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OKC Hiring Event Fast Track and Free Career Training · The 405 Payroll

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  If you have ever pressed submit on an online job portal, like,
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  late at night and then just stared at the screen wondering if a real human being is
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  ever going to read it, you are, uh, you are definitely not imagining things.
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  Oh, man.
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  I, I, I spent months doing that back after my early morning radio show got canceled.
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  It is a total black hole.
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  You just fire resumes into the void and hope.
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  Well, the reality is that over 75 percent of online resumes get filtered out by
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  automated screening software before a hiring manager ever even sees them.
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  Three weeks of waiting, just to get a automated rejection email at two in the
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  morning.
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  But there is a way to skip that entire line in Oklahoma City this month.
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  Wait, skipping three weeks of waiting?
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  How?
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  The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, or OESC, is hosting a direct hiring
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  event.
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  You can check out an upcoming hiring event or career fair near you to learn about
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  career opportunities, and this specific one is with Walmart in Oklahoma City on
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  Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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  It runs from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
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  August 19, okay.
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  And what, what kind of jobs are we talking about here?
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  These are store logistics and fulfillment positions.
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  And the pay scale is sitting right at $16.50 to $18.50 per hour.
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  But the real headline here isn't just the hourly rate, Miles,
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  it is the fact that these OESC events guarantee face to face interviews on the spot.
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  You walk in with your paper, you talk to a decision maker right there.
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  Man, walking out with an actual confirmed orientation date instead of checking an
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  inbox fifty times a day, that is a huge weight off your shoulders,
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  especially if you are renting right now in OKC and trying to keep up with bills.
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  It changes the entire dynamic.
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  But you do need a game plan if you are going to go on August 19.
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  First, print out three physical copies of a clean, simplified one page resume.
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  Do not make it complicated.
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  Right, keep it simple.
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  And what else do they need in hand?
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  You need a valid photo ID and your actual Social Security card.
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  Bring those with you.
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  And show up at 10:00 AM sharp to get one of those early interview slots before the
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  crowd builds up.
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  So $16.50 to $18.50 an hour is a solid immediate baseline to get rent
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  covered.
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  But, uh, what happens when someone wants to break past that twenty dollar ceiling?
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  Like, long term?
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  That is where targeted technical training comes in.
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  To move from that $16 range into $22 to $28 per hour, you usually need a
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  specific skill credential.
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  And Metro Tech here in OKC has adult certificate programs specifically for this at
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  their Springlake Campus, over on 1900 Springlake Drive.
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  Springlake Drive, okay.
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  What kind of trades or fields are they teaching over there?
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  They have adult programs for HVAC slash R technicians, structural welders,
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  and medical office specialists.
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  These are local high demand industries where employers are practically fighting over
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  certified people.
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  Okay, but, I mean, I can already hear people listening right now thinking,
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  Claire, school costs money.
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  I am working full time, I cannot afford thousands of dollars in tuition right now.
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  And that is the part that catches almost everyone by surprise.
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  Most adult learners do not pay out of pocket for these.
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  Grants from the Central Oklahoma Workforce Innovation Board,
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  known as COWIB, along with OESC workforce funding, frequently cover 100 percent of
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  the program costs for qualified adults.
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  Wait, 100 percent?
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  Zero student debt?
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  Zero out of pocket tuition for people who qualify.
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  The state and workforce boards are actively funding these because the local economy
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  desperately needs skilled technicians.
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  Okay, okay, but let us talk about time.
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  Because money is one barrier, but if you work a shift job or have kids,
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  how do you actually show up to class?
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  It is real friction, absolutely.
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  These adult tracks are built for working schedules, running evening classes from
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  6:00 PM to 9:30 PM, two to three nights a week.
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  And many of them are 12 week accelerated tracks.
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  So twelve weeks of tight scheduling, juggling evening childcare or dinner,
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  but on the other side of those three months, you jump from sixteen bucks an hour to
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  maybe twenty four or twenty eight dollars an hour.
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  That is a life changing trade off.
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  It really is.
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  And if you want to see if you qualify for that 100 percent grant funding before the
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  upcoming enrollment deadline, there is one concrete step you can take today before
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  5:00 PM.
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  What is the number?
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  Call the Metro Tech financial aid office directly at 405 424 8324,
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  or drop into a local OESC workforce center to ask specifically about COWIB grant
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  eligibility.
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  One phone call could literally rewrite your income for the next decade.
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  405 424 8324.
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  That is worth ten minutes on your lunch break today.
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  Good stuff, Claire.
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  Talk soon.