Frequently Asked Questions

None of those. HeadStartIT is a placement platform for skilled freshers. We don't list jobs and leave candidates to search alone, and we don't teach the technical fundamentals — that's what our training partners do. We pick up right where training ends: assessing job-readiness, closing any last-mile gaps, and placing graduates directly into real jobs.

Training providers are already best placed to teach real technical skills — building that from scratch ourselves would duplicate work that's done well elsewhere. What was consistently missing was the last mile: turning a trained graduate into a placed one. Partnering with training providers lets us focus entirely on that gap, at the scale of whole graduating cohorts rather than one candidate at a time.

We set up a simple partnership agreement based on your curriculum, cohort size and goals. From there, we co-deliver hands-on skills training on-site, woven into your regular course structure and delivered under your own brand. Once your graduates are ready, we assess them against real employer expectations, close any last-mile gaps, and run the placement process with our employer network until they land a full-time offer — working alongside your own placement team, not replacing it.

Coding bootcamps, IT training institutes and upskilling academies — any structured program that produces graduates with real technical skills, aiming for a first professional IT role.

Placement — assessment, closing last-mile gaps, and running the process with our employer network — is free. The only cost is for the hands-on skills training we deliver on-site as part of your course structure, entirely under your own brand; pricing depends on your program and cohort size, so we keep that conversation direct — get in touch and we'll walk you through it.

No. We join as an additional placement channel alongside your existing placement team — not a replacement for it. Your team keeps running exactly as it does today; we simply add another route to a job for your graduates.

No — we share what we're seeing, including where employers are consistently finding gaps, so you can factor it back into your curriculum over time.

Share your current and future junior resource requirements. We shortlist candidates from our training partner network — already trained and job-readiness assessed — and arrange interviews. From there, hire your selected candidates directly onto your rolls, or go contract-to-hire first if you'd rather ease them in.

There's no cost to browse profiles or interview candidates — a single placement fee applies only once you extend a full-time offer. Get in touch for pricing details tailored to your hiring volume.

Direct hiring is our default path, since every candidate is already trained and job-readiness assessed before you meet them. That said, we can place them on our payroll under a contract-to-hire arrangement if you'd like to see their work firsthand before converting them to your rolls — it's an option, not a requirement.