Thurgood builds a verified skills graph for the trades — connecting student work, employer demand, engagement activity, and hiring outcomes into one system.
A skills graph is a structured network connecting students, skills, projects, certifications, employers, jobs, and outcomes.
Verified means skills are backed by real work and institution-supported training.
Graph means everything is connected and measurable.
Students post hands-on work and build living skill profiles. Career Services gains visibility into engagement and employer pipelines. Schools onboard partner employers into dedicated portals. Career fairs become measurable. Every interaction becomes signal — structured, searchable, and actionable.
We partner with schools, employers, and sponsors to modernize trade hiring infrastructure — so opportunity moves faster and outcomes improve across campuses.
Thurgood is built for one thing: making trade skill visible, verifiable, and usable. Students capture real work in living portfolios — and schools turn that proof into structured signals that employers can actually act on.
Our sponsor-backed NFC Skills Card extends the graph into the real world — converting career fairs, shop visits, and introductions into measurable engagement and follow-up.
The result is faster discovery, clearer intent signals, and a hiring process that’s more fair — because it’s grounded in evidence, not pedigree.
It’s a connected pipeline: school → student → employer → outcome. Proof flows from the lab to the jobsite — and feedback flows back — creating a living network that strengthens programs, improves placement, and powers the essential trades that keep everything running.
Build a living skill profile powered by real work — photos, videos, projects, and credentials. Thurgood turns what you do in the lab into proof employers can see, and makes it easy to follow through from your first post to your first offer.
Hire with proof, not guesswork. Scout verified student profiles, view portfolios, message candidates, and track engagement signals — all inside a system built for trade hiring. The work is the credential.
Thurgood is free for schools: get a Career Services dashboard with visibility into student engagement, and onboard partner employers into dedicated school employer portals — also free. Roles your campus manages flow directly into the student experience, connecting training to hiring outcomes.
"You make the case compellingly and I could not agree more. As the CHRO of a big defense and aerospace company, I know firsthand how hard it is to find prospective employees who are willing to learn a skilled trade. I therefore hope Thurgood Industries thrives and scales."Senior executive in aerospace & defense
"We work with companies all the time that are hiring skilled workers—and ‘finding’ them online is often difficult because they are not on LinkedIn. That’s why I think it is great you are building an online platform and community to connect with them."Owner, StaffBuffalo
"Practical hands-on knowledge is a key ingredient to successful innovation. While we hire a lot of PhDs in engineering, one of our highest-paid employees is a tech school grad. I started my journey as a carpenter—it was invaluable to me."Founder & CEO, Endeavour
