The Portal Process

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

  • Skilled workers can join for free and many have been identified and pre-loaded with the support of Michigan Works! Agencies.
  • The portal is marketed worldwide to global manufacturers across multiple industries.
  • Manufacturers identify skilled resources for a project and negotiate an hourly rate with the worker.
  • Through our partnerships with Autodesk (Autodesk Assistance Program - PDF) and Kelly Services, 2D and 3D design software, training, certification, W2 processing, vetting and other employee benefits are available.
  • Direction is communicated and tracked within the project management system via workflows and tasks.
  • Projects are assigned to individuals or groups with managed security levels for effective collaboration.
  • Company’s make payments into a secure escrow account within the portal.
  • The worker is paid through via the escrow account.
  • Both the worker and the company rate each other at the end of each project.

Advantages to the Worker

  • Work from home for any company in the world
  • Utilize available software and project management tools to complete projects
  • Ability to work for more than one company and set your own hours
  • Opportunity to diversify into a different industry
  • Ability to cross-train in other software platforms

Advantages to the Company

  • Immediately engage and secure the most highly skilled resource regardless of geographic boundaries
  • Significantly reduce overhead
  • Labor rates are now competitive with overseas "low cost" solutions
  • Contracting allows you to remain nimble with scalability
  • Companies can engage resources without making long-term commitments