🌎 6 cohorts. 62 countries. We started OctoPrep to bridge the gap between education and employability and we didn't expect that our mission would drive us across the globe! Different countries. Different educational systems. Different job markets. What it tells us, this gap has no borders, a student from Nigeria, a graduate from India, an early-career professional from Australia are facing the same challenges when it comes to know where to start before applying for a job. Don’t see your country yet? Join us and help us add the next dot to the map! 🐙

✨ That’s a wrap for our c#6 OctoPreppers! For eight weeks, our participants learned, practiced, asked questions, shared their experiences and took action. Congratulations to all our Cohort #6 graduates! The program covered every stage of the job search. Participants identified their strengths and positioned themselves professionally. They researched companies, prepared for interviews, built their network and learned how to evaluate a job offer. c#6 OctoPreppers, congratulations again! We know these eight weeks are only the beginning. Our mission has not changed. We bridge the gap between education and employability, one cohort at a time! c: @AfricanWITS @JadaraFondation @PLPAfrica #OctoPrep #CareerReadiness #Employability #JobSearch #CareerDevelopment #Graduation

Very happy to announce that @OctoPrepAI is partnering with @EpitechBenin. The partnership makes a lot of sense: Epitech Africa builds strong technical skills and supports students within their local professional ecosystem. OctoPrep adds another layer: preparing them to navigate a global job market and build careers that can go beyond borders. Technical skills + career preparation + international exposure. Excited to now be part of that journey with a new generation of Epitech students! #Epitech #OctoPrep #TechTalent #CareerDevelopment #LaSecte

Last call for Cohort #7! Enroll now 👉 octoprep.ai Our next cohort starts on October 26, and fully funded scholarship seats are still available. If you are a student, recent graduate or early-career professional preparing to enter the job market, OctoPrep was built to help you understand and navigate the application process from start to finish. It should be about knowing what you are looking for, understanding what you bring to the table, identifying the right opportunities, preparing for them and knowing how to approach each step. And you won't be doing it alone. You'll be learning, practicing and exchanging with participants from 60+ countries and backgrounds throughout the program. Onboarding: October 23 Program: October 26 – December 19 800 fully funded scholarship seats have been made available for Cohort #7. Enroll now: octoprep.ai And if you know someone who could benefit from OctoPrep, share this post with them. Prepare with purpose. Apply with impact.

Cohort 7 is live today! 800 fully funded scholarship seats and someone you know somewhere need to see this. 👉 Enroll now: octoprep.ai When we opened C#6, ~100 people enrolled from Ethiopia in a few days. No partner, no ads. One person had shared us in a Telegram channel. If it is not for you, send it to one person who needs it. And if you want to participate to the scholarship initiative: 👉 lnkd.in/gaeUB_pZ Let's bridge the gap between education and employment together! #OctoPrep #Scholarship #EarlyCareer #Employability cc: @JadaraFondation @AfricanWITS @PLPAfrica @nsavecom @alx_africa

This week 2 was about building a professional presence that actually tells the same story across the board: → Positioning yourself intentionally on LinkedIn → Making your skills and direction immediately clear → Using GitHub as evidence of what you can build → Building a portfolio to show recruiters not just what you know, but what you’ve actually built. → Aligning your profiles with the opportunities you’re targeting Having the skills is one thing. Making it easy for recruiters and hiring managers to see and understand those skills is another. Two weeks down. Six to go!

Our founder just published a deep dive on a role most early-career professionals have never heard of, but that is quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing jobs in AI. The Forward Deployed Engineer. Full article here: linkedin.com/posts/sophierig… Job postings on Indeed grew 729% year-over-year by April 2026. OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, BCG, and EY are all hiring for it. The reason is simple. The models work. Making them work inside a real business does not. If you are early in your career and asking "will AI take my job before I get one," this article reframes the question and shows you where the real opportunity is.

🌍 850+ learners. 51 countries. One shared ambition. Today, we welcome Cohort #6 OctoPreppers! From Asia to Africa, Europe to North America and South America, our newest participants are joining a global community united by one goal: building stronger careers and long-term employability. None of this happens alone. We're incredibly grateful to our partners - @PLPAfrica, @AfricanWITS, and @JadaraFondation for believing in our mission and helping us reach talented learners around the world. Let's bridge the gap. Let's build together! Welcome to every new OctoPrepper! 🐙 🐙#OctoPrep #CareerPreparation #TechCareers #EarlyCareer #JobSearch #Community #AfricanTech #WomenInTech #CareerDevelopment

Proud to announce our partnership @JadaraFondation! For 20 years they've backed young people in Morocco the system left behind, from rural towns far from any university. A laptop, a monthly stipend, mentoring, 5 to 7 years of support each. Close to 3,500 supported so far. Through this partnership, we are bridging the gap between education and employability! Because Talent shouldn't be held back by a lack of opportunity. Thank you to the @JadaraFondation team for trusting us with your talent. cc: @Marieme55826191 #Jadara #CareerDevelopment #OctoPrep #FutureOfWork #EarlyCareerTalent

Congratulations Cohort 5! 🎉 Eight weeks of choosing themselves, every single week. Five cohorts in, and the thing that gets me hasn't changed: the hardest part of a job search isn't the applications. It's deciding you belong in the room before anyone tells you that you do. And c#5 decided to take a bet on themselves by showing up: ↳ 283 LinkedIn & GitHub profile reports generated ↳ 431 AI resume reviews generated ↳ 881 AI mock interview sessions completed ↳ 90% felt confident defining their career direction after week 1 ↳ 93% felt ready to walk into an interview after week 6 ↳ 97% felt equipped to handle self-doubt and rejection after week 7 In a tough market, showing up every week takes real commitment. These numbers prove they did. So proud of every single one of them! 🐙 Thank you for trusting Mariem and I. Thank you for trusting the process. Thank you for reminding me why we started OctoPrep. Cohort #5, this isn't the end. It's your new beginning! 🫶 #OctoPrep #CareerDevelopment #JobSearch

🔥 OctoPrep Cohort #6 is now open! 500 fully funded scholarship seats! Enroll 👉 octoprep.ai @_MariemEhab and I are opening Cohort 6 today. Before we do, here is what Cohort 5 has been telling us: ✨ "𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳." ✨ "𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺." ✨ "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵." When early-career talent gets structure and support, things change. For C#6 we are opening 500 scholarship seats. Fully funded. The same 8-week program behind that feedback. When early-career talent gets structure and support, things change. Let's bridge this gap together! #OctoPrep #TechCareers #Scholarship #JobPreparation #CareerSupport cc: @AfricanWITS @PLPAfrica @JadaraFondation @uonbi @KenyattaUni @UnivofGh @UnilagNigeria @nsavecom @alx_africa @facesofalxse @holbertonschool @AltSchoolAfrica

Seven seconds. It's what recruiters spend on your LinkedIn profile before deciding to keep reading. Recruiters scan fast. They want to know in seconds whether you could fit a role they're filling. #LinkedInTips #EarlyCareer #OctoPrep

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🐙 Cohort #5 is live! 780+ participants. 35+ countries. We are so proud of our new OctoPreppers! One voice from Week 1, Day 2: "𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩." This is only made possible with our scholarship contributors and our partners @PLPAfrica and @AfricanWITS #OctoPrep #Cohort5 #CareerPreparation

Talent shouldn't stop at training. Proud to announce our partnership with @PowerLearnProject - 15,000+ developers trained across Africa, on a mission to reach 1 million. Getting to 1 million matters. What happens after matters just as much. From 1 million trained to 1 million hired. 🐙🌍 @MumbindunguKE | @_MariemEhab #AfricaTech #CareerDevelopment #OctoPrep #TechTalent

We teach our participants that the right introduction changes everything. 🔥Two cohorts ago, one did. Today, we made it official! Proud to announce our partnership with @HororeBELL and @AfricanWITS , for their women and girls across multi cohorts. Technical skills get you to the door. Career prep gets you through it. Together, we are closing the loop! 🐙🌍 👉 octoprep.ai cc: @Marieme55826191 @A_Mutamba #WomenInTech #AfricaTech #OctoPrep