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O k l a h o m a 's T I P 
It takes great people to build a great company

"Oklahoma has done a good job of meeting our needs. I've gone through the process of building plants seven times, and this is the best I've ever seen."
Paul Hill
Republic Paper

 

 

"The pre-employment training has played a crucial role in our hiring process. We are extremely satisfied."
Kim S. Kilmartin
Lucent Technologies Customer Care
Center

 

 

"The technical training system here in Oklahoma has become an integral part of our management thinking when it comes to hitting the ground and becoming a successful center."
Bill Rendeluk
Seagate Technology

 

"Without their invaluable assistance, we could not have met our aggressive growth goal of doubling our Tulsa workforce in 18 months."
Tom Pipal
MCI WorldCom

 

"The TIP contract helps ensure that we have trained professionals available and up-to-speed in the shortest time possible."
Rhonda Clemmer Eagle Systems and Services, Inc.

 

More details about TIP

 

The most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talent. That's where we come in. Oklahoma's Training for Industry program (TIP) can help you find and train your workforce talent, whether you're a new or expanding company in our state. And here is the best part ­ it's free.

Once you decide to locate or expand your company in Oklahoma, we work one-on- one with you to design and deliver the best start-up training program available anywhere in the U.S.

Go with a winner

How can you be sure we're the best? Take a minute to look at our track record-here's a sampling of the 1,600 companies we've served:

  • MCI WorldCom
  • American Airlines
  • Fort James Paper
  • Goodyear
  • General Motors
  • Seagate Technology
  • Whirlpool
  • America Online
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Lucent Technologies
  • Franklin Electric
  • Halliburton
  • Boeing
  • Bama Foods
  • British Tire and Rubber
  • Mutual of Omaha
  • Baker Oil Tools
  • Best Buy
  • Dollar General
  • Armstrong
  • Hitachi
  • Eaton Corporation
  • Camrose
  • Xerox

Our investment in your success

When you're choosing the place, you're also choosing the people. That's why in Oklahoma we've made workforce training a priority. We have an ongoing source of capable, committed and work-ready people.

Oklahoma's investment in your success is evident in our
  • world-class facilities
  • wide range of services
  • up-to-date equipment
  • quality trainers
  • ability to leverage resources
Customized Services
  • Job analysis
  • Pre-employment training
  • Pre-production training
  • Instructional materials and development
  • Training needs assessment
Working smart, working together

Once you're up and running, we'll continue to meet your workforce training and learning needs and provide you with a continuous supply of hard-working, collaborative, productive, technology-savvy people.

In addition to TIP, we have the ability to provide ongoing, cost-effective, customized training to help you keep your employees up-to-date and productive.

Oklahoma also has an award-winning safety training program available during start-up and as needs arise. Many Oklahoma companies have significantly reduced costs and increased productivity after participating in our safety training program.

Finally, employment-ready students from our system of 54 technology centers and 39 colleges and universities provide a continuing source of employees for your company. Working together, we're able to help you work even smarter.

Simple and easy

While you're dealing with strategy, capital, production, research and development, we'll make it easier to address your most important resource in today's economy-human capital.

Here's how the TIP process works: First, we'll have a meeting to get to know you and to provide an overview of our services.

Once you've determined your location or expansion plans in Oklahoma, technical experts from the state level and training experts at the local level will work with you to design your customized services.

A "Statement of Understanding" between your company, the state, and the local technology center is then written. The statement includes a brief description of the type of customized programs and services we're providing along with facility requirements and any other agreements needed to achieve your goals.

That's it-simple and easy! We provide a fast, flexible turnaround to get you going-it's quick and hassle-free.

Better answers

In Oklahoma we offer better answers to your questions about a quality workforce for today and tomorrow. Want to know more? Contact:

Justin Smedley
State Coordinator of Economic Development
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
405 743-5547
jsmed@okcareertech.org


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