Up to 100 Oklahomans who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic will build their technical and business skills as a prelude to new careers in the tech field through a new program from the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development and CompTIA, the leading nonprofit association for the tech industry.
The program will provide 100 dislocated workers around the state with free online training, professional certification opportunities and job placement assistance for new careers in technology. The state established the program using COVID-19 related dislocated worker funds from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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“This program offers Oklahomans who lost their job due to circumstances beyond their control an opportunity to re-enter the workforce in a completely new industry or occupation,” said Don Morris, executive director of the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. “For some, this means the ability to come out of this terrible situation in better place than they began.”
Central to the program is CompTIA Custom Training’s mentored learning regimen. This flexible program allows students to learn at their own speed, level and convenience, with the support of experienced instructors at every step of the learning process.
“We recognize that learning is very individual, which is why engagement with our instructors, who are experts in their fields with years of real-world experience, is a vital part of the program,” said Mark Plunkett, senior director, global training operations and business development, with CompTIA Custom Training. “CompTIA mentored learning delivers the right balance of self-paced learning and classroom-based courses and labs.”
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