Career Services

We currently offer our Job Guarantee to people living in metropolitan areas in the following countries: USA, Canada, European Union & European Free Trade Area member countries such as the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

Yes, we can help you tailor your job application to countries/job markets outside of the United States.

You’ll be working directly with a career specialist in or near your timezone, so they’ll be knowledgeable about the job market in the location(s) of the jobs you’re applying for.

We consider a “job” to be either A) a full-time position at a company, or B) a part-time position, paid internship, or freelance job amounting to more than 15 hours of work per week.

Some graduates with relevant experience find more senior roles and some do internships or extra projects throughout the program to increase their chances of finding a position.

The course takes approximately one month to complete. It is an important requirement to meet if you want to be eligible for the Job Guarantee and must be completed within 30 days of finishing your career change program If you are not seeking eligibility for the Job Guarantee, you are not required to take this course.

The job search period starts once you’ve graduated from your program and completed the Job Preparation Course.

We require students to have a high school diploma—but apart from that, you don’t don’t need any other qualifications or skills.

Since applying for jobs is about knowing how to access and navigate the job market, your career specialist will work with you individually to help you understand and identify suitable roles to apply for. These will be jobs that align with your skills and experience, and you’ll learn how to create applications which highlight how your transferable skills are relevant to the field you’ve studied in.

Our students apply to a variety of positions depending on what their career goals are. This may include anything from internships to senior level positions. Your career specialist will work with you to identify opportunities that align with your experience and objectives.

Since there are many reasons why you may or may not want to accept the first job offer you get, we assess this on a case by case basis.

Our students end up in a variety of different roles after graduation. Some students get jobs as junior developers or designers, while others take on a contract, freelance role, or internship for a few months to build their skills and portfolio before moving into a full-time position.

Our graduates vary in age from their early 20s to their 60s. It’s possible to successfully change careers at any time in your life. Ageism is a problem in many industries, and tech can feel quite skewed in this regard, but we've found that graduates over 50 are very successful when they know how to frame their previous work experience and transferable skills—and when they keep an open mind, as any career changer should do!

Having more years and work experience behind you can actually give you an advantage. You have a different perspective than your 20 or 30-something colleagues—and that is highly valuable in the tech industry. If you’d like to read more about this, check out Jeff’s story, a pastor who discovered UX Design later in life.

While we can't guarantee a particular salary, we know our graduates are very successful at landing jobs at or above the median income for their field and local market. To find out how much you could earn, you can check out sites such as Payscale and Glassdoor.

If you don’t live in an area covered by our Job Guarantee or you’re not within a reasonable commuting distance, you still have access to the full support of our career services team. You'll still complete the Job Preparation course, be assigned a career specialist, and work on your job search—we just can't guarantee you a role.

We get it—not all our students live in San Francisco or New York. Part of working with a career specialist is learning where to look for roles and it might not be where you think. Digitization and emerging technology trends mean businesses across a huge range of industries are looking for professionals with the skills we teach.

For example, big corporate entities, consulting agencies, government organisations, manufacturers, and other kinds of suppliers are all looking for designers and developers to take them to the next level.

As part of the CareerFoundry community, you’ll be able to connect with a diverse, global group of tech professionals as you transition into your new careers together. You’ll also have access to online and in-person career events that focus on topics that are useful to your career development.