COMPETE
STEMatch COMPETE helps you access a traditionally-untapped, job-ready talent pool
…and make tech jobs more accessible to Americans in lower-income communities
It’s hard to find great tech talent
Built by business people, for business
COMPETE is a non-profit workforce development program that helps you access a historically untapped pool of job-ready candidates. These candidates have the significant technical training required to perform entry-level software development, cybersecurity, electrical engineering/electronics, bio/pharma lab technician, and IT support jobs. STEMatch provides the soft skills training needed to succeed in your company. Add light-lift mentoring and internship experience - that’s where our corporate partners come in - and COMPETE graduates are ready to solve your talent needs.
Created by business people, for business - STEMatch COMPETE began as an experiment by tech delivery and tech-user companies such as IBM, Mimecast, State Street Bank and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Tech execs evaluated the cybersecurity curriculum at MassBay Community College - and interviewed and assessed students’ “hireability”, to determine if community colleges could be a scalable talent feeder for tech jobs.
The tech execs’ unanimous conclusion? Community college students CAN be effective entry-level hires, with additional work skills training, mentoring, and internship experience. And this is what the COMPETE program provides hard-working students.
STEMatch COMPETE
A new path to high-paying tech jobs for lower-income, rural, and other underserved communities.
A new, practical, and effective pipeline for software, cybersecurity, IT support, electrical engineering, and bio/pharma talent.
