General Assembly

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General Assembly

Promoters:

Jake Schwartz, Brad Hargreaves, Matthew O. Brimer and Adam Pritzker.

Country:

United States

An organisation that aims to foster career advancement and transformation by training students and professionals in high-demanded IT skills and providing career support for the technology sector.

What solution does the innovation propose?

The organisation aims to eliminate the global talent gap in the technology sector by pairing accelerated learning experiences with analytics and assessments to help employers source, evaluate and train tomorrow’s workforce. Additionally, the innovation seeks to promote diversity, access and socioeconomic mobility, by offering training models aimed at empowering low-income adults and underrepresented communities in technology—including women, black people, LGBTQ individuals and veterans.

Impact evidence

Outputs

20 campuses and over 35,000 graduates on full-time and part-time courses worldwide.
More than 2,500 hiring partners worldwide.

Outcomes

92% graduation rate from full-time programmes.
99% of those who participated in General Assembly’s Career Services programme found a new job within 180 days.

Sources

General Assembly (2016). Measuring what matters. Student outcomes for General Assembly full-time programs ending between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

The metrics referenced above were self-reported by graduates and reviewed by KPMG LLP.

How does it work?

The programme offers full-time online and in-person immersion courses for individuals looking to change their careers; part-time courses for individuals who want to level up in an existing role; and on-campus workshops and events for those who want to start exploring new skills and topics.

The courses offered teach participants skills related to web development, product management, mobile app development, programming and data science. The organisation works in partnership with a global employer network to customise staff training and create a dedicated hiring pipeline for companies who want to employ their alumni.