Launch your career with COOP

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We all need the right relationships to launch a meaningful career.

COOP’s tuition-free fellowship matches peer cohorts of underemployed college grads with alumni coaches who support them in building the professional skills and networks they need to get their first good job after graduation.

Through the power of peer connections, our program has propelled thousands of underemployed college grads into career success. Historically, 60% of COOP fellows secure full-time roles requiring a bachelor’s degree within a year of completing the fellowship, with a median starting salary of $53,000 per year.

Learn more about how COOP can help you build the skills and connections you need for the career you deserve.

Peer cohorts

Finding meaningful work is hard. Why should it be lonely?

Your cohort at COOP is your crew, your squad—basically, your go-to people who lay the groundwork for your network.

Every spring and fall, COOP convenes peer cohorts of 16-20, first-gen college grads in New York, California, and Chicago.

For 16 weeks, these motivated fellows meet nightly (for a total of 200 hours) to learn technical skills, practice interviewing and networking, meet potential employers, and build community to secure full-time positions in Digital Marketing, Data Analytics, and Financial Services.

Alumni captains

Each cohort is led by a team of captains, returning COOP alumni who serve as coaches, mentors, and guides.

Curriculum

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Build a strong foundation of hard skills to develop the knowledge you need for a career in the digital economy:

Excel

Google Analytics

SQL

Programmatic and more

Strengthen soft skills to develop your strengths and grow a professional network:

Communication

Conflict resolution

Time management and more

Grow job-hunting skills so you can hit the job market with a plan, a portfolio, and support from peers:

Resume and cover letter writing

Email etiquette

Collective networking and more

COOP’s 200-hour head-heart-hustle curriculum introduces participants to the hard and soft skills of key industries and provides guidance and support as they search for that good first job.

We design our curriculum with initial and ongoing input from senior leaders and junior practitioners at our industry hiring partners. We work with our partners to understand industry needs to best incorporate the latest technology and tools into our curriculum and program implementation.

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Connections

While we don’t guarantee positions, we are absolutely committed to helping you make as many connections as possible, for as long as it takes.

Our dedicated Employer Partnerships team builds relationships with employers to connect participants and alumni to full-time, salaried positions.

COOP fellows have access to networking events, skill-development workshops, and a dynamic job board that lists open professional opportunities with our employer partners.

We frequently host career events which bring together employer partners and recent COOP alumni to network, learn, and interview for open positions in the digital economy.

COOP alumni are building careers at Publicis Media, TikTok, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bloomberg, and Barclays, among others.

Alumni services

COOP has a strong Alumni Engagement team that provides ongoing coaching and training for at least the first year post-completion. Each alumni manager maintains a caseload of COOP alumni to support them in getting their first good job.

The 200 hours of our fellowship are truly just the beginning for being a part of the COOP community.

COOP off ongoing alumni services including workshops, coaching, and support for at least a year post-completion.

Out team also provides access to free career tools, community spaces to connect with other alumni, and virtual and in-person employer events.

Applied learning capstone

The client project adds a practical and collaborative dimension to the learning experience. The hands-on experience is a valuable way for students to apply what they've learned in a real-world context.

Our program culminates in an end-of-program group project that serves as a hands-on learning experience for fellows to gain professional skills.

The capstone project offers our fellows the opportunity to demonstrate and refine their technical and soft skills in real time.

Fellows collaborate in small groups to derive data-driven insights that replicate entry level job responsibilities in data analytics, digital marketing, and financial services.

Completing the capstone project results in a deliverable—such as a report or presentation—that serves as a tangible work-like experience they can leverage during their career search and highlight during job interviews.

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