Hire a Northcoder
Access our highly skilled pool of exceptional software developers at no cost.
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We know getting the right developers into your team can be a costly and time-consuming process. With Northcoders by your side, you can ensure that your business never has this problem again.
Gain access to a diverse pool of highly skilled and talented junior developers ready to deploy directly into your business. Attract and recruit from our Northcoder graduates with zero fees, giving you the unique ability to select the right people and skill sets and match them with your business needs.
Become a Recruitment Partner
Hire skilled and diverse graduates shortlisted to your needs, for free, by joining us as a recruitment partner.
You’ll be asked to support our Skills Bootcamp bids as a recruitment partner through a statement of support form. The Skills Bootcamp programme is a government-funded initiative granting scholarships to eligible candidates to support them changing careers.
We will invite you to recruitment days and shortlist interviews with new tech talent on your behalf. There is no obligation for you to hire from a cohort.
Regardless of whether or not you hire from a cohort, your involvement helps individuals gain skills and confidence, and our careers team continues to support candidates into tech roles after the bootcamp.
Access our talent pipeline
Hire from a diverse pool of motivated career changers from a wide-range of backgrounds, with industry-ready tech skills.
Network and shortlist
Gain access to our in-person and remote recruitment events, and benefit from a shortlist of candidates hand-picked to your criteria.
Genuine CSR impact
Support people from all backgrounds to change their career, simply by backing our bid for the government Skills Bootcamp scheme – at no obligation to you.
No hiring fees
Reduce the ongoing cost of recruitment, thanks to no hiring fees to pay when you recruit a Northcoder. Ever.
Our People
Unlike traditional recruitment businesses, we’ve personally trained over 1,500 software developers.
Our candidates are:
- Career changers from diverse backgrounds
- Based across England, particularly in the North West and London
- Up-skilled for a career in tech through rigorous training
Quality First
All of our software developers have been successful in a thorough and competitive recruitment process and have proven their aptitude by completing one of our intensive, award-winning courses.
A Truly Diverse Talent Pool
We don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion at Northcoders. It is our foundation and our future. No matter where people are from, as long as they have the aptitude to be a coder and the ambition to succeed, they are welcomed with open arms. We work hard to attract people from all walks of life, giving you the unique ability to select the right people, with the required skill set, based on the needs of your business.
Every Northcoder approaches software development with a problem-solver mindset, and all are taught in a way that makes learning new languages natural. Our bootcamps aren’t just about learning to code: we also teach our graduates the practicalities of being a software developer, such as pair programming and agile methodologies.
Having supported 400+ businesses welcome more than 1500 software developers into their teams over the last 6 years, we are always encouraged by their rapid progression from Junior Developer to more senior positions.
We've hired 16 Northcoders in the last 12 months... All of them are very diligent, keen to learn, hungry; it's been a pleasure dealing with all of them.
James Tew
CEO at iVendi
FAQs
What process do students go through to join the bootcamp?
All of our Northcoders graduates receive some preparatory work that they complete before the course. This helps them prepare for our Entry Challenge, the hour-long coding challenge which helps our tutors assess their skills, knowledge, and suitability for our bootcamps. While the Entry Challenge isn’t a strict pass/fail test, we only take on people that we know will excel on the bootcamp and currently have a 7:1 application to Entry Challenge pass ratio.
Which technologies have Northcoders gone on to learn in their workplaces?
According to our 2020 alumni survey, our graduates go on to learn a wide range of technologies once they finish their course. Because we teach them how to learn, not just how to code in one specific language, many Northcoders quickly pick up new technologies.
Is hiring a junior software developer really free?
Yes. Hiring a Northcoders is really free with no hidden costs and no strings attached.
What's the process for hiring one of your graduates?
Following a meeting with one of our partnership consultants, employers are encouraged to send over job descriptions for any roles that suit our Northcoders graduates. It will then be posted on our internal jobs board for graduates to apply for. We can conduct shortlisting interviews for you, to put you in touch with the candidates who are the best fit for the role.
Can we meet the Northcoders beforehand?
Absolutely. We encourage all of our hiring partners to engage with our Northcoders by delivering a short recruitment pitch. This allows you to introduce your company and the role itself to our students and graduates and answer any questions they may have.
Which other businesses have hired from Northcoders previously?
Currently, we have 400+ recruitment partners ranging from local businesses to recognisable names like Barclays, Delloite, Jaguar LandRover, BBC, Thoughtworks, cinch, or Aerocloud Systems.
What backgrounds are Northcoders from? Are they University graduates?
We pride ourselves on helping individuals from a wide range of backgrounds break into the tech industry, so there is no “typical” Northcoder. Our graduates vary in terms of previous qualifications but are all equally talented in software development.
