Edge targets Midlands graduates for testing careers.
One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, is encouraging Midlands students to consider software testing as a career with a target of a further 100 graduates UK-wide over the next three years.
Edge Testing has already appointed eleven Edge Academy graduates from Midlands universities, including the University of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire University and the University of Birmingham.
Since 2013, the company has been actively promoting software testing as a career for anyone interested in the digital sector or computer science through its Edge Academy.
A two-year learning program that combines hands-on experience with classroom-based software testing training at its Birmingham, Manchester and Bellshill (near Glasgow) locations, the Edge Academy is open to a range of candidates interested in testing as a career, including school leavers with a passion for IT, graduates, graduate level apprentices and older career changers.
Nadia McKay, Testing Services Director at Edge Testing, added: “We are championing software testing as a dynamic career choice while at the same time building a pool of talented testers.
“Edge Academy is popular because each graduate is paid throughout the training and has a job at the end of the two years, so it’s a proven career path. We saw the 100th Academy graduate successfully pass last summer and will continue to celebrate adding motivated testing candidates to our team from universities across the UK.”
Since joining as apprentices, Midlands graduates, have been given the opportunity to work on several client sites, as test analysts.
Edge Testing, which has been awarded the highest level Gold status Investors in Young People accreditation, originally launched the DTH concept in 2013 in Bellshill, near Glasgow – the first of its kind in the UK. For more information, visit Edge
