Where potential meets opportunity.
We connect emerging and transitioning professionals to 2-5 week projects where they develop real client experience, receive on-the-job coaching, and discover what to look for in their ideal workplace.
Employers can see a candidate's hidden skills, abilities and behaviors in action, ensuring they find the best-fit candidate regardless of background.
Go beyond the resume
Belonging
Impact
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internships help explore culture, but interns lack agency
contract work can drive real value, but feels disconnected
Experiences where candidates find belonging and drive impact
Otterwise projects go a step beyond internships, apprenticeships or contract work.
By working on real client projects, candidates have agency and take pride in what they build. Projects are designed to allow candidates and employers to bond and experience what it is like working with each other, fostering long-term working relationships where employees feel purpose and belonging.
Compare hard and soft skills to what the job really needs
We help employers more realistically define what skill level is needed for the role. We measure how candidates perform and develop during each project, then show where their current abilities lie and where they have strong potential for growth.
This helps show employers where candidates can hit the ground running versus where they would benefit under mentorship.
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Find career satisfaction and develop competencies faster
Project-based learning, when combined with our expert coaches, peer support, and professional development workshops, help candidates better define which skills and job functions they excel at, love the most, and can develop further in.
Employers gain insight into what kind of responsibilities, opportunities, and support their new hires need to maximize career satisfaction and growth trajectory.
Why Otterwise?
The only way to test whether the career and culture is the right fit for you before committing to a job.
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Learn how to describe your skills and passion in the language of the workplace
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Experience a week or month-in-the-life with hands-on projects for real startups
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Receive guidance, advice and career support from top mentors in your industry
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Replace the resumes and application process with projects that get you hired
We're leveling the playing field
At Otterwise, we believe that if you can do the job, you should get the job.
Otterwise ensures all candidates are considered equally for their merits and potential rather than their background by hosting projects where they can show what they can do, rather than what they've done.
