Transparent University Job Boards with Salary Rate Setup 

Transparency is the cornerstone of trust in the recruitment process, yet compensation remains a significant taboo for many graduates. This lack of clarity often leads to unrealistic expectations, poor negotiation leverage, and a general disconnect between academic preparation and market reality. When students start working without understanding money matters, they may take low-paying jobs. They might also turn down good offers because of misunderstandings.

Better data inevitably leads to better insights. We are happy to share a significant product update focused on financial transparency through the Salary Rate Setup. This new feature lets users see and track salary rates on the job board. It helps administrators, employers, and students.

Admin-Led Clarity for Official Posts

Accuracy is paramount at the institutional level. With the Salary Rate Setup, administrators can now set specific salary rates for official job posts. This ensures that the opportunities vetted and promoted by the university or NGO carry clear, verified compensation data.

Seeing these rates on the Job Portal and Profile View removes the guesswork for students. It allows them to filter opportunities not just by role or location, but by financial viability.

This is an important part of career literacy. Knowing the market value of a job helps students plan their finances. It also reduces the stress of looking for a job.

Empowering Self-Sourced Data

The most innovative aspect of this update is the inclusion of student-sourced data. We recognise that many students secure internships or jobs through external networking or independent applications outside the university’s direct purview.

Self-sourced jobs on the platform now support salary inputs from students directly. This creates a crowdsourced feedback loop. As more students share their salary data, the school gets a better understanding of what the market pays their group. This data is gold dust for career centres, moving reporting away from anecdotal evidence towards hard, quantitative metrics.

Driving Better Insights for Institutions

For career development teams serving large populations, data is the key to scaling impact. By aggregating salary data through the Salary Rate Setup, institutions can achieve three key goals:

• Identify Trends: Administrators can see which industries are paying a premium and guide students towards high-growth sectors.
• Benchmark Success: Schools can measure the real economic impact of their career programs. They can do this by tracking the starting salaries of their graduates over time.

Building Financial Confidence

This update is ultimately about empowering the student. Entering the job market is intimidating, and money is often the most stressful variable. By normalising the display of salary rates, we are helping to de-stigmatise the conversation around compensation. Students equipped with accurate salary data are better positioned to negotiate fair compensation and recognise their own worth.