Dominic Murphy Geek Talent

Connecting education and employment

Who we are – Geek Talent, an award winning data science tech company have created a labour market intelligence platform and a careers portal The problem we solve – Students are making poor education and careers choices because of a severe lack of information. CareerHacker has been created to solve this lack of insight and open up this valuable data to all How we do it – We analyse millions of online social profiles and CVs covering more than 50% of the UK workforce. Our USP is our unique skills ranking technology with our breadth and depth of data Who we are and what problem do we solve

Our services Career Portal (B2B) Sponsorship/Ads Job postings License Fee Insight Product (B2B) Colleges Universities International Student Service (B2C) Student Fees Universities/College Commission Career service for international students

ICT Vs. Computer Science – We are training our students for an admin/call centre rather than high paid tech jobs – Tech employers do not value these basic level skills. Too much theory – heavy reliance on theory and 2 year exam rather than hands on practical experience. Low adoption rate – Less than 8% of children taking Computer Science as an option across some of the North East (Durham) Teacher CPD – little to zero support for current ICT teaching to migrate to new curriculum. Maths and Physics – Bursary's of £25k to £30k to teach yet places go unfilled in these core STEM subject areas. Computer Science on the curriculum

Help change policy – We must have the ability as part of the devolution deal to have more control over the curriculum which matches our real economy and does not stifle creativity and curiosity. We must also highlight and challenge the teacher recruitment issue Increase collaboration – Build strategic relationships between employers and schools Focused IAG efforts – Focus IAG on teachers and parents around the real labour market and future skills Teacher KTP – Offer quality placements for teachers and students in a more strategic manner Call to action