<div dir="ltr">E2D has been very proud to have a few of our kids go right from our Re-Image CLT labs to Road2Hire and then on to great IT jobs.<div><br></div><div>As a matter of fact, one of our Lab Techs is going to be going to UNC Charlotte this coming week as a first-year, courtesy of a full scholarship provided by the incredibly generous, Ric Elias of Red Ventures.<br><div><br></div><div>I.T. is one of the few pure meritocracies. Nobody cares who your Momma is or where your Daddy went to church. All they are looking for are smart, ambitious and hardworking prospects. The rest works out brilliantly.</div><div><br></div><div>This sort of workforce development is intense and quite expensive, but the lives that are altered are changed forever for the positive.</div><div><br></div><div>Proud to be a partner with these good folks.</div><div><br></div><div>Pat</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 10:20 AM Phil Shapiro <<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com">pshapiro@his.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.charlotteagenda.com/228149/a-hand-up-58-people-just-became-charlottes-newest-software-engineers-and-developers-in-six-months/" target="_blank">https://www.charlotteagenda.com/228149/a-hand-up-58-people-just-became-charlottes-newest-software-engineers-and-developers-in-six-months/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/RicElias/status/1294304654659026946" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/RicElias/status/1294304654659026946</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/RoadtoHire" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/RoadtoHire</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://roadtohire.org/" target="_blank">https://roadtohire.org/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>and<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/TechTalentSouth" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TechTalentSouth</a><br></div><div><br></div><div> phil<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>He/Him/His<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></div>
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