Hey Product Hunters!
Over the past two years we've helped ~200,000 learners get ahead in their careers with our mentor-led online workshops, and other career resources. It’s been an amazing journey so far!
We learned that a significant percentage of our students are career switchers, who seek not just learn skills, but also to break into a new career. Launching a new career is challenging. Most people need support beyond just technical knowledge. E.g. Where to look for jobs? Which companies to apply to? How to build a portfolio and online presence? How to practice interviewing?
Today, we’re excited to launch a new category of programs, and our boldest bet to date: Career Tracks.
Each Career Track comes with a guarantee: get a relevant job offer within 6 months of graduating, or we refund 100% of your tuition. This aligns our interests entirely with our students. We succeed only when you do.
At 200+ hours, Career Tracks are our most intensive programs: with resources, industry mentorship, projects, 1-on-1 career coaching, 24/7 dedicated teaching assistants, mock interviews, resume and portfolio reviews, and access to a network of employers. All of this is entirely online. So you don't have to quit your job or change cities.
Why are we so confident that this will work? We’ve been quietly piloting our career services with some of our data science graduates. Three months in, 100% of these students are working in full-time data science and analytics roles!
For now, the job guarantee is limited to students open to jobs in major US cities. We hope to extend it to other geographies in the near future.
Applications are open for our Data Science Career Track, and others will follow suit in 2017.
We’d love to hear what you think.
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