Position Available: Community Development Planner/Grant Administrator

Please distribute… INCOG, the principal regional planning organization for the Tulsa metropolitan area, is seeking applications for a Community Development Planner/Grant Administrator. INCOG administers an Urban County CDBG Program, Small Cities CDBG Programs, a HOME Consortium and other state and federal programs. Duties include developing proposals and applications for state and federal infrastructure grant programs [...]

Oklahoma Job Predictions

Wondering what the future holds? According to a report from Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce, by 2018, 57% of jobs in Oklahoma will require postsecondary education.This is 6 percentage points below the national average of 63%. Oklahoma ranks 40th in postsecondary education intensity for 2018. Click here to view full summary: OK Job [...]

Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018

Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018 Source: Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University From press release (PDF): Help Wanted: Projecting Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, forecasts that by 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least [...]

Produce Short Vid: Career Video’s for America’s Job Seekers Challenge and Win Prize

The Department of Labor has extended the deadline for the Phase I submission of “Career Videos for America’s Job Seekers Challenge” to August 20, 2010. The Career Videos Challenge is an online crowdsourcing challenge which invites members of the public to produce short videos focusing on the daily activities, necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs), [...]

Oklahoma Website specializes in green jobs

In todays Journal Record, an article about a new website specializing in green jobs was announced. The Green Energy Jobs Network, www.greenenergyjobsnetwork.com, launched on Monday. The job listing site is a spinoff of the Energy Jobs Network, a website that has provided job listings and a resume database for job seekers in the energy industry [...]

Job Opening: Part-time Coalition Administrator

The Oklahoma Women’s Coalition is seeking applications for the position of part-time Coalition Administrator. Click here and scroll down the page for the job duties and more info; http://www.oklahomawomenscoalition.org/?page_id=1103.The application deadline is FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010. Email resume to OWC Chair-Elect Donna Lawrence at donna. Questions? Phone Donna at (405) 476-3455.

Wanted: Field Manager for Elder Economic Security Initiative

Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) is seeking a Field Manager for our Elder Economic Security Initiative (Initiative). The Field Manager will manage the delivery of strategic technical assistance and expertise to WOW’s state partners in the Initiative. The Field Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing a package of technical assistance services and materials [...]

Jobs available in OK and DC

In case you are looking to change jobs, careers, or whatever, here are a few jobs that are available. Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Agency is hiring staff to fill Head Start and Early Head Start positions. http://neocaa.org/employment.aspx Wider Opportunities for Women seeks a Field and Program Associate for the Elder Economic Security Initiative™ (Initiative). Visit [...]

2010 Census Is Hiring Approximately 5,000 in Oklahoma

As National Census day fast approaches the U.S. Census Bureau is stepping up its efforts to recruit local residents as official census takers to work on the 2010 Census. “It’s important for Oklahomans to know that we are indeed testing people for jobs, but that we are also hiring people. We are in a very [...]

Oklahoma Receives $6 Million For Green Job Training

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced Oklahoma will receive a $6 million green-job grant to train workers in emerging industries such as energy efficiency and renewable energy. The goal is to train 1,000 workers in two years for jobs that pay above the state’s per capita income. Training will be offered across the state, [...]