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• Atlas School

  School

  A software development school in downtown Tulsa, formerly Holberton School Tulsa.

  Official site: https://www.atlasschool.com

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Experience Tulsa

  Program

  A program that connects new, longtime and prospective Tulsans to the city through events, city…

  Official site: https://experiencetulsa.com

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Oklahoma Works

  Government, program

  Oklahoma's statewide workforce partnership of several agencies, with offices that connect job…

  Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/workforce.html

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• The University of Tulsa

  School

  A private research university in Tulsa.

  Official site: https://utulsa.edu

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Campus Tulsa

  Program

  An internship program for college students in Tulsa.

  Official site: https://www.campustulsa.com

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

  Government

  The Oklahoma state agency for unemployment insurance and employment services.

  Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/oesc.html

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Oklahoma Workforce Commission

  Government

  The coordinating body for workforce development across Oklahoma, created under the Oklahoma…

  Official site: https://oklahoma.gov/workforcecommission.html

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Tulsa Tech

  School

  Tulsa's public career and technology education district.

  Official site: https://tulsatech.edu

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Oklahoma Talent Accelerator

  Program, government

  An Oklahoma workforce program, led by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and funded by a…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education

  Organization

  Oklahoma State University's aerospace research and education division.

  Official site: https://go.okstate.edu/aerospace

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Tulsa Higher Education Consortium

  Organization

  A collaboration of Tulsa-area colleges and universities working on degree completion, transfer…

  Official site: https://tulsahighered.com

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Tulsa Visa Network

  Program

  An Experience Tulsa program that helps skilled international workers in science and technology…

  Official site: https://experiencetulsa.com/visa-network

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Work Ready Oklahoma

  Program, government

  An Oklahoma Human Services program, part of the state's TANF work strategy, whose employment…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Talent

  Concept

  The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Workforce development

  Concept

  Training and support that help people gain the skills employers need, often paid for in part by…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Professional certificate

  Concept

  A credential that shows a person has passed training or an exam in a specific job skill, such as…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Coding bootcamp

  Concept

  A short, intensive course that teaches people to write software, usually in months instead of the…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Contractor vs employee

  Concept

  A contractor is an outside person or firm you pay for a defined piece of work, and they decide how…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Recruiter

  Concept

  A person whose job is to find and contact candidates for open roles.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Fractional executive

  Concept

  An experienced leader who works for several companies at once, each for part of the week, usually…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Equity vs cash compensation

  Concept

  The two main ways a startup pays people.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Apprenticeship

  Concept

  A paid job that includes structured training, so a person learns a trade or skill while working…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Fractional CTO

  Concept

  A part-time chief technology officer.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Brain drain

  Concept

  When skilled people leave a place for jobs elsewhere, so the place loses the talent it trained.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Google AI Professional Certificate

  Program

  An online Google Career Certificate about using AI at work.

  Official site: https://grow.google/ai-professional

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• 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/

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• US Department of Labor

  Government

  The federal department for wage earners, job seekers and retirees.

  Official site: https://www.dol.gov

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Work-integrated learning

  Concept, program

  Education that formally combines a student's studies with real work in a workplace, for example…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• 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

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• CompTIA

  Organization

  A credentialing organization for technology workers that describes itself as the largest…

  Official site: https://www.comptia.org

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Fractional CFO

  Concept

  A part-time chief financial officer.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

  Program

  An online Google Career Certificate in cybersecurity, offered on Coursera.

  Official site: https://grow.google/certificates/cybersecurity/

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Internship

  Concept

  A short stint of work, usually paid, for a student or recent graduate, often over a summer.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Offer letter

  Concept

  A written job offer to the chosen candidate.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Oklahoma State University

  School

  Oklahoma's land-grant research university, with its main campus in Stillwater.

  Official site: https://okstate.edu

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• 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/

  Last changed: 2026-11-15

• Fractional CISO

  Concept

  A part-time security leader.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Job description

  Concept

  A short written summary of a role: what the person will do, the skills it needs, who they report…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Payroll

  Concept

  Paying employees on a schedule, and the work that goes with it: withholding income and payroll…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Technical advisor

  Concept

  An experienced engineer or technology leader who gives a startup occasional advice on technical…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Fractional head of product

  Concept

  A part-time product leader.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Interim executive

  Concept

  A leader who fills a role full time for a limited period, for example after someone leaves and…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Staff augmentation

  Concept

  Adding outside contractors to your own team, usually through a firm, while you keep directing the…

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Fractional CMO

  Concept

  A part-time chief marketing officer.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14

• Fractional COO

  Concept

  A part-time chief operating officer.

  Last changed: 2026-11-14