Pursuit

Pursuit Mission and Vision

Pursuit is a social enterprise nonprofit with a mission to create economic transformation. Pursuit trains low-income adults in the New York metro area to launch careers as software engineers, advance in their professions, and become the next generation of leaders in tech. Pursuit Fellows go from earning ~$18k to over $90k starting salary. Pursuit partners with top companies and VCs like Citi, Peloton, Uber, Blackstone, and Union Square Ventures to hire Fellows, with on-the-job training to ensure potential translates to performance. Since 2013, Pursuit has enabled over 500 low-income adults to thrive in tech careers, adding ~$1B in aggregate estimated lifetime wage gains.

We are focused on tackling systemic challenges that prevent low-income communities from building careers and achieving economic mobility. Our 4-year Fellowship is designed to create a more equitable tech industry and close income and wealth gaps for marginalized workers: all Fellows are from low-income populations; 70% are Black or Latinx; 50% are women or non-binary; 40% are immigrants; 60% do not have a 4-year degree; and 50%+ receive public assistance.

Our integrated model links the otherwise fragmented pieces of workforce development—1) community development; 2) one year of intensive job training; 3) a social job bond that removes financial barriers to upskilling and unlocks impact investments to fund our mission; and 4) a pioneering 3-year apprenticeship model with job commitments at top employers. This is how we are creating lasting economic transformation and changing workforce development for good.

Join our inclusive One Big Team! For the most up-to-date job listings (as we often have more than we will post to Idealist), please visit https://boards.greenhouse.io/pursuit