Accenture

As the world’s largest tech consultancy, Accenture are continuously winning new work from clients – and they need to fulfil demand and resource projects. Due to challenges around sourcing Java and Cloud Engineers, they came to us for a solution. We decided to create a pipeline for them – and a diverse one at that. Our solutions have enabled rapid team expansion, with individuals fully trained in the exact tech stack that Accenture required.

Accenture came to us with ambitious growth plans – to hire 3,000 technologists within 3-5 years. The challenge they were facing at the time was being able to scale quickly without compromising on quality.

They wanted to add to their existing Java and Cloud teams, which have become notoriously candidate-short markets.

We built a bespoke training course that would arm Accenture with skilled, job-ready Engineers within just 12 weeks. To provide Accenture with immediate talent in the interim, we placed three job-ready engineers with them who came through our Open Programme and were equipped with the necessary tech skills to join Accenture straight away.

We developed a bespoke curriculum tailored to Accenture’s needs and began our process. Our in-house Marketing team provided co-branded marketing material in order to attract a diverse range of individuals. Our messaging ensured that everyone accepted onto the training course was fully aware of Accenture’s company culture and would be a great fit to their existing tech teams. This saved us the time that would be spent screening and interviewing candidates during a more traditional recruitment process. With our cohort fully committed to joining Accenture, there was minimal risk of dropout or offer refusal – again, saving time for Accenture and ensuring the process was streamlined and seamless. Our efforts attracted over 1,000 applications within just 4 weeks

We sourced 14 individuals for this bespoke program. Our team of coaches provided the necessary tech stack training, as well as teaching soft skills that would enable our engineers to thrive in a professional environment.

After completing their 12 weeks of training with us, all 14 individuals were deployed to Accenture as _nologists, with the intention of becoming permanent team members.

We’ve now been running ongoing training programs to deploy _nologists into Accenture as needed. In 2024, we are the preferred vendor based on Social Value. Our most recent deployment was nine _nologists into their Advance Technology Centre based out of Newcastle, UK. 33% Women, 11% LGBTQIA+ and 67% aged over 25.

The main benefit of our solutions for Accenture is being able to remain on-track to meet their growth goals. Our ability to be flexible in our partnership and create bespoke models enables rapid team expansion, with individuals fully trained in the exact tech stack that Accenture require. Rather than sourcing existing tech talent, we are able to create job-ready talent that are genuinely passionate and excited about joining Accenture.

Due to our marketing efforts, we’ve been able to source quality talent across the UK, while also fulfilling Accenture’s own commitments to diversity and inclusion. By widening the net, we can source people from a much more diverse pool than recruiting from the existing talent pool – within tech, the talent pool is generally homogenous and lacking in diversity.

We’re able to create a diverse pipeline of tech talent that we can assign to client projects at short notice.

Overall, our _nologists placed with Accenture have been:

1/3 Women

67% Aged over 25

60% Career changers with non-tech backgrounds

61% Ethnic minorities (non-white British)

We also put a lot of effort into ensuring social mobility – supporting those from non-STEM backgrounds, those without degrees, and those from underrepresented and underprivileged backgrounds in pursuing their passions and kickstarting their careers in technology. We’re proud to continue working with Accenture to achieve their social impact goals.