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  "name": "Entry Level Student Platforms",
  "edition_label": "October 2026",
  "edition_updated_at": "2026-10-11",
  "slug": "entry-level-student-platforms",
  "kind": "subcategory",
  "parent_slug": "job-portals-employment-platforms",
  "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms",
  "scope": "Category research. No publishable AOV benchmark is available.",
  "directory_status": "deferred",
  "page_readiness": "published",
  "directory_notice": null,
  "benchmark": {
    "status": "unavailable_insufficient_cohort",
    "slug": "entry-level-student-platforms",
    "parent_slug": "job-portals-employment-platforms",
    "cohort_scope": "exact_child",
    "median_aov_usd": null,
    "p25_aov_usd": null,
    "p75_aov_usd": null,
    "metric_window": null,
    "scope_label": "The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate.",
    "methodology": "Median and middle 50% of account-level average order values. Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. Successful classifications, including manual corrections, with positive finite spend, purchases, ROAS and cost per purchase. Accounts are counted once with equal weight. Quartiles use linear interpolation. Root cohorts include direct root classifications and their child categories; exact-child cohorts exclude parent and sibling categories. The source selects the highest-spend coverage row per account among snapshots dated within the preceding 30 days; the underlying reporting period is not supplied. This is a dated aggregate advertising-data snapshot, not business-wide AOV or a census.",
    "read_at": "2026-10-11T14:09:52.863370+00:00",
    "period_label": "No publishable aggregate; underlying reporting period not supplied",
    "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms: no publishable AOV benchmark. The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Status reviewed 2026-10-11T14:09:52.863370+00:00. https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#benchmark",
    "source": {
      "name": "Madgicx Research & Labs",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#benchmark"
    }
  },
  "metric_definitions": [],
  "metric_definitions_scope": "Definitions only; no ACV, MRR or ARPU benchmark or measured correlation is supplied.",
  "brands": null,
  "answers": [
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-1",
      "question": "Does a student-platform Apply click establish a completed application?",
      "text": "Handshake distinguishes clicks on Apply from applications completed in an external ATS. Keep those events separate when interpreting student acquisition campaigns; a click can precede a completed application without proving one occurred.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-1",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. Does a student-platform Apply click establish a completed application? Handshake distinguishes clicks on Apply from applications completed in an external ATS. Keep those events separate when interpreting student acquisition campaigns; a click can precede a completed application without proving one occurred.  Source: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-1",
      "source_url": "https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-2",
      "question": "Can career-event RSVPs be counted as student attendance?",
      "text": "Handshake’s applicant reporting distinguishes students who registered for events from those who attended. Report both stages separately when a Facebook campaign promotes a campus recruiting event.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-2",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. Can career-event RSVPs be counted as student attendance? Handshake’s applicant reporting distinguishes students who registered for events from those who attended. Report both stages separately when a Facebook campaign promotes a campus recruiting event.  Source: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-2",
      "source_url": "https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-3",
      "question": "Which student segments help interpret applicant quality?",
      "text": "Handshake reports the most common applicant schools and majors. Examine those relevant student segments alongside completed applications instead of treating every inquiry as equally aligned with an employer’s opportunity.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-3",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. Which student segments help interpret applicant quality? Handshake reports the most common applicant schools and majors. Examine those relevant student segments alongside completed applications instead of treating every inquiry as equally aligned with an employer’s opportunity.  Source: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-3",
      "source_url": "https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-4",
      "question": "Does prior platform engagement prove an external ATS application came from Facebook?",
      "text": "Handshake’s ATS applicant definition includes completed external applications from people with prior platform engagement within its stated lookback. That association is not evidence of an incremental Facebook result; retain source and campaign attribution separately.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-4",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. Does prior platform engagement prove an external ATS application came from Facebook? Handshake’s ATS applicant definition includes completed external applications from people with prior platform engagement within its stated lookback. That association is not evidence of an incremental Facebook result; retain source and campaign attribution separately.  Source: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-edjobs1-entry-level-student-platforms-4",
      "source_url": "https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036928353-Talent-Analytics-Applicants"
    },
    {
      "group": "Category research",
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      "question": "Is an AOV benchmark available for this category?",
      "text": "No publishable AOV benchmark is available.",
      "context": "The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Parent and sibling benchmarks are not substituted.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-benchmark-status",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. Is an AOV benchmark available for this category? No publishable AOV benchmark is available. The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Parent and sibling benchmarks are not substituted. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-benchmark-status",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#benchmark"
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      "group": "Use this research",
      "id": "answer-download-research",
      "question": "Can I download this industry research?",
      "text": "The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-download-research",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. Can I download this industry research? The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.  Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-download-research",
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    {
      "group": "Use this research",
      "id": "answer-cite-research",
      "question": "How should I cite a finding from this page?",
      "text": "When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-cite-research",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Entry Level Student Platforms. How should I cite a finding from this page? When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.  Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/job-portals-employment-platforms/entry-level-student-platforms#answer-cite-research",
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