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Thank you for your question. Since its inception, HIP has been dedicated to finding the most effective ways to maximize impact by empowering working professionals. Our journey started with a focus on corporate fundraising, but after trialing various strategies and gathering insights, we found that on the margin, talent holds the most transformative potential today. Through an iterative approach—testing hypotheses and refining our programs—we uncovered that connecting skilled professionals with high-impact roles offered the greatest leverage.
This led us to launch two new initiatives in 2023: the Impact Accelerator Program (IAP) and the Talent Directory (TD). Designed to channel skilled professionals toward high-impact roles, these programs tested our hypothesis that talent transitions could yield substantial, lasting impact.
The results have been exciting. In 2023, our pilot round of the IAP helped facilitate 5 career transitions, and we saw the potential to scale. This year, we expanded significantly—starting with around 20 people in IAP 1 and growing 6.5x to reach approximately 130 participants in 2024, including the 50 current IAP 4 participants whose career transitions will contribute to our impact for the year. Each round has built upon the last, with constant improvements aimed at supporting professionals in impactful career transitions. One of those improvements is the addition of the Pledge Partnership, which we started in July 2024.
Our TD has also shown promising growth. So far, we know of 12 confirmed hires through the TD, though we expect the actual number may be higher as not all participants report back. We anticipate that as awareness of the TD grows, so too will the number of successful placements, with potential for even greater impact as more organizations and professionals become engaged.
Our vision for 2025 is to continue scaling the IAP and TD, reaching more professionals, inspiring more transitions, and expanding our pledge community.
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Thanks, @Denkenberger! We’ve been excited by the results we’re seeing and are always pushing for that number to go even higher. That success rate is due to some features of the program, including a network of amazing people who push each other to do more and the program’s holistic approach to high-impact careers from high-absorbancy paths to more niche selective opportunities.
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Hi, Chris. Thanks for your question. We’re giving that possibility serious consideration and may release the content more broadly in the (potentially near) future. If we do, we will be sure to let the EA community know via the Forum and other channels. Though not nearly as robust as the full content, for the time being, please feel free to refer to the FAQ section of the IAP page on our website for an overview of each of the program’s core 6 weeks: https://www.highimpactprofessionals.org/impact-accelerator-program.
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Talent Directory for EA Hiring Managers/Recruiters and Job Seekers
Hey Sarah,
Great question. Short answer is we don’t know as we haven’t gotten feedback loops on it.We proactively shared the list of candidates with many organizations who were interested and also added the list of candidates to our talent directory so there is still the potential for further matches, but without the feedback loops it is hard to be more concrete.
We will do a broader survey to organizations and to sign ups later in the year to see how many matches were facilited but it is quite costly to do so so we’ve prioritized getting new features out.
Hope this is helpful.
Impact Accelerator Program for EA Professionals
Great! This project looks really interesting!
Great initiative! People who’ve gotten laid off are also welcome to sign-up to our talent directory—we will try to get you placed at a high-impact organization. More in our post.
Also, happy to coordinate with you on this @nicolenohemi if you think it makes sense.
Yes! This is the right answer. We have a question about this on the sign up form and plan on forwarding those interested to the EA good governance project.
Thank you, Chris. We’ve looked for a duplicate, in case one was inadvertently posted, but are only seeing this one. In any event, we hope that the information contained in the post is helpful and would encourage all interested to apply to the program.