Leap-Start Experience Excelerator Program
What is the Leap-Start Experience Excelerator Program?
The Leap-Start Program is designed to add significant workforce experience targeted at Tech, IT, and Cyber program students approaching graduation and students who have recently graduated but are in need of substantive work experience before being able to successfully compete for jobs.
There are 15+ participating employers (and growing!) who are looking for students in a variety of tech, IT, and cybersecurity fields to join them. These internships are paid (starting at $19/hour and have flexible hours during the semester and a possibility to work full time during the summer.
Students who have completed the Leap-Start Program have transitioned to full-time jobs in their field of choice.
Who Can Participate and for How Long?
Student Employment – UH students pre-graduation, part-time, and full-time
Trainee Employment – Post graduation, full-time
Program participation term is for finite period not to exceed 2 years
Participants can exit program at any time for employment
Participants not hired over course of term will be off-boarded at the end of the term with support for subsequent job search effort
How Does This Program Work?
The University of Hawaii - Information Technology Services will provide initial hiring, on-boarding, and "bootcamp" training to prepare accepted students.
Once on-boarding is completed, participants will be paired with participating employers for task assignments of 2 to 6+ months.
Employer will provide the participant temporary job opportunities (part-time or full-time) along with appropriate supervision for participant for task being performed.
Employer may choose to directly hire the participant at any time during term of program.
Participants not hired will return to participant pool for additional employer assignments after task assignment is completed.
How To Get Started
If you do not have an account with ClimbHI, register to make an account at https://bridge.climbhi.org
Fill out your Profile and upload your Resume.
Select “Opportunities” and filter by “Internships”
Find and view “Leap Start : IT/Cyber Leap-Start Experience Excelerator”
Complete the form to apply!