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The Next Idea

Six years ago, an IT solutions provider outsourced their New Jersey¹ jobs to ... Detroit. GalaxE.Solutions initiated² their "Outsource to Detroit" campaign to encourage new technology workers to come to the Motor City.

Now, IT companies in the city are searching for every candidate they can. Ryan Hoyle, vice³ president of talent and business solutions for GalaxE.Solutions, said jobs continue to go unfilled.

"Detroit started to really have that turnaround," Hoyle told Stateside. "We've exhausted⁴ the population of qualified⁵ IT resources."

Hoyle is teaming up with area companies to train new workers with ExperienceIT, an eight-week program that aims to teach the skills that aren't taught in a traditional classroom setting. Hoyle said over 90 percent of the last two cohorts landed jobs with the companies who gave them the experience they needed.

Among the companies in the partnership⁶ are DTE Energy, Titlesource and Quicken Loans. Hoyle describes the relationship between each company as a "co-ompetition." After participants complete the training program, the companies look to hire new IT workers like Chandra Floyd, who described herself as having "nerdy inclinations⁷" that showed at her former job as a special events manager for a Detroit venue⁸.

"I was the designated person around the office to help troubleshoot things," Floyd shared on Stateside. "Eventually, I became the system administrator⁹ for one of the databases. And I realized I absolutely loved it."

But even though she found that love for IT, Floyd knew she lacked the experience to get into a full-time¹⁰ job. That's when she found ExperienceIT and submitted an application for the program. She received her acceptance notice and resigned three days later from the job she had for 11-years.

Today, she works for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and tests software quality before it goes into the market.

Here's a clip of Floyd talking about how the program helped her:

"Take the leap and do it," Floyd encouraged prospective¹¹ IT workers. "What I saw in Experience IT … was something I needed in my life."

Hoyle hopes that ExperienceIT can expand in the future to train more people like Floyd, and to continue filling the city's growing IT job market.

"This is really a passion project for us. We are companies who have invested in Detroit, and we understand that we need to be part of this economic turnaround," said Hoyle.

GUESTS

Ryan Hoyle is the vice president of talent and business development for GalaxE.Solutions, one of the seven companies behind ExperienceIT.

Chandra Floyd is a graduate of ExperienceIT. She now works for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

5 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

6 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

7 inclinations   

倾向( inclination的名词复数 )； 倾斜； 爱好； 斜坡

参考例句：

• She has artistic inclinations. 她有艺术爱好。
• I've no inclinations towards life as a doctor. 我的志趣不是行医。

8 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

9 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

10 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

11 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。