AJF to Host Career Discovery Day
The Ada Jobs Foundation is excited to host Career Discovery Day - My Future, My Career, My Responsibility for all eighth grade students in Pontotoc County. This will be the first year for this program, which will expose students to jobs in the area and to the skills required.
The idea for the program was sparked by a visit to the state capitol. Mike Southard, President & CEO of the Ada Jobs Foundation, was visiting Senator Susan Paddack, when they asked the two high schools students shadowing her what their future career plans were. Their answers illustrated a disconnect between awareness of available jobs, training required for these jobs, and how they could utilize existing programs to receive this training.
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SE Oklahoma Generates New Jobs for 2011
The labor force for the State of Oklahoma grew by 8,000 employees from January to November 2011. Ada, Ardmore, and McAlester's labor forces accounted for 36% of that growth and adding nearly 3,000 employees.
The method in which Durant's employment figures are calculated was reconfigured in mid-2011. Until historic figures are updated, Durant's growth is skewed. Assuming that Durant's workforce followed the trend for the area, then the four largest communities in Southeastern Oklahoma accounted for over 40% of Oklahoma's total labor force growth.
Over the past decade in Oklahoma, the majority of labor force growth has occurred in non-metro areas. Growth in the rural labor forces of Oklahoma has exceeded the the growth of both the state and national labor forces.
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Ada Jobs Foundation
Post Office Box 1728
Ada, OK 74821
580 235-0070
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