Campus Job

Campus Job was a New York-based online marketplace connecting college students with part-time jobs, internships and, later, full-time roles. Students created free profiles describing their qualifications and were shown only listings for which they met employer-specified criteria; employers posted roles and paid for qualified applicants. The company described itself as the largest online marketplace for college students seeking part-time jobs and internships.

The platform launched in September 2014. At that point it covered more than 7,000 post-secondary schools with registered students at nearly 500 U.S. campuses, including all eight Ivy League schools, the top 25 business and engineering schools, and various technical colleges, art schools and community colleges. Listings ranged from campus brand manager and street-team roles to tutoring, bartending, freelance writing and graphic design. By April 2015 the company reported more than 125,000 students from over 2,200 universities, roughly 10,000 new student registrations per week and more than 12,000 job applications processed monthly, with employers including Dropbox, Starbucks, Postmates, T-Mobile, Oscar, Snapchat, Zenefits and Yelp.

Sources cover the company only through mid-2015; no material in the provided documents describes its activity, outcome or status after August 2015.

Founding story

Co-founders Liz Wessel and J.J. Fliegelman met and became close friends in college, where they and other friends built a side project: a job board for campus representative opportunities such as student brand ambassador roles. The project continued to grow after graduation while both worked full-time jobs — Wessel as a product marketing manager at Google and Fliegelman at McKinsey. Citing that unattended traction and their proximity in age to the college market, they left those jobs, three and four years after graduating, to found Campus Job.

Business model

Campus Job operated a two-sided marketplace. Access was free for students, who created profiles listing their qualifications and saw only listings they were eligible for; employers posted roles with targeting criteria and paid for access to applicants. Employers received applicants' full contact information and contacted students directly to interview or hire. Listings were removed once a target number of applicants was reached.

Revenue was generated from employers rather than students: the company charged businesses each time a qualified student applied to a posted job, billing only for candidates the employer was interested in. Following a January 2015 pivot, employers paid additional fees for more advanced search criteria and higher costs to unlock applicant profiles.

Traction

Within three weeks of the September 2014 launch, employers had posted more than 2,000 part-time listings with over 1,000 new listings added weekly. By April 2015 the platform reported more than 125,000 students from over 2,200 universities, about 10,000 new student registrations weekly, more than 12,000 job applications monthly, over 20% of account holders hired through the site, and a median of two days to fill a listing's desired applicant count.

Latest developments

In April 2015 Campus Job announced a $7.8 million Series A led by General Catalyst, with Adam Valkin joining the board, and simultaneously opened its platform to full-time placement for graduating seniors. In August 2015 the co-founders appeared on Y Combinator's Startup School Radio podcast discussing leaving Google and McKinsey to start the company. The provided sources contain no information after that date.