Our impact
Generation is a charity committed to supporting people facing barriers to employment into life-changing, otherwise inaccessible, careers through a unique model of profession-specific bootcamp training with extensive wrap-around support.
Since launch in Ireland in late 2020 we’ve grown to become the Ireland’s leading charity delivering skills-to-employment focused bootcamps – supporting more than 600 people so far. We’re part of a global Generation network that has supported over 125,000 people, delivering broad, deep and durable social impact.
How we work Our Methodology
Find and nurture
We find and nurture unemployed and underemployed people, who have been referred by one of our partners, met us at an event, or read about us online.
Select diverse groups
We then select diverse groups of learners who are motivated to seek life-changing work, yet facing barriers they are struggling to overcome.
Deliver
1-3 month, full-time, profession-specific, ‘bootcamps’ with experts teaching key skills, mindsets, behaviours and employability needed to thrive in entry-level roles.
Support
Learners with extensive wrap-around pastoral mentorship and employability coaching support across 1:1s and group sessions, during programmes and for six months after.
Matchmake
Learners to interviews with our employer partners who are looking to hire diverse talent for given Professions.
Track
Our activity and learners’ progress into roles and through time in their careers, to understand our impact and highlight where we can improve.
Data at the center.
With over 40 million data points and growing, we understand the full employment journey for graduates and can continually improve our approach.
Our Impact in Numbers
We define our impact as as advancing on three dimensions simultaneously
Breadth
learners in Ireland since launching in 2020
Skills bootcamps delivered
Depth
of learners placed in jobs within six months of programme completion
per year average starting salary for our learners
Durability
job retention at one year
of learners feel more confident in their future
Who We Serve
Life-changing employment
We don’t just focus on job placements — we aim for deep and durable impact, placing our learners into careers that truly transform their lives. We want to see them in roles where they can grow, succeed, and build lasting careers. Of the 300+ placements we’ve made, the average salary is €31,000/year1—double the typical income our learners earned before joining us, the majority of whom relied on social welfare or low-paying part-time jobs.
Generation Ireland learners:
Are more positive about their future
Feel more prepared for the workplace
Feel more optimistic about their future
“Data has driven our decision making, enabled continuous improvement, and provided insights and rigour on our social impact. Using counterfactual analysis our learners are twice as likely to find work than without our support. Moreover, the jobs we help them secure are their first step on lifechanging careers, offering a step-change in earnings immediately and thereafter, creating an ability to save, and establishing a foundation to thrive. That’s real socioeconomic mobility, enabled by skills bootcamps.”
On-the-job performance keeps employers coming back
employers have hired our graduates
would hire Generation graduates again
of graduates remain in employment after one year
“ Generation has given us a stream of eager candidates who want to build a long-term career. Their dedication and readiness to commit have made a real difference.”
Store Computer Technology (STC)
View the results of our Alumni survey
Each year, we survey thousands of Generation learners across the world
2023 Alumni Survey Results