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WayUp: Jobs And Internships For College Students And Recent Grads

The only millennial-geared site to help them stay ahead in the job market.

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WayUp: Jobs And Internships For College Students And Recent Grads
Elana Widmann

According to a NewsWeek article, the millennial population makes up about 40% of the unemployed workforce in America. Millions of millennials face tremendous student debt and intense competition when applying for jobs after college. Many students believe that employers need to be more transparent in their hiring process. Students usually apply online for jobs and never hear back from potential employers, leading millennials to feel discouraged and dissatisfied with themselves and possible employers.

To solve this problem, former Google employee, Liz Wessel, and former McKinsey consultant, JJ Fliegelman, launched WayUp in September 2014. These two UPenn grads came together to solve a very common problem: to help connect qualified students with the right opportunities.

Almost three years later - students and recent graduates can sign up for WayUp through their .edu email addresses, or through Facebook. WayUp users fill out a Madlibs-style form when signing up to collect their information — grade, major, skills, a fun fact and more! They also indicate here the types of jobs or internships they are looking for. Users on WayUp can filter opportunities by industry, location, time of year, and more. The best part? WayUp’s unique matching algorithm ensures that the only jobs you see are ones you are qualified for (based on all that data you submitted!)

WayUp is free for students and recent graduates — employers are the ones who pay WayUp to post their jobs, and advertise to WayUp’s users.

Employers (like Disney, Capital One, Starbucks, and tens of thousands more) post their job openings on the site for a specific and targeted group of students or graduates! Employers often use filters like major, languages-spoken, grade and university to source specific types of students and recent grads. Only students and recent graduates who meet the qualifications can apply for the job, thus allowing employers to find a diverse group of qualified applicants at a faster and more efficient rate than through the generic application process. This is why it’s really important to WayUp users to keep their profiles up to date!

Today, WayUp has more than 3.5 million registered users at over 5300 college campuses across the USA. WayUp works with over 300,000 businesses (from start-ups to Fortune 500s) including Facebook, Google, Starbucks, Disney, The New York Times, Goldman Sachs and more.

You can sign up for a WayUp account below:

www.wayup.com/?r=mfriedman

Happy job searching!

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