# Talent and hiring

Every entry in Talent and hiring on the Tulsa Ecosystem Map. Tulsa entries first, then by connections.

- [Atlas School](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/atlas-school): A software development school in downtown Tulsa, formerly Holberton School Tulsa.
- [Experience Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/experience-tulsa): A program that connects new, longtime and prospective Tulsans to the city through events, city visits and a hub of resources.
- [Oklahoma Works](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-works): Oklahoma's statewide workforce partnership of several agencies, with offices that connect job seekers and employers.
- [The University of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/university-of-tulsa): A private research university in Tulsa.
- [Campus Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/campus-tulsa): An internship program for college students in Tulsa.
- [Cyber Skills Center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cyber-skills-center): A set of tech boot camps at Tulsa Community College, launched by the college and Tulsa Innovation Labs.
- [Oklahoma Employment Security Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oesc): The Oklahoma state agency for unemployment insurance and employment services.
- [TCC Skills Lab](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tcc-skills-lab): Tulsa Community College's free training program for adults changing careers or adding tech skills, with virtual programs and…
- [Oklahoma Workforce Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-workforce-commission): The coordinating body for workforce development across Oklahoma, created under the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act.
- [Tulsa Remote](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-remote): A program that gives a relocation grant to remote workers who move to Tulsa and connects them through a member community.
- [Tulsa Tech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-tech): Tulsa's public career and technology education district.
- [Eligible Training Provider List](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/eligible-training-provider-list): Oklahoma's searchable list of approved training programs that eligible people can pay for with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act…
- [Oklahoma CareerTech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/careertech): The Oklahoma state agency for career and technology education, with tech centers on campuses across the state.
- [Oklahoma Talent Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent-accelerator-grant): An Oklahoma workforce program, led by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and funded by a US Department of Labor grant, that helps…
- [STEM Intern Partnership](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ocast-stem-intern-partnership): An OCAST program that helps Oklahoma companies pay science and technology students to work as interns on innovation projects.
- [Tulsa Service Year](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-service-year): A one-year paid fellowship that brings recent college graduates to Tulsa to work at local nonprofits.
- [Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oaire): Oklahoma State University's aerospace research and education division.
- [Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-rehabilitation-services): The Oklahoma state agency that helps people with disabilities find and keep work, through local vocational rehabilitation offices and…
- [Tulsa Higher Education Consortium](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-higher-education-consortium): A collaboration of Tulsa-area colleges and universities working on degree completion, transfer pathways and workforce needs.
- [Tulsa Visa Network](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-visa-network): An Experience Tulsa program that helps skilled international workers in science and technology fields, and their families, move to and…
- [Work Ready Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/workready): An Oklahoma Human Services program, part of the state's TANF work strategy, whose employment centers give workshops, job preparation and…
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Workforce development](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/workforce-development): Training and support that help people gain the skills employers need, often paid for in part by government or philanthropy.
- [Professional certificate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/professional-certificate): A credential that shows a person has passed training or an exam in a specific job skill, such as IT support, cloud or project management.
- [Coding bootcamp](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/coding-bootcamp): A short, intensive course that teaches people to write software, usually in months instead of the years a degree takes.
- [Contractor vs employee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee): A contractor is an outside person or firm you pay for a defined piece of work, and they decide how to do it.
- [Recruiter](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/recruiter): A person whose job is to find and contact candidates for open roles.
- [Fractional executive](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-executive): An experienced leader who works for several companies at once, each for part of the week, usually for a monthly fee.
- [Equity vs cash compensation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity-vs-cash): The two main ways a startup pays people.
- [Apprenticeship](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apprenticeship): A paid job that includes structured training, so a person learns a trade or skill while working under experienced staff.
- [Fractional CTO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-cto): A part-time chief technology officer.
- [Brain drain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/brain-drain): When skilled people leave a place for jobs elsewhere, so the place loses the talent it trained.
- [Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wioa): A US federal law, signed in 2014, that funds the public workforce system: job search help, education, training and support services for…
- [Google AI Professional Certificate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-ai-professional-certificate): An online Google Career Certificate about using AI at work.
- [Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-data-analytics-certificate): An online Google Career Certificate in data analytics, offered on Coursera.
- [US Department of Labor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/us-department-of-labor): The federal department for wage earners, job seekers and retirees.
- [Work-integrated learning](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/work-integrated-learning): Education that formally combines a student's studies with real work in a workplace, for example co-op terms, internships, apprenticeships…
- [American Job Centers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/american-job-centers): A nationwide network of local workforce offices set up under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and supported by the US…
- [CompTIA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/comptia): A credentialing organization for technology workers that describes itself as the largest vendor-neutral one, with certifications such as…
- [Fractional CFO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-cfo): A part-time chief financial officer.
- [Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-cybersecurity-certificate): An online Google Career Certificate in cybersecurity, offered on Coursera.
- [Internship](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/internship): A short stint of work, usually paid, for a student or recent graduate, often over a summer.
- [Offer letter](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/offer-letter): A written job offer to the chosen candidate.
- [Oklahoma State University](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-state-university): Oklahoma's land-grant research university, with its main campus in Stillwater.
- [CompTIA A+](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/comptia-a-plus): CompTIA's entry-level IT certification, which CompTIA calls the industry standard for starting an IT career.
- [Fractional CISO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-ciso): A part-time security leader.
- [Job description](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/job-description): A short written summary of a role: what the person will do, the skills it needs, who they report to and how it is paid.
- [Payroll](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/payroll): Paying employees on a schedule, and the work that goes with it: withholding income and payroll taxes from each paycheck, paying the…
- [Technical advisor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical-advisor): An experienced engineer or technology leader who gives a startup occasional advice on technical choices, such as what to build on and whom…
- [Fractional head of product](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-product-leader): A part-time product leader.
- [Interim executive](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/interim-executive): A leader who fills a role full time for a limited period, for example after someone leaves and before a permanent hire.
- [Staff augmentation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/staff-augmentation): Adding outside contractors to your own team, usually through a firm, while you keep directing the work.
- [Fractional CMO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-cmo): A part-time chief marketing officer.
- [Fractional COO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-coo): A part-time chief operating officer.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent