Partner With Harlem Career Lab
Harlem Career Lab connects brands, employers, and local businesses with job seekers, students, career changers, working professionals, entrepreneurs, and families through practical programs and community experiences. Together, we can introduce useful products, services, resources, and opportunities in a community-based setting—and create measurable value for both your organization and the people we serve.
Organizations Helping Harlem Move Forward
Our partners and neighborhood resources help connect Harlem residents with education, career exposure, practical services, and new opportunities. Every relationship is clearly identified so visitors know how each organization supports the Lab or the community.
Lending Hands Tutoring
Providing K–8 academic support in mathematics, reading, literacy, and English or Spanish learning at Harlem Career Lab.
Watson Plumbing
Watson’s Plumbing offers free, hands-on Saturday classes for individuals interested in developing practical plumbing skills and exploring opportunities in the trades. What You Learn: Participants gain experience using tools, building projects, threading and properly sizing pipes, removing debris from water mains, working with water-jetting and backflow devices, and assembling different types of pipes and fittings. Class Details & Location Time: Saturdays, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Cost: Completely free Address: 433 Edgecombe Ave, New York, NY 10032 (Sugar Hill / Harlem) Format: Hands-on training, project building, and tool use
Black Shutter Productions
Black Shutter Productions is a Black-owned, Brooklyn-built nonfiction production company based in New York City, creating documentary films, branded content, photography, and social content for mission-driven organizations. Its work centers cultural fluency, honest storytelling, and Black perspectives—helping diverse audiences connect with human stories and communities too often overlooked. Services: Documentary films • Branded content Photography • Social content
Think Archibald
Archibald Consulting Group is a Tri-State educational consulting firm led by Nichalous Archibald. The firm helps educators, school counselors, school leaders, and school districts build sustainable systems that strengthen student support and improve outcomes. Harlem schools, educators, and youth-serving organizations can use its coaching, consulting, professional development, and speaking services to clarify staff roles, improve collaboration, maximize resources, redesign student-support systems, and equip teams with practical strategies for meaningful change. Services: 1:1 Coaching • Systemwide Change Consulting Professional Development • Conferences & Speaking Engagements
Terry Solomon Notary Services
NEED A NOTARY? Whether you’re handling personal paperwork, business documents, affidavits, acknowledgments, or other documents requiring notarization, Terry provides a professional and straightforward experience. NOTARY SERVICES FOR: Personal Documents Business Documents Affidavits & Statements Acknowledgments General Notarial Services Serving Harlem & the surrounding community
Tools & Resources for Work, Learning and Business
Explore selected tools and services that may support career development, job searches, small-business growth, learning and everyday productivity. We choose resources based on relevance, usefulness, affordability, customer experience and alignment with the Harlem Career Lab community. Affiliate disclosure: Some links in this section are affiliate links. Harlem Career Lab may earn a commission if you make a purchase through them, at no additional cost to you. A paid relationship does not guarantee a recommendation or
Sojos Vision
Professionals, students, and parents all rely on clear vision to tackle their day, yet finding affordable eyewear is often a massive hurdle. SOJOS doesn't just keep from breaking the bank—they break the stigma that $20 glasses aren't as good as $200 glasses. Don't let overpriced optical chains dictate your style or drain your budget. Beat the hype, take control of your look, and check out high-quality, prescription-ready options from SOJOS. (Have your current written prescription and PD ready to order)
Alison.com
Education & Learning
Build skills, advance your career, or explore new income opportunities with Alison. Students, job seekers, professionals, and entrepreneurs can access free online courses and earn from leveraging existing skills to create courses. Certificates may cost extra, and earnings depend on Alison’s terms.
Resumeble
Tired of sending out applications and hearing nothing back? Wondering if the screening software is blocking you? Resumeble connects you with professional writers to rewrite resumes and LinkedIn profiles for modern hiring systems. (Packages and terms vary; interviews and hiring are not guaranteed, but a stronger resume helps).
Future Skills Academy
Every job posting today asks for AI familiarity. Future Skills Academy offers self-paced courses in ChatGPT fundamentals and prompt writing. Start with free introductory courses to see if it fits your goals before paying for advanced certifications.
FlexJobs
Sick of wondering whether a job posting is legit? FlexJobs screens every listing so you can search with greater confidence and explore verified remote, hybrid, part-time, freelance, and flexible opportunities—all in one place. Paid membership required. Employment is not guaranteed.
Books-A-Million
BOOKS & LEARNING
Find career books, study guides, K-12 learning resources, workbooks and reading materials for professional and academic growth.
WalletHub
Access tools designed to help people monitor credit, build a budget, track accounts and better understand their finances.
For educational purposes only: not financial
TikTok Shop
Explore how eligible creators and small businesses can use shoppable content to introduce products, reach customers, and develop an online sales channel.
Durable
Build and manage a professional website with AI-powered tools for content, design, customer leads, bookings, marketing, and business growth. Harlem Career Lab’s website was built using Durable.
Wondershare
Create and manage professional content with tools for video editing, PDFs, diagrams, presentations and other digital projects.
Lyca Mobile
SMALL-BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Stay connected without stretching your budget. Lyca Mobile offers new lines 18GB of 5G data, 10GB of hotspot data, unlimited nationwide talk and text, and international talk and text to 100 countries for $7.50 for the first 30 days with auto-renewal—ideal for job searches, online classes, virtual interviews, and business on the go.
American Health Care Academy
Education & Learning
Getting hired in healthcare, childcare, or facility management often comes down to one requirement: a valid CPR or First Aid card. American Health Care Academy offers these courses online. (Always confirm with your employer or NY state board that online coursework meets their criteria).
Have a resource that could help our community?
Interested in providing a useful tool, offer or resource? Tell us how your organization could support the Harlem Career Lab community.
A Community Partnership With Business Value
Harlem Career Lab is a career and professional-development center located at 407 West 145th Street in Harlem. Through career classes, résumé support, private coaching, industry panels, employment resources, entrepreneurship programming, tutoring, and bilingual learning support, we reach people while they are actively making decisions about their careers, education, businesses, families, and futures. By combining in-person programming with onsite visibility, digital content, approved affiliate links, trackable QR codes, and exclusive offers, Harlem Career Lab can help turn meaningful community engagement into measurable action.
5.1 Million+
Subway entries recorded at the nearby 145th Street A/B/C/D station in 2025.
Approximately 16,000
Entries recorded at the station on an average weekday.
Monday–Saturday
Career, educational, professional-development, and community programming.
Over 20 Years
Founder experience working with Google, CJ Affiliate, and other leading media and technology companies.
Transit figures represent entries at the 145th Street A/B/C/D station. They do not represent Harlem Career Lab attendance, station exits, or unique individuals.
Who We Serve
Our programming is designed around the real needs of Harlem and Upper Manhattan residents at different stages of their educational, professional, and entrepreneurial journeys.
What We Can Build Together
Affiliate and Performance Partnerships
Introduce relevant products and services through approved affiliate links, QR codes, exclusive offers, demonstrations, resource guides, and educational content. Results can be measured through clicks, non-identifying registrations, offer redemptions, partner-reported conversions, and attributable purchases.
Sponsored Programs and Events
Support a career workshop, résumé lab, industry panel, entrepreneurship class, tutoring initiative, technology demonstration, or other program aligned with your audience and business objectives.
Onsite Brand Visibility
Feature your organization through annual TV placement, podium recognition, sponsor-wall placement, classroom integration, event signage, approved QR codes, and website visibility.
Product and Resource Access
Provide equipment, software licenses, memberships, books, printing credits, gift cards, samples, scholarships, services, or other resources that participants can use directly.
Hiring and Employer Engagement
Share employment opportunities, participate in industry panels, host recruiter conversations, support workforce-development programming, and connect with local talent.
90-Day Performance Pilot
A customized test that introduces your brand through selected Harlem Career Lab programming and approved digital or onsite placements. May include: Approved affiliate links or QR codes A unique offer or promotional code Relevant program integration Educational demonstrations Website placement Campaign reporting Investment: Commission-based or customized according to the campaign. In-Kind + Performance Partner Provide products, technology, equipment, licenses, gift cards, printing, services, samples, or community resources while also establishing a performance-based affiliate relationship. Investment: Customized according to the products, services, and activation.
Community Sponsor
$2,500
AnnuallyCommunity Sponsors receive:
Podium placement for the first eight annual sponsors or sponsor-wall placement thereafter
Business name, approved QR code, and website address
Support for one student through Harlem Career Lab programming
Complimentary job postings
Employee discounts on eligible Harlem Career Lab class and panel passes
Podium availability is limited to the first eight annual Community Sponsors.
Annual TV Sponsor
$5,000
Per TV AnnuallyOne sponsor receives dedicated placement on one of Harlem Career Lab’s two TV displays for one full year. The sponsor may update its own creative throughout the year, but the placement does not rotate quarterly between different advertisers.
Dedicated full-year TV placement
Approved QR code and website address
Website partner feature
Opportunity to support or host a Thursday Industry Panel
Complimentary job postings
Employee discounts on eligible Harlem Career Lab class and panel passes
Ten passes to Harlem Career Lab industry panels
Program Sponsor — Customized
Align your organization with a specific class series, panel, tutoring initiative, career service, entrepreneurship program, hiring event, or community activation. Program benefits, duration, visibility, and measurement will be customized around the partnership. All partnership opportunities are subject to availability, community alignment, brand approval, and a written agreement. Sponsorships are marketing partnerships and are not presented as tax-deductible charitable contributions.
See Your Brand Inside Harlem Career Lab
Partners receive more than passive logo placement. Each placement can connect people with an approved offer, resource, program, service, or opportunity.
Annual TV Placement
Dedicated full-year visibility with approved creative, a QR code, a website address, and opportunities to connect the message to relevant Harlem Career Lab programming.
Podium Recognition
Prominent recognition for the first eight annual Community Sponsors at the center of Harlem Career Lab classes, panels, and presentations.
Sponsor-Wall Placement
Visible annual recognition within the Lab, including the sponsor’s name, approved QR code, and website address.
Built to Be Measurable
Depending on the partnership and applicable program rules, Harlem Career Lab can track and report: Program and event attendance QR-code scans Affiliate-link clicks Non-identifying registrations and partner-reported conversions Promotional-code use Offer redemptions Attributable purchases and revenue Products, licenses, or resources distributed Participant feedback and community impact Reporting will be customized to the campaign and limited to combined or non-identifying results. Harlem Career Lab does not provide participant, student, parent, guardian, customer, or website-inquiry information to partners. Interested adults may voluntarily visit a partner’s website, scan a partner’s QR code, use a promotional code, redeem an offer, or contact the partner directly. Information voluntarily provided directly to a partner is governed by that partner’s privacy practices.
Affiliate and Sponsorship Disclosure
Community Trust Comes First Harlem Career Lab seeks partners that offer useful, accessible, and relevant products, services, resources, and opportunities. We consider community relevance, affordability, reliability, customer experience, and alignment with our mission. Payment alone does not guarantee a recommendation or placement. Harlem Career Lab may earn a commission when someone makes a purchase through certain links, QR codes, or promotional offers, at no additional cost to the purchaser. We may also receive sponsorship payments, free or discounted products, services, licenses, equipment, or other support from partner organizations. When a material relationship exists, it will be clearly identified near the related recommendation or promotion. Partner support helps Harlem Career Lab provide programming, technology, learning resources, equipment, and opportunities to the community.
Partnerships at Harlem Career Lab are built for action. We connect working professionals, entrepreneurs, and employees with the skills and access they need to advance. No generic advice, no echo chamber. Just real conversations and industry insight that moves your people and your business forward.
Let’s Build Something Useful for Harlem
We welcome conversations with national brands, affiliate managers, employers, local businesses, educational organizations, and community partners. Tell us about your organization, the audience you hope to reach, and the type of partnership you are considering. We would be glad to develop a customized opportunity that creates business value while helping Harlem residents build skills, connections, and opportunities. Larry Robinson Founder, Harlem Career Lab 407 West 145th Street New York, NY 10031 harlemcareerlab@harlemcareerlab.com