微软本周表示，它将为一个项目投入数百万美元的资金和软件，该项目旨在用it和其他技能培训美国退伍军人，帮助他们重新进入美国就业市场。
建立它提升美国计划微软于去年成立，本周宣布将在未来两年内贡献200万美元现金和600万美元软件，用于训练从伊拉克和阿富汗返回的军队。微软正在与伊拉克和阿富汗的美国老兵(IAVA)开始,希望其他组织和企业将加入联盟旨在“支持现役服务成员过渡的军事以及国民警卫队成员和储备回到平民的工作岗位,”根据微软。
The program, which in February 2009 offered one million vouchers for free training, now hopes to address some 185,000 18- to 24-year-old veterans coming out of the military looking for work, says Andrea Taylor, director of U.S. community affairs for Microsoft. (To date, 300,000 vouchers for the free training have been claimed.)"We thought about the first anniversary of the Elevate America program and how we could this year make it more focused for communities of need," Taylor says. "We wanted to honor the service of these veterans and also improve the chances for these younger workers in a difficult environment because they are really the future of our economy."According to Taylor, 18- to 24-year-olds coming out of the military suffer a 20% higher unemployment rate than those of the same age on average, and with many lacking job experience due to their years of military service, the opportunity to find work could be limited. The Elevate America program will use an RFP process to dole out the $2 million in cash and $6 million in software to organizations, communities and urban groups looking to develop programs to assist veterans with training, such as Microsoft and IT certifications, but also career-building tools like resume-writing and interviewing skills."We have been doing workforce development and skills training for almost 25 years, and it's not just technology skills that people generally need. Training in other skills such as career counseling and other support services will also be offered," Taylor explains. "These may seem like basic skills, but the job market changes rapidly and our veterans have been serving their country and not tracking how to get a job."Today 55% to 60% of jobs require the skills Taylor says Microsoft hopes to pass along to veterans, and in the coming years, potentially 80% of jobs will require that candidates have such computing training. With six job seekers applying for every one available position, U.S. veterans need to be well-prepared, she says."This program is intended to prepare these young and talented people to enter the American workforce because they are the future of our communities. We can't afford to lose any talent in this country," Taylor says.More information for those seeking training, organizations wishing to apply for funds and other companies wanting to partner with Microsoft on its Elevate American program can be found这里被丹尼斯Dubiedo你推文的，你推文吗？跟随Denise Dubie在Twitter上这里．
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