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Business leaders say private sector leadership key to refocusing Oklahoma’s workforce
Oklahoma business leaders say private sector leadership is essential to getting the state's workforce back on track.
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SB 621 essential to refocusing, revitalizing workforce in Oklahoma
Oklahoma needs a singular workforce owner, a leading force that will set visions and goals to fulfill workforce needs, reduce administrative costs, eliminate wasteful duplication, align funding with goals that produce effective results and hold state entities accountable for failures and shortcomings. Senate Bill 621 presents a plan that will establish leadership and bring the state’s workforce into alignment.
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GF Central Plastics launches apprentice program in Oklahoma
GF Central Plastics, a large Oklahoma pipe manufacturer, is taking steps to try to solve the workforce problems that are facing most businesses in our country.
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House Rules Committee unanimously approves bill to create Oklahoma Workforce Commission
An integral part of a comprehensive plan to restructure Oklahoma's workforce cleared another legislative hurdle.
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Oklahoma parents, businesses feeling brunt of childcare center shortage
Parents struggle each day to maintain a job while ensuring their children receive proper care and supervision. Data shows that many parents have quit their job because they cannot find a nearby or affordable childcare facility to which they can entrust their child's wellbeing during work hours.
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More students than ever before joining Oklahoma CareerTech organizations, developing future work skills
Oklahoma CareerTech student organization (CTSO) membership is at an all-time high, promising an exciting future for the state's workforce.
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Oklahoma childcare crunch hurting families and workforce
There’s a childcare crunch in Oklahoma, and working families are struggling because of it. Multiple bills in the state legislature aim to get more children in public pre-Ks and provide an oasis for Oklahoma’s childcare desert so more parents can return to the workforce. To get there, it will take a multi-pronged, multi-year approach that supports parents, employers and providers.
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Bills to strengthen childcare access, keep parents in workforce succeed in Oklahoma House of Representatives
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed two bills that seek to expand childcare access and keep parents in the workforce.
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Public, private partnership keeps Duncan, Oklahoma kids in class, parents in workforce
Private businesses and public schools in Duncan, Okla., are working together to grow the city's workforce by addressing the lack of affordable, quality childcare.
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Oklahoma Senate approves workforce revitalization bill
The Oklahoma State Senate approved a bill that is an integral part of a comprehensive plan to restructure and revitalize Oklahoma's workforce.