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Career Services, rebuilt as hiring infrastructure.
The Verified Skills Graph for the Trades
Thurgood connects student work, employer demand, engagement activity, and hiring outcomes — across a student app, career services dashboard, and free school employer portals.
Ecosystem
One system. Four surfaces.
Students. Career Services. Employers. Career Fairs. All connected — all measurable.
Student App
Students post real work, build skill profiles, and engage opportunities — free.
Career Services Dashboard
Visibility into engagement, employer activity, and pipelines — free for schools.
School Employer Portals
Schools onboard partner employers who can post roles and scout profiles — free.
Career Fair Intelligence
QR + NFC turns in-person interactions into measurable follow-up and outcomes.
Videos
A short walkthrough of the system
Each video explains one layer of the Verified Skills Graph — and how it connects to the next.
The Verified Skills Graph for the Trades
Resumes don’t show trade skills. Career fairs don’t show outcomes. Thurgood connects training → engagement → hiring into one system.
Part of the Verified Skills Graph for the Trades.
Student Skill Profiles
Students post real work and credentials. Thurgood structures it into verified signals employers can actually scout.
Part of the Verified Skills Graph for the Trades.
Student Onboarding for Schools
Students join by creating a free account or via secure SSO. Name, email, program, campus, and graduation date are aligned to ensure accurate tracking and outcomes.
Part of the Verified Skills Graph for the Trades.
Connecting Skills to Employer Demand
Students see open-market jobs and school-curated partner roles in one place — while schools onboard employers and manage the pipeline.
Part of the Verified Skills Graph for the Trades.
Career Fair Intelligence
QR + NFC transforms career fairs into measurable hiring: attendance, interest, follow-up, and outcomes — all visible to schools.
Part of the Verified Skills Graph for the Trades.
Included Capabilities
Everything schools need — in one connected system.
A verified skills graph is not a set of profiles. It’s a network of relationships — students, skills, projects, employers, jobs, engagement, and outcomes — all queryable.
| Capability | Included | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Student portfolios (photo/video posts) | ✓ | Proof of work becomes skill signal |
| Video introductions (cover letters) | ✓ | Confidence + context for employers |
| Scraped jobs feed (open-market jobs) | ✓ | Filters by trade + location |
| School partner employers (curated network) | ✓ | Schools manage partner employers |
| School jobs board inside student app | ✓ | Partner employer roles automatically appear to students |
| School employer portals (free) | ✓ | Employers post roles + scout profiles without paid accounts |
| Employer scouting (view portfolios + profiles) | ✓ | Employers see robust student profiles |
| Engagement tracking | ✓ | Clicks, role links, candidate stages, and follow-up signals |
| Career services dashboard (free) | ✓ | Visibility + coordination across students and employers |
| Career fair intelligence | ✓ | QR + NFC capture attendance, interest, and measurable follow-up |
| Outcomes tracking | ✓ | Structured journey from training → employment |
| AI résumé builder + placement ops workflows (as enabled) | ✓ | Skills structured from verified work and program context |