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TRANSFORM YOUR TECH RECRUITMENT WITH CODE FIRST GIRLS
At Code First Girls (CFG), we’ve partnered with over 130 companies to train and place diverse tech talent directly into their organisations. Whether you’re building an entry-level pipeline, hiring mid-level specialists, or seeking immediate hires through Recruit, Train, Deploy (RTD), we have numerous successful case studies to showcase how you can transform your recruitment locally and globally.
Our model is unique in that we provide free tech education to women across the UK and internationally, creating new pathways into an industry that has historically excluded them. For employers, this means access to a skilled, engaged, and diverse workforce that is ready to meet the demands of today’s tech market.
We’ve asked our partners why they choose CFG as a critical part of their talent strategy? From delivering a strong ROI to improving diversity of thought across teams to future-proofing their talent pipelines at speed, our partners continue to evolve and build upon their recruitment needs with CFG.
Underpinning all this, though, there are key elements – that our partners further elaborate on below – that really enhance their experience with Code First Girls in terms of successful delivery of the programme.
So, how does Code First Girls actually help organisations with their tech recruitment?
No more competing for tech talent
95% of employers searching for tech talent encounter skills shortages. With demand outpacing supply, traditional tech recruitment is no longer enough.
Having provided tech education for over 250,000 women, CFG has built one of the largest and most diverse pools of women in tech globally. Our partners tap into this talent by choosing from different parts of our education funnel, depending on their business needs:
- Entry-level: fresh graduates, career switchers, and returners looking to start their journey.
- Mid-level: tech professionals with 1.5 – 2 years of tech experience, looking to take the next step in their career.
- RTD (Recruit Train Deploy): ready-to-work immediate hires, trained on the skills your projects demand right now.
By providing opportunities that many candidates would otherwise not access, our partners unlock alternative talent routes and gain a competitive advantage, while also directly addressing the gender gap.
Build a bespoke pipeline at scale
CFG provides training across Core and Specialist digital skill areas, with our curriculum allowing you to select education streams linked to career pathways such as Software and Data Engineering, Data Science, Cyber Security, and AI/ML.
These tracks are embedded into every stage of our offering – entry-level, mid-level, and RTD – ensuring talent is always job-ready and aligned with your organisation’s requirements.
Whether you need a handful of Associate Software Engineers or 20 Cyber Security Specialists, CFG builds scalable, flexible tech recruitment pipelines that adapt as your business needs change. The result? Reduced hiring costs, faster deployment, and a pipeline that evolves with the market.
Guaranteed hires, without compromise
With CFG your hires are guaranteed, without compromising on quality.
Unlike many providers, CFG places transparency at the heart of the process. For our entry-level and mid-level programmes, candidates apply to our programmes knowing which employers are sponsoring places, the roles available, and the career pathways ahead, ensuring high levels of commitment and alignment from day one. Our pool of immediate hires outline the roles, and locations, they are interested in being deployed to. This enables women to remain in their communities, within a role that they are personally passionate about.
All candidates undergo a rigorous selection process to ensure their skills, values, and work experience align with your needs. CFG shortlists those who match your hiring criteria, and you make the final decision on who to sponsor or deploy.
- 96% completion rate on CFGdegree vs. 65% for bootcamps and 60.5% for apprenticeships.
- Our reinvestment model ensures reserve candidates are trained and ready, minimising risk.
This means immediate hires are always available, while permanent hires are delivered with both skill and reliability.
Expert candidate matching, simplified
52% of talent acquisition leaders say shortlisting is the hardest part of tech recruitment as it’s time-intensive and costly. CFG removes that friction.
Every partner is supported by a dedicated Client Success Manager, who works to understand your exact needs. From there, CFG handles the heavy lifting of shortlisting, presenting you only with the strongest candidates.
You remain in control of the final decision, while CFG ensures the process is streamlined, efficient, and focused on cultural fit.
Join a network of industry leaders
Working with CFG is more than recruitment; it’s joining a movement of businesses driving change in tech.
Our partners don’t just gain diverse talent, but access to thought-leadership, peer learning, and high-profile events where industry leaders collaborate on the future of tech hiring. From sector roundtables to flagship events like our recent House of Commons session with Aviva and the Women in Finance Charter, CFG partners are shaping the conversation, and helping to drive action around diversity in tech.
When you choose CFG, you join a network of corporate change-makers building a stronger, fairer, and more innovative tech workforce.
GET IN TOUCH WITH CODE FIRST GIRLS
Get in touch with Code First Girls to learn more about how we can help you build a diverse talent pipeline, and upskill your employees, to create a future-ready workforce.