The problem
They graduate with a degree and no proof they can do the work. Employers receive 140 applications per role and can't tell who's capable. AI is automating the entry-level jobs graduates were counting on. In 2024, 1.2 million graduates competed for 17,000 advertised roles.
This is not a blip. It is the new normal.
The solution
All in one place. All building toward the same thing.
The Industry Passport.
How it works
The four-layer ecosystem
Handshake connects students to jobs. LinkedIn connects everyone to noise. New Horizons is the first ecosystem to make students, courses, live business challenges and graduate jobs legible to one another, in real time — with the Foundation funded by every connection made.
A student tells us in their own words what they want: a subject, a city, the grades they're tracking, how they like to learn. They're connected to every course they qualify for by genuine fit — not by who paid most for placement.
Universities, colleges and learning institutions list their courses once. They're connected only to students who meet the entry criteria.
Companies post live problems — a market study, a prototype, a research question. We route each brief to courses with the right skill set and put motivated students on it as a live challenge, project or hackathon.
Employers list live graduate roles in the same ecosystem. Students see jobs aligned to their subject, skills and proven work — closing the loop from study to first role.
The Industry Passport
Complete a sprint, earn a verified badge tied to the company that set the brief. Pin them to LinkedIn, your CV, anywhere — each one links straight back to your submission.
No vague claims. No skills you can't back up. The work speaks for itself.
Why it's different
The solution is verification. Real work, set by a real employer, graded against a consistent scorecard — permanently attached to the student who did it. And it changes everything for all three.
Most platforms let you search. New Horizons verifies.
Through real work, graded by real employers. Not a search result. A verified record of what you can actually do.
Universities get outcomes evidence.
Real work, real employers, reportable graduate data — accreditation-ready without burdening a single member of faculty.
Businesses get pre-proven graduates.
A ranked shortlist of candidates whose work they already know. No cold applications. No CV pile. Zero guesswork.
Most platforms let you search. New Horizons connects students, universities and businesses through real work — verified, transparent, no guesswork.