Schools

Columbia University - New York, NY

The SLICE Program at the Morningside Campus of Columbia University's Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science offers qualified residents from Harlem and other neighboring communities the chance learn computer skills that can lead to information technology careers. SLICE (Service Learning in a Community Environment) is offered at no cost and is designed for unemployed and under-employed local residents who wish to pursue a challenging new career.

Through a strategic relationship with WOS, SLICE helps find employment for its students. WOS finds part-time employment in the community so students get hands-on experience while they are working toward their certificate from Columbia. Many graduates stay on to become consultants with US Outsource - a division of WOS, while others secure full-time employment with the companies with whom they interned, and others go on to earn their college degrees.

Rutgers University-Newark - Newark, NJ

Study, Opportunity, Aspiration, Rutgers-Newark (SOAR) was created in early 2008 as an innovative workforce development program through a strategic alliance with Workforce Outsource Services (WOS), a not-for-profit, outsource technology firm that invests in social ventures to build employee competency and worker pools in the high-tech community. The 16-month certification program targets high school or GED graduates in New Jersey's urban areas.

At no cost to those accepted into the program, the SOAR partnership offers local residents an intensive series of professional courses, career advising, mentoring, and ultimately assistance securing full-time employment in the IT field. SOAR bridges the digital divide with long-term academic, social, and professional support, targeting populations traditionally underrepresented in the high-technology industry, building their skill sets, and enlarging the local pool of qualified technology workers.

Penn State University-Lehigh Valley - Allentown, PA

The WOS program at Penn State-Lehigh Valley is a collaboration between WOS, Penn State-Lehigh Valley, and Guardian Life Insurance. The program targets graduated or graduating high school seniors that are ready for college but lack the necessary financial support structure needed for college success. Students are taught a specialized curriculum tailored to meet the needs of Guardian. Specifically, the curriculum focuses on the Software Development Lifecycle. The program is divided into three thirteen-week semesters in which the students take courses such as System Analysis and Design, Quality Assurance, JAVA, SQL, .NET, and also work on their soft skills through our Mentoring courses.

Upon successful completion of the first semester, students begin part-time consulting work for Guardian Life. As consultants, the student's roles at Guardian are diverse; they include Quality Assurance, Business Analyst, Network Engineer, and Data Center Operations positions.

For the second and third semesters, students continue working part time and going to school, and after the third semester, transition into full-time consultants. Once they become full-time consultants, and after receiving their certificate of completion, participants in the program receive tuition reimbursement for up to six credits per semester at any state university of their choice, as well as single health insurance at no cost. The program is designed to provide a pathway toward a successful career in IT as well as a debt-free college education for young adults in the Penn State-Lehigh Valley region.

University of Akron - Akron, OH

WOS and The University of Akron have begun a partnership to serve aspirational students from urban areas of Cleveland, Ohio. The track is designed to help young adults who are first-time job seekers by placing them in a 12-month work-study program. The WOS classes focus on both the hard and soft skills that will prepare them for the transformation into the workplace such as business etiquette, project management, hardware, software and desktop support, network technologies and information systems security.  

Students are able to employ the skills they are taught into the business world in the second term, when they begin working part-time for sponsor companies such as Eaton Corporation. Upon successful completion of the courses, students receive a Certificate in Computer Technician Technologies from the University of Akron. This partnership with the University of Akron allows WOS to provide training and job placement to young adults in Ohio who otherwise might not have had access to either higher education or a private-sector job.

Penn State University-Abington - Abington, PA

University of North Florida - Jacksonville, FL

Gibbs Community College

Based in Livingston, New Jersey, Gibbs Community College also assists WOS in identifying quality candidates for the program's New Jersey based curriculum and operations

Newark Public School System

The Newark Public School System has been instrumental in identifying quality candidates for the WOS program's New Jersey based curriculum and operations.

Harlem Business Alliance

Harlem Business Alliance has been working with WOS to recommend candidates for the program's New York based curriculum and operations.