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Atlas School
School
A software development school in downtown Tulsa, formerly Holberton School Tulsa.
Official site: https://www.atlasschool.com
Experience Tulsa
Program
A program that connects new, longtime and prospective Tulsans to the city through events, city…
Official site: https://experiencetulsa.com
Oklahoma Works
Government, program
Oklahoma's statewide workforce partnership of several agencies, with offices that connect job…
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/workforce.html
The University of Tulsa
School
A private research university in Tulsa.
Official site: https://utulsa.edu
Campus Tulsa
Program
An internship program for college students in Tulsa.
Official site: https://www.campustulsa.com
Cyber Skills Center
Program, school
A set of tech boot camps at Tulsa Community College, launched by the college and Tulsa Innovation…
Official site: https://www.tulsacc.edu/academics/programs-courses/cybersecurity-programs-offerings
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Government
The Oklahoma state agency for unemployment insurance and employment services.
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/oesc.html
TCC Skills Lab
Program, school
Tulsa Community College's free training program for adults changing careers or adding tech skills…
Official site: https://skillslab.tulsacc.edu
Oklahoma Workforce Commission
Government
The coordinating body for workforce development across Oklahoma, created under the Oklahoma…
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/workforcecommission.html
Tulsa Remote
Program
A program that gives a relocation grant to remote workers who move to Tulsa and connects them…
Official site: https://www.tulsaremote.com
Tulsa Tech
School
Tulsa's public career and technology education district.
Official site: https://tulsatech.edu
Eligible Training Provider List
Program, government
Oklahoma's searchable list of approved training programs that eligible people can pay for with…
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/workforce/job-seekers/training.html
Oklahoma CareerTech
Government, school
The Oklahoma state agency for career and technology education, with tech centers on campuses…
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/careertech.html
Oklahoma Talent Accelerator
Program, government
An Oklahoma workforce program, led by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and funded by a…
STEM Intern Partnership
Program, government
An OCAST program that helps Oklahoma companies pay science and technology students to work as…
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/ocast/funding-opportunities/intern-partnership.html
Tulsa Service Year
Program
A one-year paid fellowship that brings recent college graduates to Tulsa to work at local…
Official site: https://www.tulsaserviceyear.com
Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education
Organization
Oklahoma State University's aerospace research and education division.
Official site: https://go.okstate.edu/aerospace
Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
Government
The Oklahoma state agency that helps people with disabilities find and keep work, through local…
Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/okdrs.html
Tulsa Higher Education Consortium
Organization
A collaboration of Tulsa-area colleges and universities working on degree completion, transfer…
Official site: https://tulsahighered.com
Tulsa Visa Network
Program
An Experience Tulsa program that helps skilled international workers in science and technology…
Official site: https://experiencetulsa.com/visa-network
Work Ready Oklahoma
Program, government
An Oklahoma Human Services program, part of the state's TANF work strategy, whose employment…
Talent
Concept
The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
Workforce development
Concept
Training and support that help people gain the skills employers need, often paid for in part by…
Professional certificate
Concept
A credential that shows a person has passed training or an exam in a specific job skill, such as…
Coding bootcamp
Concept
A short, intensive course that teaches people to write software, usually in months instead of the…
Contractor vs employee
Concept
A contractor is an outside person or firm you pay for a defined piece of work, and they decide how…
Recruiter
Concept
A person whose job is to find and contact candidates for open roles.
Fractional executive
Concept
An experienced leader who works for several companies at once, each for part of the week, usually…
Equity vs cash compensation
Concept
The two main ways a startup pays people.
Apprenticeship
Concept
A paid job that includes structured training, so a person learns a trade or skill while working…
Fractional CTO
Concept
A part-time chief technology officer.
Brain drain
Concept
When skilled people leave a place for jobs elsewhere, so the place loses the talent it trained.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Government, program
A US federal law, signed in 2014, that funds the public workforce system: job search help…
Official site: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa
Google AI Professional Certificate
Program
An online Google Career Certificate about using AI at work.
Official site: https://grow.google/ai-professional
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Program
An online Google Career Certificate in data analytics, offered on Coursera.
Official site: https://grow.google/certificates/data-analytics/
US Department of Labor
Government
The federal department for wage earners, job seekers and retirees.
Official site: https://www.dol.gov
Work-integrated learning
Concept, program
Education that formally combines a student's studies with real work in a workplace, for example…
American Job Centers
Government, program, place
A nationwide network of local workforce offices set up under the Workforce Innovation and…
Official site: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/american-job-centers
CompTIA
Organization
A credentialing organization for technology workers that describes itself as the largest…
Official site: https://www.comptia.org
Fractional CFO
Concept
A part-time chief financial officer.
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
Program
An online Google Career Certificate in cybersecurity, offered on Coursera.
Official site: https://grow.google/certificates/cybersecurity/
Internship
Concept
A short stint of work, usually paid, for a student or recent graduate, often over a summer.
Offer letter
Concept
A written job offer to the chosen candidate.
Oklahoma State University
School
Oklahoma's land-grant research university, with its main campus in Stillwater.
Official site: https://okstate.edu
CompTIA A+
Program
CompTIA's entry-level IT certification, which CompTIA calls the industry standard for starting an…
Official site: https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/a/
Fractional CISO
Concept
A part-time security leader.
Job description
Concept
A short written summary of a role: what the person will do, the skills it needs, who they report…
Payroll
Concept
Paying employees on a schedule, and the work that goes with it: withholding income and payroll…
Technical advisor
Concept
An experienced engineer or technology leader who gives a startup occasional advice on technical…
Fractional head of product
Concept
A part-time product leader.
Interim executive
Concept
A leader who fills a role full time for a limited period, for example after someone leaves and…
Staff augmentation
Concept
Adding outside contractors to your own team, usually through a firm, while you keep directing the…
Fractional CMO
Concept
A part-time chief marketing officer.
Fractional COO
Concept
A part-time chief operating officer.