EPIC Programme
Employment for People from Immigrant Communities (EPIC) helps unemployed and job-ready asylum seekers, refugees and migrants living in Ireland to increase their chances of finding a job through online training and partnering with businesses.
How the programme works
EPIC is a free online programme focused on career development and integration. Over 6-weeks you will:
- Improve your job applications with direct advice from recruitment professionals.
- Identify your transferable skills and strengths.
- Explain gaps in your CV.
- Improve your interview skills and get feedback from business volunteers (face to face, phone, and online).
- Network with our business partners, mentors, and recruiters.
- Integrate and understand Irish work culture.
- Develop your IT and LinkedIn skills.
- Develop a career plan.
- Access different services (health, education, employment rights, social welfare, and much more).
- Explore your further education and employment options.
- Improve your confidence to achieve your goals.
Who is eligible for this programme?
EPIC is open to unemployed and job-ready adults living in Ireland with an intermediate (as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages standards) level of spoken and written English who are:
- Asylum seekers with work permits.
- Refugees, people with Subsidiary Protection or Leave to Remain and with Stamp 4.
- Migrants with Stamp 4, dependent Stamp 1G or EU/Irish citizenship who have been living in Ireland for a minimum of 6 months.
What is the EPIC Programme?
Applications for the EPIC Programme are temporarily closed.
“I really learned how to create a proper CV for Ireland — it was so different from what I was used to in my home country. That CV gave me real confidence when applying for jobs. I’ve now interviewed with five companies, passed all the interviews, and three of them want me to start on the same day! I don’t even know which one to choose!”
Kristina Reva on BITCI's EPIC Programme
For me the EPIC Programme was like an engine that, over the course of 6 weeks, helped me become stronger, infusing me with energy and power to forge ahead. The programme provided me with valuable knowledge for writing a CV and excelling in interviews. Having access to my own career counsellor throughout the programme and after it guided me in the right direction. I have now secured an offer from an IT company as a Software QA Engineer. I attribute much of my success to the EPIC Programme.”
The EPIC Programme is jointly funded by the European Union, through the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), and the Government of Ireland under the Integration and Employment of Migrants Action of the Employment, Inclusion, Skills & Training (EIST) Programme 2021-2027 with additional funding from Business in the Community Ireland’s member companies.
Are you a jobseeker?
If you are a jobseeker and need more information, please contact Livia Bartolome to find out more about our EPIC programme.
Does your business want to help create a more inclusive Ireland?
Learn how your company can become an inclusive employer.
lbartolome@bitc.ie 
