/ The Readiness Index™ · Q2 2026 Profile

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B+
/ Credential / Platform · 80/100 · Strong

Career-services SaaS + student-employer marketplace. Dominant US college career-services software platform (1,400+ schools).

/ 01 / Subscore Breakdown

How the grade decomposes.

Placement Outcomes/ 25% weight
70
Employer Engagement/ 22% weight
92
Career Education Quality/ 20% weight
78
Access & Equity/ 18% weight
86
Innovation & Tools/ 15% weight
76
/ 02 / Institution Notes

Best for / Watch out for.

/ Best for

University career centers seeking modernized student-employer interface + employer-engagement at scale.

/ Watch out for

Platform-aggregator model; employer-engagement depth depends on local career-center activation. Not a substitute for career-education itself.

/ 03 / Public-Record Timeline

What's on the record.

2024
Continues market-dominant career-services SaaS operations
2014
Founded by former Michigan Tech students