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Bypass the Job Board Void and Level Up Your Pay · The 405 Payroll

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  If you have spent any time over the last few months clicking apply on job boards,
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  you, uh, you probably feel like your resume is just disappearing into a giant void.
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  Man, the, the digital black hole.
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  You hit submit and it is like throwing paper into a canyon.
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  It really is.
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  Over sixty percent of entry level resumes get dropped by online application
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  algorithms before an actual human hiring manager even sees a single word.
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  Sixty percent?
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  Just, boom, deleted by a robot?
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  Exactly.
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  But there is a direct way around that digital filter in Oklahoma City on September
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  fourteenth, twenty twenty six.
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  The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is hosting a job fair at the Oklahoma
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  Works office at five thousand five North Lincoln Boulevard from ten in the morning
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  to one in the afternoon.
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  Wait, so like an actual, physical walk in hiring event?
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  Yes.
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  Five major local employers are setting up tables to conduct on site interviews right
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  there on Lincoln Boulevard.
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  We are talking about Medline Industries, Standby Personnel,
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  Employbridge, Oklahoma Human Services, and Goodwill Central Oklahoma.
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  Okay, see, that changes the whole equation.
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  Back when I was doing morning radio, we used to run these promotional remote
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  broadcasts from live hiring events, and I am telling you, the people who actually
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  showed up with paper resumes in hand got hired on the spot.
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  A quick fifteen minute conversation face to face completely beats sitting on your
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  couch sending out fifty digital applications.
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  Right, because when you are standing right in front of a representative from Medline
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  or Standby Personnel, you are not just a list of bullet points.
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  Take Medline Industries, for example.
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  They have warehouse fulfillment roles starting at eighteen dollars and fifty cents
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  an hour.
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  When you talk to them in person at five thousand five North Lincoln Boulevard,
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  you can discuss shift preferences or negotiate start dates right then and there.
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  Yeah, you get to sell your personality, your work ethic, you know?
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  Like, hey, I show up on time, I am reliable, let us work out a schedule.
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  You cannot convey that to an automated algorithm.
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  Precisely.
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  So if you plan to go between ten AM and one PM on September fourteenth,
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  bring at least three printed paper copies of your resume, a valid photo ID,
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  and come prepared to interview right on the spot.
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  You literally bypass that online resume hole entirely.
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  So, okay, landing that initial warehouse or fulfillment job at eighteen fifty an
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  hour is a great baseline, but how do you move up from that baseline to,
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  say, twenty five dollars an hour?
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  That is where short term career technical training comes in,
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  specifically through Metro Tech at nineteen hundred Springlake Drive.
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  Wait, Metro Tech, like trade certifications?
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  Right.
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  Moving from entry level warehouse pay around seventeen dollars and fifty cents up to
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  specialized technician positions paying twenty four dollars and fifty cents to
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  twenty eight dollars an hour usually requires targeted certifications.
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  But most people assume they cannot afford the tuition or take time off work.
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  Yeah, because if you are working full time, paying tuition out of pocket feels
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  almost impossible.
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  Except the Central Oklahoma Workforce Innovation Board, or COWIB,
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  offers grant programs that can cover one hundred percent of tuition and course
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  materials at Metro Tech for eligible job seekers.
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  One hundred percent?
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  So, zero out of pocket cost?
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  Zero.
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  And while you are transitioning or upgrading your skill set,
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  you can stabilize your household budget by accessing utility assistance vouchers
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  through the Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City over at three nineteen
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  Southwest Ninth Street.
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  Man, that is huge.
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  Because if you can keep your household lights on and your water running while you
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  train, you do not have to stress about making ends meet during the switch.
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  Let us break down what that wage jump actually looks like in real money.
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  If you move from seventeen fifty an hour to twenty two fifty or twenty three dollars
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  an hour, that five dollar an hour pay bump adds up to about eight hundred dollars in
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  extra net household income every single month.
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  Eight hundred bucks a month.
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  That pays off credit cards, buys groceries, builds a real emergency savings fund.
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  It completely transforms a family's financial security.
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  But the first step is getting in the room where employers are hiring today.
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  Exactly.
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  Do not wait for another algorithm to reject your application.
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  Print out those three paper resumes, grab your photo ID, and get ready for the
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  September fourteenth hiring event at five thousand five North Lincoln Boulevard.
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  Register online before five PM today and take control of your career path.
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  Alright, go print those resumes, and we will catch you next time.