The WorkingHabitat Group is forming partnerships and expanding this year with the expectations that the employment portal for new economy workers will reach 10,000 workers and 1,000 companies over the next year.
The firm is partnering with Chelexa Design to provide TCe Connectivity to Ford. The partnership allows any supplier authorized by Ford to receive from or upload CAD data to Ford through The WorkingHabitat Group's portal.
The Macomb County-based start-up now employs three people and an independent contractor after being founded by Tim Calkins a few years ago.
"The inspiration was to provide them a mechanism and environment so they could work anywhere in the world from their worlds," says Tim Calkins, CEO of
The WorkingHabitat Group. "It has all the tools available to utilize the resources from a remote location."
The idea is that Metro Detroit has more new economy workers than jobs, so why not pair them with telecommuting assignments from outside the region, thereby negating the need to move. The portal will help launch more white collar workers used to regular employment into the ultra-flexible workforce of the 21st Century, where people are increasingly receiving 1099s rather than W2s.
Source: Tim Calkins, CEO of The WorkingHabitat GroupWriter: Jon ZemkeRead more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at
SEMichiganStartup.com.
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