We’re WhiteHat, a tech startup on a mission to create a diverse group of future leaders and we’re doing this by building an outstanding alternative to university through apprenticeships. We work with some of the UK's most exciting companies to deliver apprenticeships, including Digital Marketing at Google, Software Engineering at Sky, and are helping companies plug skills gaps in Data Science and Project Management by upskilling existing staff.
The way we approach apprenticeships is on a different level in terms of ambition and scale.
WhiteHat focuses on three core areas:
1. Measuring potential beyond academics & work experience through our platform. Candidates create a digital profile, including personality/video profiles, that identifies hidden talent and evidences skills that CVs fail to show. Candidates are intelligently matched with opportunities to which they would be best suited. Better matches mean more apprentices completing apprenticeships, and more employers returning to recruit apprentices.
2. Delivering world-class content via applied learning programmes. We partner with some of the world’s best content providers to ensure we deliver a world class learning experience. WhiteHat’s online platform houses exemplar courses and facilitates peer mentoring, empowering apprentices to talk, rate, and explore learning.
3. Helping a diverse group of young people build social capital & strong networks. We’re powering a social experience for apprentices to rival the relationships students build at university. Bringing apprentices together through events and matching them with mentors helps them develop a fantastic network. They have access to sports teams, socials, societies, and our future leaders foundation to help ensure they build successful careers.
By developing high quality education and training that supports the needs of both employers and young people we're transforming apprenticeships and creating a credible alternative to even the best universities. We believe this will play a vital role in solving the UK’s skills gap, addressing inequalities in pay and opportunity, and challenging wider societal perceptions surrounding apprenticeships and how you access the best careers. The obvious move right now is going to university if you want a great job - that’s what everyone does. But this is such an imperfect system, one that employers, students, and governments are uncomfortable with.
So we’re building something different, and it starts with apprenticeships.
07/03/2024