Who can be an organization on StudentLife OS

Frequently asked questions

Who counts as an organization on StudentLife OS?

Almost any legitimate entity that works with, hires, funds, serves, or supports students. That includes companies of every size and industry, nonprofits, scholarship and funding providers, cities and government agencies, education-adjacent programs, professional and membership organizations, and community institutions. If you ever deal with a student, this platform was built for you.

Can a city or a government agency join?

Yes. Cities, counties, parks and recreation departments, public libraries, workforce boards, economic development agencies, and state and federal agencies are all welcome. We believe cities are full of opportunity for students, from summer jobs and internships to scholarships, programs, and community resources, and the platform is built to help that opportunity reach the students who need it.

Do I have to be hiring to join?

No. Hiring is one reason organizations join, but it is not the only one. You can post scholarships, events and career fairs, volunteering, programs, apprenticeships, resources, and student discounts. Posting opportunities and receiving applications is free on every plan.

We are a small or local organization. Is this really for us?

Yes. A local business, a community nonprofit, a single-city scholarship fund, and a neighborhood program all belong here alongside national employers. Reaching verified students should not require a large budget, so the free plan lets any organization post and collect applications at no cost.

How do you keep organizations legitimate?

Every new organization is reviewed before it is approved, and anything that is not clearly an established business or institution is researched first. After approval, our team can also grant a blue verified badge following a closer review. The badge is granted by our team, never purchased.

Can we use AI to scan through resumes?

Yes. Organizations can run SLOS AI over their applicants to read each candidate resume and cover letter, or only the documents you choose, and rank them against your role with a short reason for each. It is identity-blind by construction: candidates reach SLOS AI alias-keyed, with no name, email, or school name, contact details are stripped, and protected attributes are never sent. SLOS AI assists your team but never changes a status, never messages anyone, and never makes the hiring decision. The AI candidate match is available on paid plans.

Can we reach other organizations and schools, not just students?

Yes. StudentLife OS is a business-to-business platform as well as a student platform. The Partners tab is a searchable directory of every employer, school, and department you can build a relationship with, and you can message a filtered audience of them directly from the Messages tab. Partner filters include industry, organization type such as company, nonprofit, government agency, foundation or startup, company size, state, region, city, verified employers only, partners who are currently posting opportunities, and whether you already follow them. Schools can be filtered by institution type such as university, community college, trade school or bootcamp. Every value is the same vocabulary a partner selected about themselves at sign-up, so a filter always matches what they actually are.

Do you sell contact lists?

No, and we never will. Partner outreach delivers a message inside the platform. You never receive a downloadable list of who matched, there is no purchased contact data anywhere in the product, and only accounts that are approved, active, and not suspended are ever reachable. A partner who is not visible to you is simply absent, and nothing in the product tells you whether they exist.

How much partner outreach does each plan include?

Reach widens with the plan, and lower plans aim at a more focused audience. On the entry paid plan a partner campaign must be narrowed by at least two filters before it sends; the next tier requires one; the top tier can go broad. That is deliberate: the recipient of partner outreach is another paying customer, and an unfiltered blast from a low-commitment account reads as spam to the person receiving it. A free trial has the same partner-outreach capability as the paid tier it previews, so you can evaluate it properly. Schools and departments pay one negotiated price and are never filter-gated.

What happens if we message a large partner audience at once?

The campaign is committed the moment you send it and then delivered in the background with visible progress. You can close the window and delivery continues. Every recipient receives exactly one copy, guaranteed by our database rather than by retry logic, so a restart on our side can never send the same partner the same campaign twice.

Can a school stop us from reaching its students?

Yes, and you should know this before you build outreach on the platform. Schools are the trust anchor here, so a school can have an organization blocked from reaching the students affiliated with it. It is never a surprise and never a snap decision. The school first sends you a warning naming the concern, which notifies you and opens a direct conversation so you can resolve it with them, and most cases end there. Only if that fails does the school escalate, and only our security team can approve a block. If one is approved you are told which school it was and given a thread to respond in, and our team can mediate. The block is scoped to that one school and is forward-looking: it does not touch applications, interviews or offers already under way, it does not affect any other school, and it does not suspend your account. Candidates from that school who had already applied to a specific opportunity before the block took effect can finish that one application with you, so a hiring round you already started runs to completion: status changes, interview invitations and times, offers and deadlines, and documents such as an offer letter all still reach them, and they keep access to that posting so they can schedule, decline or respond. The exception is matched per opportunity, not per candidate, so one old application does not let you contact that person about a different posting. What stops is everything you compose or initiate yourself, including group conversations and any personal note you attach to a document, and any contact with a student who was not already in that process. The exception also ends once that application reaches a final outcome. Schools can lift a block at any time. Recruit like a good partner and this never comes up.

What does it cost to get started?

Creating an organization account is free, and every new account starts with a 30-day free trial that includes full access. Posting opportunities and receiving applications is free forever. Paid plans add the hiring pipeline, interviews, offers, the AI candidate match, analytics, and higher limits. Exact pricing is on the Pricing page.