Careerpass (GradTouch)
London, GB · Founded 1999 · 17 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Graduate-jobs.com is a job board platform that connects graduate employers with entry-level candidates and job seekers. The site serves as a recruitment advertising and candidate sourcing channel for organizations hiring graduates and early-career professionals across various industries.
Also known as Careerpass Network · GradTouch · GradTouch.com · graduate-jobs.com
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Careerpass Network is a UK talent solutions group serving employers that recruit students and graduates. It was formed from the merger of GradTouch.com, a graduate jobs board founded in 2011, and SRS (Smart Resourcing Solutions), a provider of student assessment centre simulations and tailored recruitment processes, with the group brand announced in March 2020. The network also includes Offended.Marketing, an in-house creative agency for viral marketing and employer branding launched in 2018, and Kaampus, an email marketing product that connects employers to university societies through sponsorship, acquired by GradTouch.com in 2019.
The group's services span media and display advertising, talent assessment and candidate processing, campus engagement and creative work, described as running on a single technology platform that tracks candidate data through a career. Clients cited for GradTouch.com include JP Morgan, PwC, Lloyds Banking Group and Direct Line Group; Offended.Marketing clients cited include N26, Missguided and Wiser.
graduate-jobs.com is a UK graduate jobs website listing graduate jobs, graduate schemes, internships and apprenticeships by sector and region, alongside employer rankings such as a "Top 50 graduate employers" list, interview rankings, a directory of graduate recruitment agencies, and careers blog content. Registered candidates receive emailed job matches and can publish an online CV that approved recruiters can search.
Founding story
GradTouch.com was formed in 2011 by co-founders including Zac Williams, who became Chief Executive Officer of Careerpass Network. SRS was founded by Sophie Milliken, who became the group's Chief Strategy Officer.
Business model
The group sells recruitment services to employers seeking student and graduate talent, combining job board advertising and media placement, employer branding and creative work, campus and university society engagement, and outsourced assessment centre and candidate processing services. graduate-jobs.com offers employers access to a CV database and job listings, positioning itself as a low-cost route to UK graduates, while the service is free to graduate and undergraduate job seekers who register for personalised job alerts and CV hosting.
Revenue comes from employers and universities paying for recruitment advertising and media placement, employer branding and creative services, university society sponsorship, and assessment centre and candidate processing services; candidate use of the job boards is free.
Traction
GradTouch and Kaampus reported a combined database of over 500,000 university students and graduate candidates as of March 2020, while SRS had assessed over 40,000 university students, helped employers screen over 100,000 candidates, and hosted assessment events with attendances of up to 500 students a day; Kaampus connected employers to over 450 university societies. graduate-jobs.com reports 382,028 published graduate and undergraduate CVs and 6,623 approved graduate recruiters.
Latest developments
In March 2020 GradTouch and SRS announced Careerpass Network as their unified group brand following their merger and the acquisition of Kaampus. The graduate-jobs.com site continued to publish new job listings and careers content, including a "Top 50 graduate employers 2026" ranking and blog posts dated through November 2025.
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Market position
GradTouch.com is described as an award-winning graduate and student jobs board with the largest social media following in its category, and SRS as a leading and award-winning provider of student assessment centre simulations. graduate-jobs.com presents itself as a long-running UK graduate recruitment channel serving both SMEs and global organisations.
The group positions itself as a fully integrated alternative to using separate suppliers for recruitment advertising, branding, campus engagement and talent processing, delivering these through one network underpinned by a single candidate-data technology platform. GradTouch.com is described as having the largest social media following of any graduate jobs board.
Technology
A single technology platform underpins the network's services and tracks candidate data throughout a candidate's career. Kaampus is email marketing software linking employers to university societies, and graduate-jobs.com provides account sign-in, online CV publishing, a searchable recruiter-facing CV database and email job matching.
Go-to-market
The business reaches employers directly with integrated recruitment advertising, branding and assessment services, and reaches candidates through its jobs boards, social media channels, email job alerts, university society sponsorship via Kaampus, and campus assessment events run by SRS.
Employers recruiting graduates and apprentices, from SMEs to large organisations (clients cited include JP Morgan, PwC, Lloyds Banking Group, Direct Line Group, N26, Missguided and Wiser), universities seeking to improve student outcomes, and UK students and graduates seeking jobs, schemes and internships.
Geography
United Kingdom-focused, with offices in London, Manchester and Newcastle. graduate-jobs.com lists roles across UK regions including London and the South East, the North West, the West Midlands, Scotland and the South West.
History
GradTouch.com was formed in 2011 as a graduate and student jobs board. Offended.Marketing launched in 2018 when Dan Kelsall, previously of Vonkel, joined GradTouch. In 2019 GradTouch.com merged with student assessment centre provider SRS and acquired university society sponsorship software Kaampus; the company described 2019 as a record year for both GradTouch and SRS. In March 2020 the combined business unified its brands under the name Careerpass Network, comprising GradTouch.com, SRS, Offended.Marketing and Kaampus, with offices in London, Manchester and Newcastle. The graduate-jobs.com job board states it has been operating its service since 1999 and remained active with job listings and editorial content into late 2025.
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsGradTouch and SRS announced Careerpass Network as the new group brand following their merger, unifying GradTouch.com, SRS, Offended.Marketing and Kaampus under a single technology platform spanning media and display, talent assessment and processing, and creative services.
Following unification under the Careerpass Network brand, the business operates offices in London, Manchester and Newcastle.
GradTouch.com acquired Kaampus, an email marketing software connecting employers to over 450 university societies through sponsorship.
Student assessment centre provider SRS merged with graduate jobs board GradTouch.com in 2019, forming the basis of the combined group business.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Careerpass (GradTouch) do?
- UK talent solutions group running graduate job boards, assessment centres and employer branding services for student recruiters.
- Who are Careerpass (GradTouch)'s investors?
- Careerpass (GradTouch)'s investors include GC Angels.
- Where is Careerpass (GradTouch) headquartered?
- Careerpass (GradTouch) is headquartered in London, GB.