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targetconnect Careers Service Platform
A scalable, personalised Careers offer that supports students to achieve positive graduate outcomes.
Student engagement, employability outcomes and strategic insight
Universities are facing growing expectations around graduate outcomes, student engagement, personalisation and efficiency. Students expect digital experiences that match the platforms they use every day, while institutions need evidence of impact, scalable support models and better data to inform decision making.
The targetconnect Careers Service Platform helps universities deliver personalised career development at scale. Bringing together career education, employer engagement, experiential learning, student support and employability analytics in a single platform, it enables careers teams to focus their time where it has the greatest impact.
Designed specifically for higher education, targetconnect supports the entire student journey from career exploration and skills development through to work-integrated learning, applications and graduate outcomes.
Better student outcomes, more efficient processes.
Personalised career journeys
Provide every student with a tailored employability experience through personalised recommendations, work experience opportunities, skills development pathways and targeted graduate opportunities.
AI-powered career support
Students can explore career options, understand relevant roles and sectors, identify skills gaps and receive personalised guidance through AI-enabled career tools.
Mobile-first engagement
Access opportunities, appointments, events, resources and career development activities anytime, anywhere through an intuitive and accessible user experience.
Careers beyond the careers service
Support institution-wide employability by embedding career development learning into academic programmes, student success initiatives and co-curricular experiences.
Curriculum integration
Connect employability activities directly to modules, programmes and learning outcomes, helping students understand the relevance of career development throughout their studies.
Employer collaboration
Provide employers with simple tools to promote opportunities, manage applications and engage with students throughout the learning experience.
Designed for higher education
Built specifically for universities, supporting the complexity of institutional structures, student populations and employability strategies.
Accessible by design
Best-practice accessibility standards ensure all students can engage effectively with careers and employability support.
Integration and interoperability
Connect with student record systems, virtual learning environments, CRM platforms and other institutional systems through APIs and established integrations.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Provide a seamless user experience through institutional authentication and secure access controls.
Graduate outcomes and impact
Demonstrate the value of employability interventions through robust data and evidence of student engagement and progression.
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Our impact
Skills visibility
Enable students to recognise, articulate and evidence the skills they develop through academic study, extracurricular activities and work-based experiences.
Manage placements, projects and experiential learning
Support placements, internships, work-based learning, consultancy projects, micro-experiences and employer-led activities through configurable workflows.
Flexible workflows
Adapt processes to support different institutional needs with Pathways – awards, information collection and work experience now have customisable easy to us workflows
Targeted communications
Deliver personalised communications to specific student cohorts based on discipline, level, engagement, skills profile or career interests.
Events and appointments
Manage appointments, workshops, careers fairs and employer events from a single platform while giving students a seamless booking experience and capturing visible attendance data.
Career Inspiration – Our flagship tool
Help students discover opportunities they may never have considered through AI-powered career exploration, labour market insight and personalised recommendations.
Actionable employability analytics
Move beyond activity reporting to understand engagement, progression, employability development and outcomes across the student lifecycle. Integrated dashboards as well as data feeds to your University central data team.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the platform suitable for?
targetconnect is designed for higher education institutions seeking to deliver personalised employability support, improve student engagement, embed employability across the institution and generate meaningful insight into outcomes.
Can the platform support Work Integrated Learning?
Yes. The platform supports placements, internships, projects, work-based learning and other forms of experiential education through configurable workflows and employer engagement tools. Read more about Work Integrated Learning
How does AI support students?
AI-powered tools help students explore careers, identify relevant opportunities, understand skills requirements and navigate career decisions more confidently.
Can targetconnect integrate with our existing systems?
Yes. The platform supports integrations with student records systems, virtual learning environments, authentication services and other institutional technologies.
Do you support Single Sign-On SSO
Yes, SSO is fully supported
Ready to build your Role Simulation?
Talk to our team about how a bespoke Role Simulation can strengthen your graduate attraction strategy and bring better-matched candidates into your pipeline.
