IQ
A strong aptitude for logic, and a love of problem-solving.
EQ
Self-awareness, interpersonal acuity, and a collaborative approach.
Drive
Resilience, initiative-taking, and an innate drive for continuous learning.
Identify Potential
Discover new talent
Using a specialist screening methodology, we shine a spotlight on extraordinary talent with the potential to excel in a tech career - both amongst your existing employees and through our global talent network.
What does it mean to hire for potential?
Increase Diversity
Attract top talent from a diverse talent pool that represents a wide range of gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Access Top Performers
Become the employer of choice for top performers across your industry.
Retain Talent
Provide a pathway for high-performing employees to realise their ambitions, helping them move across into tech, rather than leaving the business.
Nurture Your Workforce
Provide a path into in-demand tech careers for employees at all levels, across all teams, including operations, customer support, and frontline workers.
Hire high-potential talent at scale
We’ve distilled three essential traits that strongly predict success in technical roles.
Build a tech team that surpasses societal norms in terms of diversity and inclusion.
BREAKING GENDER BARRIERS
50%
IDENTIFY AS WOMEN
50%+ of our alumni identify as women, and we have a specific Women in Tech space for all female-identifying and gender minority members of the community.
BUILDING ETHNICALLY DIVERSE TEAMS
60%
FROM BLACK, ASIAN, OR ETHNICALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS
60% of our alumni are Black, Asian or ethnically diverse, and 30% identify as Black.
SPEARHEADING SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY
20%
FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GO TO UNIVERSITY
25% of our alumni were FSM-eligible (Free School Meals), and 20% are the first in their families to go to University.
Case studies
Our proprietary methodology screens for EQ, IQ and Drive, and helps candidates discover if a tech career is the right fit for them.
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Tech aptitude in those who don't (yet) code
Academy’s Blockata platform enables unbiased evaluation of how a candidate approaches a technical problem, before they’ve even written a line of code.
Soft skills that define a developer's career
We observe the key personality traits that set developers up for success, through psychometric testing, structured interviews, and collaborative exercises.
The drive to change careers, in 15 weeks
Our screening process progressively evaluates candidates’ technical drive and passion, culminating in a comprehensive full-day simulator that provides a realistic experience of working as a developer, followed by six weeks of part-time training.
The right fit, for your business
We integrate a culture fit evaluation into our screening process.
Potential Unlocked
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What sets Academy apart is their ability to provide companies with the confidence that by hiring talent from non-traditional backgrounds, they can quickly integrate into the team and make immediate contributions.
50%+ of Academy graduates identify as women, 60%+ are from minority ethnic and 25% are from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. Unlock a talent pool that reflects society.