Pivot into a high-growth business career
SV Academy has helped thousands of former servers, teachers, retail workers, and more translate their people skills into rewarding, lucrative business careers — at a fraction of the cost of business school. Are you next?
Find our grads at some of the world’s most exciting companies.
We develop high-potential talent so revenue teams can scale quickly
SV Academy prepares job seekers from different backgrounds for entry level positions in Sales or Business Development in weeks. Graduates start new careers sooner and employers hire top talent faster.
We intensively train job seekers in as little as 4 weeks
We match job seekers within 24 hours after a hiring team reaches out
Job seekers can sign offers within days of finishing the program
We support managers and hires with 6 months of professional coaching
We help you grow
Hire on demand
We have a large community of early-career sales professionals—with hundreds of new graduates every month—that are ready to be matched with your company.
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Build your business career
Get everything you need to successfully launch a new career, including hands-on training, a powerful community, career transition support, and professional coaching.
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Lives and teams: Transformed
5x
On average, our employer partners find great talent 5x faster
76%
More than 76% of our grads belong to an underrepresented group
2000+
Over 2000 learners have graduated from SV Academy.
$0
It costs nothing to apply.
team goals
Top recruiters trust us to provide the best talent
"If I see SV Academy on a resume, I immediately move that candidate forward in our hiring process."
Jennifer Hance Leon, Global Senior Sales Recruiter
team goals
Top recruiters trust us to provide the best talent
"If I see SV Academy on a resume, I immediately move that candidate forward in our hiring process."
Jennifer Hance Leon, Global Senior Sales Recruiter
career goals
A 20-year military veteran becomes Account Manager
"I was greeted with so much love and support that it was a bit overwhelming."
Will Wilson, Cloud Account Manager • Tech Sales Program, 2021
career goals
From skeptic to Tech Sales Development Representative
"I was 70% sure it was a scam. Just graduated today with multiple interviews."
Madison Chandler, SDR • Tech Sales Program, 2021
life goals
First promotion in 6 months, first-time homeowner in 9
"Just closed on my house and y'all are the reason why."
Gabrielle Vanhoesen, District Success Manager • Customer Success Program, 2021
On average, our employer partners find great talent 5x faster
More than 76% of our grads belong to an underrepresented group
Over 2000 learners have graduated from SV Academy.
It costs nothing to apply.
"We are lucky to be working with Madalyn and all SV grads we have here at Alation"
Tracy Eiler, Chief Marketing Officer
"Thanks SV for providing me the building blocks for a job and a successful career.”
Madalyn Aerne, Sales Development Manager • Tech Sales Program, 2021
"When I work with SV grads I have a lot more confidence they'll be ready for the job."
Ernest Owusu, Sr. Director, Sales Development
"Ernest, thank you for an amazing recruitment process and for taking a chance on me"
Aaron Torres, Enterprise Business Development Representative • Tech Sales Program, 2021
Join us in our mission to generate $100B in wealth expansion for underrepresented job seekers
Education
We are leading the evolution of traditional education to create dynamic programs that accelerate growth for our grads and partners. As markets continue to evolve, sales roles remain crucial for thriving businesses and our graduates are equipped to seize opportunities.
Opportunity
We are disrupting the Tech Industry hand-in-hand with the world’s top SaaS VC behind Salesloft, Docusign, Udemy, and OwnBackup. They create opportunities and our grads help drive the change within their portfolio companies.
Equality
We joined Coursera and the Milken Institute, along with some of the biggest names in tech including Meta, Google, IBM, and Intuit, to enable free on-demand educational resources to over 200,000 Americans. So far, the Salesforce and SV Academy Sales Development Representative Professional Certificate has already served more than 15,000 learners.
