I was laid off about three years ago, found contract work which saved us financially, and am now currently 90 days into a new direct hire job. So, there is hope, never give up. We spent a week in Tulsa several years ago, and apart from the occasional tornado and marginal job market it seemed like a nice place to live.

How about riding your bike to various companies and business parks and dropping off resumes. Just tell the receptionist that you are trying to find work within bicycling distance from home (even if it is 15+ miles from home), and that their place seems like a nice place to work. Also mention that you have a car and driver's license for those bad weather days so they don't think you lost your license. If nothing else it will get you remembered and help separate yourself from the hundreds of other applications and resumes they receive.

Good luck on the job search. I think the Milwaukee and Wisconsin job market is every bit as bad, if not worse, than there in OK.