setting the scene
as a college student, you frantically apply to hundreds of internships in hopes that an employer finds something interesting on your resume 🔎
weeks go by; you get a few online interview invitations, some automated rejections, but radio silence from the rest 🤬
what if there was a better way for students and employers to connect beyond the traditional resume screen and ambiguous summer internship process? 📄
this week's company provides a platform for college students to gain professional experience and for employers to better understand gen z 💡
in a sentence
Home From College is a platform for college students to build their careers and companies to connect with students for recruiting and marketing needs
students: create a digital business card that communicates interests, passions, and experience; then, apply to gigs ranging from internships to advisory panels
companies: hire students for traditional roles or initiatives like campus ambassador programs and product testing
bulleted version: H\FC takes student recruiting to the next level by creating a mutually beneficial platform for students to access work and companies to access the gen z perspective 🎓
the basics
industry: career tools, marketing, hr tech, recruiting
headquarters: Los Angeles, CA 🎬
year founded: 2020
company size: <10 full-time employees 💼
amount raised: $1.8m in pre-seed funding
business model: b2b, free for students
H\FC student resume
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due diligence
what we like
🔌 plugging into gen z: companies struggle to understand gen z's needs in a work setting
a comprehensive student profile allows employers and marketers to better connect with the soon-to-be most populous generation
💥 the right market: Home From College targets a career-focused, technology-loving audience in a setting where word spreads quickest: college campuses
🔮 the future is data: the company is growing a unique student database that will serve as a powerful tool for corporations looking to access gen z for marketing and recruiting needs
potential risks
😰 competitive landscape: it may be difficult to steal market share from Handshake, recruiting giants, and social media platforms like LinkedIn
👥 limited audience? gen z isn't the only generation fed up with the job search process
📁 company-dependent: it may take some convincing to engage companies on another hiring platform
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founder profiles
Julia Haber (ceo; founder/ceo @ WAYV, prev. @ Snap, Spotify)
Nikolaj Zandvliet (coo; prev. @ Vision Capital, PineBridge Investments, Sony Music)
comps
why Home From College: to drive home the point, with 25k users and 400+ campuses on the platform, HFC is disrupting the way students find experiences and companies access gen z insights 🏫