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Built for the people who run career centers

Career Forge is built by Career Soft, LLC, for the people who run university career centers. Career Soft also makes Career Forge ERM, a separate employer relationship management product for employer relations teams, at erm.careerforge.us.

Vision

A world where every student finds and lands their ideal career.

Mission

Elevate Career Services to deliver superior outcomes for students and employers.

How we work

Every customer has a standing callA recurring check-in with the team that builds the product, where the first item is what is working well and the second is what is not.
Bugs and ideas go in from inside the appStaff report from where they are, and see the fix land. One director's words: it is fun seeing how fast those things get taken care of.
Priorities come from customersThe more career centers raise something, the sooner it is built. Many of the November releases began as a request on a check-in call.
Each career center is its own placeThe platform was designed around a hierarchy: an institution, and inside it as many career centers as the campus has, each with its own workflows and settings.

Career Forge is a career management platform supporting the full scope of career services work, with workflows as unique as your programs, in one configurable system. Career Forge brings coaching, events, employer relations, experiential learning, recruiting, and outcomes reporting together in one place, with AI-powered reporting and the configurability to fit how each institution actually operates.

Company
Career Soft, LLC
Founder
David Nicol, CEO
Contact
dave@careerforge.com
Support
support@careerforge.com
Used byCareer centers from a single college to a whole universitySee who, and what they say
University of MichiganMontana Technological UniversityBowling Green State UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyHampton UniversityRowan College at Burlington CountyUniversity of FloridaKing University
In their words

In customers' words

“Our students are absolutely loving Career Forge, and we love working with your team. It's so nice to have a platform we don't stress about anymore.”
Cynthia WierStudent Success and Internship Coordinator, Montana Technological University
“The customer service was the best of any vendor I've ever worked with in this industry.”

On the first destination survey module.

Dwayne PetersonDirector, Career Center, Eckerd College
“We haven't had any questions or complaints, not even a “what do I do”. In past systems, brand-new students would ask how to get in and what to do. We haven't had any of that.”
Kimberly RyanAssociate Director of Career Services, Florida Institute of Technology
“The bug and idea feature is so helpful. It's fun seeing how fast things get taken care of.”
Lou Ecken KiddDirector of Career and Professional Development, Taubman College, University of Michigan
“The experiential learning module is my favorite. Completely biased.”
Colleen McNameeAssistant Director, Experiential Learning, Engineering Career Resource Center, University of Michigan
“The report was really compelling. I went through it a few times. I was surprised you could pull that level of analytics and insight. It wasn't pure spreadsheets; there was intentionality behind it.”
Colleen McNameeAssistant Director, Experiential Learning, Engineering Career Resource Center, University of Michigan
“We had 1,720 students check in through Career Forge at our two-day fall fair. That was awesome.”
Apryl MullinsDirector, Corporate Relations, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
“We had a great event. Everything worked beautifully.”

A week after the fall career fair, run on Career Forge with iPad check-in.

Gabe DunbarSenior Director, Career Design, Bowling Green State University
“We promoted early check-in, which we called Skip the Line, and had the kiosk in our office for about a week beforehand. The line was much more manageable than last year's fall fair, and we got good feedback from employers.”

A fall fair of a little over 1,100 students, with the kiosk set up in the office the week before so students could print their badges early.

Dona GaynorDirector of Career Services, Florida Institute of Technology
“I love the ease of use and the clean look. It's very easy to pick up.”
Kimberly RyanAssociate Director of Career Services, Florida Institute of Technology
“That was something the Chancellor wanted. We were able to give him a metric we just didn't have before.”

On counting the students who came back for second-day interviews, by checking them in at a kiosk.

Aaron FraleDirector of Career Services, Montana Technological University
“When our students log in and look at the events, all the information they need is right there. It looks great.”
Aaron FraleDirector of Career Services, Montana Technological University
“I can't think of anything that hasn't been working great, or anything that could be better at this point.”
Aaron FraleDirector of Career Services, Montana Technological University
“We're routing our career fair registration through Career Forge, and I haven't hit any bumps in the road. It's all been smooth sailing.”
Shane PolichCareer Advisor, Taubman College, University of Michigan

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