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About
ICON exists because the sectors it targets are, in co-founder Marilyn Raphael's words on the TechTO stage, difficult to get into and very challenging. Rather than run a job board, it combines technical skills training, soft skills training and a warm introduction into a network of corporate partners who want to widen their candidate pool and not just their hiring pipeline. Programs run under the ICON Scholars, ICON Careers and ICON Leaders names. Fasken and KPMG are among the firms that became partners, and Ivey Business School announced a collaboration with ICON in January 2021 to increase BIPOC representation in business education. Derrick Raphael became its first full-time employee.
Backers
A registered not-for-profit funded by corporate partnerships rather than investment.
Quick answers
Who does ICON Talent Partners serve?
High-potential Black, Indigenous and racialized talent aiming at what ICON calls high-impact sectors: consulting, investment banking, asset management, tech and corporate law.
How does ICON work with companies?
Corporate partners get introduced to candidates ICON has already trained. Raphael described the partners as motivated by diversifying both their candidate pool and their longer-term talent pipeline.
Where is ICON based?
The Greater Toronto Area — the Raphaels built it from Brampton, and the City of Brampton's business centre has profiled them as local entrepreneurs.