, demonstrations, mock interviews, and career workshops, and gives students the chance to talk directly with professionals about college-and-career options.