On our programme, 40+ startups pitch their roles to you. We’ll give you valuable training to help you get a job you love within weeks, and succeed once you’re in work.

Why Jumpstart?

40+

startups pitching their roles to you over Zoom

20

hours of training: from nailing a job interview, to Excel, to professional communication.

200

grads and professionals placed in top startups

For Grads

Join our 4 week virtual programme as a recent grad (0-2 yrs out of uni) to upskill yourself and find the right startup for you.

  • Land a full-time role at a top startup.
  • Get hired as a Generalist, Strategist, Marketer, Analyst and so on.
  • Join a startup working in sustainability, the arts, health, consumer, finance and many more.

Our startups are tackling homelessness, building crypto infrastructure, boosting socioeconomic diversity at top unis, extending life expectancy and more!

If you’re a proactive person looking to make an impact, apply now.

Know someone who could be a great fit? Refer a friend

For Career Switchers

Join our programme as a Career Switcher (3-6 yrs work experience) to accelerate your career and join a top startup.

  • Hear directly from founders and teams so you can assess each startup and find the right one for you.
  • Get hired as a Chief of Staff, Strategist, Marketer and so on.
  • Join a startup working in sustainability, the arts, health, consumer, finance and many more.

Our startups are tackling homelessness, building crypto infrastructure, boosting socioeconomic diversity at top unis, extending life expectancy and more!

If you’re a proactive person looking to make an impact and accelerate your career, apply now.

Know someone who could be a great fit? Refer a friend

For Startups

Join us as a Startup Partner and we’ll help you build out your team with bright, proactive people.

  • Pitch your role(s) to a cohort of top-quality candidates, and show them why your startup is the one to join.
  • Meet 30+ people who have been hand-selected from 2k+ applicants in just 15 minutes.
  • Hire people who have received 20+ hours of essential training (communication, problem solving, marketing, Excel and so on) before their first day.
  • Find your next junior (0-2 years experience) or senior (3-6 years experience) generalist, fast.

What People Are Saying

“It was the easiest and most organised employment process I've ever encountered. The team think of absolutely everything, from socials, to email introductions with companies, to specific start-up training.”

Hatty Tagart Social Media Executive, Wagestream

“With a lot of graduate job applications you’re knocking on doors and no one answers, but Jumpstart’s reversal of the process with people pitching to you was insanely attractive”

Nadia Elgaddal Marketing Associate at ViraHealth

“You get genuine practical training on the programme, which I use in my job everyday”

Paradis Farahati Omnichannel Analyst at Heroes

“Jumpstart helped me to start a career I am genuinely excited about - they matched me with an amazing start-up that I wouldn’t have found without them.”

Elle Kinsman, Graduate Influencer Growth Associate at Lick

Our alumni join startups working in sustainability

Our alumni join startups working in climate tech

Our alumni join startups working in health tech

Our alumni join startups working in financial tech

Our alumni join startups working in crypto

Our alumni join startups working in social impact

Our alumni join startups working in consumer

Our alumni join startups working in FemTech

We work with hundreds of startups across tons of industries, and around 50 pitch their roles to each cohort.

Sophia Shafiee: from studying Classics to building an e-commerce brand

Sophia was an editor of a student journal at the University of Oxford, as well as a volunteer for a Ugandan-based social enterprise, before she joined Jumpstart.

Nadia Elgaddal: Changing the game in women’s health

Nadia got onto Jumpstart after applying for a second time, and is now Marketing Associate at Vira Health, working on improving menopause care.

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Paradis Farahati: from music student to analyst

Paradis studied Music at Oxford, where she was also the First Year Officer for her college, before joining our November 2021 cohort. She then joined Heroes as...

Daniel Leung: Where AI meets sustainability

Daniel studied Engineering at UCL and Economics at LSE before joining Jumpstart's July 2021 cohort. 

Jonas Keavney: choosing startups over corporates

Jonas co-founded a tutoring company and music events company before applying to join our September 2021 cohort. Whilst he’s always been pretty entrepreneurial, it took him a...

Hatty Tagart: working in social media at a tech startup

Hatty studied English at Durham, where she was vice president of a charity fashion show, before joining our February 2022 cohort.

We flip the job hunt on its head

We flip the job hunt on its head

Top startups will pitch their roles to you over Zoom, and give you the opportunity to dig into the company mission, trajectory and culture.

Watch the video for a sneak peak!