What We Do

Our IQUAD Pioneer programme supports, trains and develops talent into technology careers.

Widening the talent pool

Enabling social mobility

Social background continues to affect people’s job prospects. Through our Pioneer Programme, in partnership with respected networks are able to give students and young people from less advantaged backgrounds access to the training and mentorship support that is required to help bridge this gap, empowering everyone to build more successful careers.

Retraining professionals

We give opportunities to professionals who want to develop new skills or who have a passion to retrain for a change of career. Retraining and returning to work with our support, gives Pioneers a structured pathway back into their new future career.

Supporting returners

Skilled professionals who have taken an extended break from their careers to focus on personal commitments represent an untapped talent pool that has the potential to make a significant contribution to both business productivity and performance. We enable those Pioneers who have taken a career break to build upon their established skills and learn new ones to accomplish their ambitions.

Focusing on displaced employees

In recent months, organisations across all major industry sectors have re-shaped their workforces. The impact of mass redundancies and the imminent cessation of the government’s furlough scheme has seen a significant number of in-demand professionals re-enter today’s tumultuous job market. This is an incredibly valuable new source of talent and we will continue to support people impacted by the pandemic.

Benefits

Building a flexible talent pipeline

We source, train, and deploy talent in locations across the globe; running classes throughout the year that focus on Java, Python, SQL and DevOps practices and more, which can lead to roles within Software Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Analytics and Analysis.

Developing Employee Expertise

We work in true business partnership with each one of our clients. As part of our committed approach to talent development, we give all our clients’ employees access to our Academy, enabling everyone in their business to benefit, and learn, from our full technical library.

Supporting Quality Assurance

Relevant qualifications and certifications underpin competence. All our Pioneers are certified within their own specialist area of expertise. Certifications held include AWS Cloud Practitioner, PCEP Certified Python Programmer or Java Programming, amongst many others.

Cultivating A Diverse Workplace Culture

The Pioneer programme enables us to support our clients’ diversity ambitions through the adoption of inclusive recruitment practices that support all marginalised and vulnerable groups. Our programme is open to young people from different social backgrounds, alongside those returning to the workplace or looking to re-skill, which immediately expands the available talent pool and boosts workplace diversity.

Creating & Supporting Career Development

Our Pioneers are full time employees of IQUAD. Through our team of dedicated engagement managers and technical trainers, we monitor and manage every Pioneer’s performance, productivity, and ongoing development. This ensures that their progression is always in line with our client’s expectations. We are also fully committed to supporting our Pioneers’ wellbeing on an ongoing basis.

Increasing Workforce Capability Via FTE Conversion

Our clients benefit from the ability to convert Pioneers to FTEs at no cost to the business from 18 months onwards. Our Pioneers are permanently employed by IQUAD until they are transitioned to our clients’ workforces, free of charge, enabling us to ensure a smooth transition process.

Training Academy

Our Pioneers continuously build upon their knowledge and experience through training and certification across development, frameworks, practices and tools. This builds our Pioneer’s confidence and technical ability, enabling us to direct them to the relevant career pathway across our Software Engineers, SRE, Data Analytics and Technical Business Analyst pathways.

IQUAD offer our clients a credit system giving free usage of our Academy and full technical support.

Support & Engagement

Technical Support

Our Pioneers benefit from initial and ongoing technical and professional development provided by our highly experienced trainers and support staff:

Upon the Pioneer’s six month performance review, further training can be allocated and scheduled to ensure progression. Our PioneerHub technical library allows 24/7 access to the Pioneers across software development including programming, databases, practices and tools.

Engagement Support

Our Pioneers benefit from a dedicated Engagement team. This team acts as a point of contact for the Pioneer and the client, providing both HR support and professional development:

Ensuring the Pioneer is fully supported allows them to focus on their role and building a successful career. Guiding the Pioneers through the first week of working through to the performance review process and through to the conversion process at 18 months with our clients.

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