We are a living Laboratory studying the future of work
We work with partners and collaborators to turn research into functional products and training programmes that convert into real jobs. Real jobs for impacted and transitional sectors, vulnerable communities and people locked out of work.
The people most often left out of work are part of the answer to the shortages of the future
The questions we are spending our time on
Workforce of the future
Working with our partners to research the future of work and the skills and training it demands.
Pathways into work
Co-designing routes into lasting jobs for transitional workers, refugees and vulnerable communities.
Sectors in transition
Understanding what happens to workers when industries shift, and building the retraining that moves them into what comes next.
Barriers to hiring
Testing what actually removes obstacles, from recognising prior skills and building employer confidence to addressing the practical blockers that keep capable people out of work.
A disciplined pipeline, with a human purpose
We run TalentCo Labs like a proper R&D pipeline. An idea only moves forward when the evidence earns it, and we judge everything by a single measure: whether it helps a real person into good work.
Discover & ground
We define the problem with you and the people it affects, and test it against real labour market evidence.
Partners help scope the challenge and share on the ground insights.
Build & prove
We develop and pilot an approach, tracking hard outcomes, placements, retention and progression into training.
Partners host pilots, refer participants, or open up roles and training places.
Deliver & sustain
TalentCo Labs doesn't stop at a finished product. It stops when the work is delivering. We turn a proven pilot into a lasting programme that keeps creating jobs and training for vulnerable and transitional communities, well beyond the initial project.
Partners scale delivery and keep opening up roles and training pathways. Success isn't measured by what is built. It's measured by more people from vulnerable and transitional communities entering work and training, and staying there
We are a living Laboratory studying the future of work
A percentage of our profits are invested in our living laboratory, TalentCo Labs.