BRIDGING SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITY GAPS IN TECH - TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL.
Expanding economic opportunities by connecting underserved communities with the training, resources, mentorships, and career development needed to discover, launch and grow sustainable tech careers.
Impact
4 Study Groups
200 Student Training Programs
100 Cohorts Form
Impact - 200 people
Mission
Route360 is a 501(c)(3) social enterprise whose mission is to develop an ecosystem and platform that provides pathways to sustainable careers for people of color, unemployed and underemployed.
Route360 Career Pathways Platform
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Answer the questions - What are my options? Where do I start ?, What skills are employers looking for, What path best fits my background, How do I navigate the available resources, etc. Discovery of in-demand local job, sustainable careers, and the necessary training to get there.
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Skills development that meets the needs of employers struggling to find competent, highly skilled, and well-trained IT professionals.
Learning experiences help learners attain technical knowledge ordinarily gained from years of experience.
Strategically acquire the necessary skills employers are looking for and stay the course
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Leverage creative ways to help learners obtain on-the-job experience including an apprenticeship program. Apprenticeship, a time-tested approach to training that helps graduating learners obtain experience in their chosen tech career path, projects to help elevates their accomplishment portfolio etc.
Support services such as job search readiness, resume writing, etc.
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Succeed in the workplace and grow your career.
Tools and guidance to help people strengthen a growth mindset, set long-term goals, stay organized, think critically, capture achievements, get recommendations, and continually build their network. Additionally, mentor others, and develop leadership skills. Help people make sense of new career paths, labor market data, and other data sources. Build long-term relationships with workforce agencies, community-based organizations, training providers, and other intermediaries. The long-term playbook allows people continually discover, learn, launch and grow.
Equitable career navigator, a service-led but technology-enabled platform based on a Discover, Learn, Launch and Grow stages.
Provides a solution where job seekers in underserved communities have opportunities to overcome systemic problems and societal barriers to launching careers.
The career navigator provides a streamlined, personalized picture of a career pathway with access to mentors and other networks, skill-based training, and other support services that enable jobseekers to succeed as they navigate the labor market.
Help people achieve their greatest potential and provide lifelong assistance that helps people succeed in the workplace and grow their careers.
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity..”
— FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Route360 Programs Contributing to the Ecosystem
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Route360 Academy
Learning experiences from the lens of career development and employability
Education is the core of pathways to sustainable careers, and Route360 creates learning experiences that help job seekers obtain the skills and experience employers require and leverage technology to scale
Training programs are designed based on employer needs and align with current and future industry demands, so learners leave with career-ready skills.
With the proper training and coaching, significant gains can be realized by helping people develop their undiscovered skills, talents, and abilities. Set high expectations and help people believe they can be reached.
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Route360 Tech Talent Pipeline
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Route360 Internship
Immersive Summer Program aimed at equipping black undergraduate or graduate students with the technical training, network, resources and community they need to launch, sustain and excel in their tech careers.
Amplifies the typical internship experience with training focused on what companies are looking for that builds upon what they are learning in the classroom as introduction to emerging technologies.
Real-world experience on what it takes to collaboratively develop a product from scratch and the professional development skills required to excel at their tech career.
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Route360 Youth
Programs and events that focus on ensuring that students from communities of color engage in meaningful STEM opportunities and careers.
We help address the tech skills gap through education, coding and mentorship opportunities for youth under age 18, to spark their interest in computer science and technology careers.
Goals
Empower students with the mindset, skills, and access needed to embrace tech and innovation.
Close the tech skills gap, and promote innovation in education.
Leverage STEM teaching philosophy that integrates all four disciplines into a single, cross-disciplinary program that connects to real-world applications. Therefore support the development of students' 21st-century skills while they master specific content and knowledge.
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Route360 Tech Impact
We live in a technological economy, and the continuous integration of technology into all facets of private, professional, and public life is changing how companies compete, create value, and engage with their business partners and customers. Black-owned businesses don't always have the resources or expertise to leverage technological advances to deliver true competitive advantage. These advantages include customer experience, scale, cost, engagement, new channels to market, etc.
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Route360 Insights
Series of curated and original contents, podcast, workshop and events that dive into Future Of Work, the world of Learning, Job market analysis and tech career exploration.
Future of Work
It’s impact, and how we can ensure people are not left behind.
Learning
How people learn, environmental factors, and how to help develop undiscovered skills and talents.
Diversity & Inclusion
Promote solutions-driven conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion within tech