Funded by Innovate UK
Your skills. Your next break.
Your route to paid AI, data and cybersecurity experience in London and the East of England. Show your skills. Build your Work Passport. Give employers a reason to choose you.
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Is this for you?
You’ve built the skills. Now you want the chance to use them. Sound familiar?
Give your skills a platform.
Show your skills. Gain experience. Get support along the way. Innovate UK funds the programme, so you pay no fees—and placements are paid.
Let your skills speak
Show your ability in artificial intelligence (AI), data or cybersecurity through PeopleXYZ’s skills assessment. Your name, gender and referral source stay hidden during assessment.
Earn while you prove yourself
If selected, spend four paid weeks on real business work. Build experience, with feedback halfway through and at the end.
Support to shine
Keep learning with coaching, mentoring and regular check-ins, plus an AI workplace companion for day-to-day support.
Room to grow
Turn a good fit into your next opportunity. If you both continue, the job is at least six months and 25 hours a week, at or above the Living Wage.
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Proof you can take forward.
Walk into your next interview with evidence. Your Work Passport records your assessment, placement work, reviews and outcome—so you can show your contribution wherever you apply next.
Over 150,000 people assessed and 1,000 placed into roles. PeopleXYZ assesses your skills and handles placement employment arrangements.
Your ability comes first. Names, gender and referral source are hidden during assessment. Jobcentre Plus eligibility is shared only after matching.
How it works
Start with PeopleXYZ. Show your ability, meet employers and explore your next move. Placements depend on matching and selection; jobs are not guaranteed.
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Show your skills
Choose AI, data and business analysis, or cybersecurity with PeopleXYZ. Take the Capacity Core skills assessment.
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Get matched
Let your assessment open the conversation. PeopleXYZ puts you forward for suitable roles.
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Interview
Meet the employer, explore the work and see whether the opportunity fits you.
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Four-week paid placement
Put your skills to work, with a supervisor, midpoint and final reviews, and coaching and mentoring alongside.
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Choose your next step
A good fit and a job offer? Choose whether to continue for at least six months, with at least 25 hours a week at or above the Living Wage.
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Take your proof with you
Make your next application stronger with verified evidence of your skills and contribution.
Four weeks. Make your mark.
Pick a clear goal with your supervisor. Track what you contribute, ask for feedback and capture the result. Those details make stronger interview stories. Use your Work Passport as evidence, and get permission before sharing workplace material.
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Is the placement paid?
Yes—all four weeks. Funding comes from the host employer or Jobcentre Plus support where eligible. Before accepting, confirm your pay, hours, payer and payment dates with PeopleXYZ.
Does it cost me anything?
No. Innovate UK funds recruitment, assessment, matching, interviews, programme platform access and placement support.
What happens after the four weeks?
You decide together whether to continue. Any job offered through the programme must be at least six months, with at least 25 hours a week at or above the Living Wage. A job is not guaranteed; your Work Passport is still yours to take forward.
What is a Work Passport?
Your skills, backed by evidence: a verified record of your assessment, placement work, reviews and outcome. Use it in applications and interviews.
Where do I need to be based?
Opportunities are with employers in London and the East of England. PeopleXYZ can confirm location, travel and in-person requirements for each role.
Who's behind this?
PeopleXYZ and CloudFO, funded by Innovate UK under the TechLocal competition (project 10196626), supported by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Ready for your next break?
Bring your skills and ambition to PeopleXYZ. Explore available roles, check eligibility and find out how to get assessed.
Looking for your next hire?
Meet assessed tech talent. See them work over four paid weeks. Decide whether to hire—with no recruitment fee.