Industry Partners
Join Us in Shaping the Future of Tech Talent
Partner with us to help launch early tech talent in the fields that are defining the future.
Break Through Tech empowers students with the technical skills, professional readiness, real-world project experiences and the community they need to excel. You can play a crucial role in delivering life-altering experiential learning opportunities for diverse, emerging undergraduate talent to jumpstart their careers in tech.
PARTNER WITH US to:
- Bring innovative new perspectives to your organization.
- Create a long-lasting impact on the tech ecosystem.
- Enhance your brand and remain top-of-mind among emerging tech talent.
Get to Know our Early Tech Talent Community:
Break Through Tech works with undergraduates majoring in tech-related fields, with an emphasis on Black, LatinX, Native American, low-income women, and gender non-conforming individuals.
Benefits of Partnering with Break Through Tech
For Your Company
- Advance your diversity in tech objectives
- Refresh your brand and remain top of mind for the next generation of talent
- Garner fresh perspectives and solutions in tech projects
- Gain early-access to recruit from a pool of diverse tech-talent
For Your Employees
- Offer employees an outlet to mentor and hone their leadership skills
- Encourage volunteerism
- Boost employee engagement
For the Greater Good
- Support equity and inclusion in the tech world
- Provide students with a portfolio-building experience that will directly improve their chances of landing an internship and/or a full time job
- Increase awareness and opportunity for up-and-coming talent
Ways for You to Get Involved
Option 1: HOST our Students – The Sprinternship™
Experience:
Host a cohort of students for a 2-3 week micro-internship experience. During Sprinternship™, you immerse the students in the company culture while they tackle a real-world Challenge Project of your choice and present their findings to your organization. This program can be run virtually, hybrid, or in-person, and we help execute at every step.
Benefits:
- Boost your brand and highlight your workplace culture to emerging tech talent.
- Create a lasting impact by giving emerging tech talent a taste of what it would be like to work in your organization, and/or industry.
- Witness students’ performance in a real-world setting.
- Gain fresh perspectives and new insights on specific challenges important to your business.
- Build an early tech talent pipeline in high-demand fields like machine learning, AI, cybersecurity, data science, and more.
- Align your brand identity as an innovator in early career development.
Time frame: January or May
Duration: 2-3 weeks
Examples of Challenge Projects: Sprinterns have solved problems in product, strategy, cybersecurity, AI, computer science, engineering, and more.
To Learn More About Specific Projects In Your Industry Sector, Click Here
For More Details About The Sprinternship™ Program Click Here
Option 2: COACH our Students – AI Studio
Experience:
Pose a business challenge using a data set of your choice that the students will solve with their AI/ML skills under your direction. Break Through Tech prepares the students to tackle this challenge after completing a rigorous 9-week technical training in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Students work on their projects virtually, in teams, as an extracurricular activity under the supervision of a tech advisor from your company and support from our mentors.
Benefits:
- Leverage fresh perspectives on your business challenges with a team of students trained in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
- Assess your organization’s capabilities and need for emerging talent as the students work to solve problems in a real-world setting.
- Provide your employees with volunteer opportunities that help them showcase their leadership skills.
- Showcase your commitment to welcoming fresh and diverse perspectives.
- Consider emerging talent for future job opportunities at your organization.
Time frame: August to December
Time Commitment: 2 meetings a month for four months
Examples of AI Challenge Projects: Our students have worked and helped solve business problems using AI, data science, and machine learning in healthcare, finance, consulting, retail, tech, and many other industries.
To Learn More About Specific Projects In Your Industry Sector, Click Here
For More Details About AI Studio Click Here
Option 3: MENTOR our Students
It is incredibly fulfilling to know that you played a special role in helping a student develop their workplace skills and gain confidence to jump-start their career.
Experience:
Become a mentor to empower diverse undergraduate tech talent. Increase their awareness of job opportunities, help them build portfolios, and expand their networks. We will provide career development training to enhance your skills and drive successful outcomes.
Benefits:
- Impact on Future Generations: Mentors have the opportunity to shape the future by guiding the next generation of tech professionals.
- Personal Fulfillment: Mentoring will provide you with a sense of satisfaction and personal fulfillment as you contribute to others’ growth and success.
- Building Leadership Skills: It will help you further develop your leadership, communication, and coaching skills. It’s a great way to practice giving constructive feedback, inspiring others, and guiding someone toward achieving their potential.
Time commitment: Meet once monthly with your assigned student cohort from August to December.
Learn More About Mentorship Here
Option 4: HIRE our students
Interested in hiring our students?
Join over 250 companies in shaping the future of the tech industry.
Bring fresh perspectives, enhance your brand’s reputation among emerging talent, and build a future pipeline of highly motivated undergraduate students.
Ready to Partner with Us?
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