Built for European universities — GDPR-native, EU AI Act compliant, ESCO-aligned
Open Badges 3.0 • ESCO • EU AI Act Ready

Your graduates have the skills.
Prove it. Match it.

EmployAb turns your university's teaching into verified, portable credentials — then connects graduates to employers across Europe who need exactly those skills. Better outcomes. Better rankings. Better story.

89% employment rate 22 days faster to hire ESCO + OB3 verified
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Launching in Ireland — the first EmployAb university partner programme in the EU

Graduate Employability Is a European Problem

From Dublin to Berlin, universities face the same pressure: prove that degrees lead to employment. The numbers are getting harder to ignore.

14.5%

EU Youth Unemployment

Eurozone youth unemployment remains stubbornly high. In Ireland, 10.8% of under-25 graduates are unemployed. Universities are judged on what happens after graduation.

€4bn+

DFHERIS Budget Under Pressure

Ireland's Department of Further and Higher Education invests over €4bn annually. The €307M funding gap (vs OECD average) demands proof of outcomes, not just enrolment.

82%

Employers Report Skills Gaps

IBEC surveys show 82% of Irish employers report graduate skills gaps. CVs and transcripts don't tell employers what a graduate can actually do. The trust gap costs everyone.

Sources: Eurostat 2025, IBEC Employer Skills Survey 2024, DFHERIS Budget 2026, HEA Statistics

🇮🇪 Ireland: The EmployAb Proving Ground

Ireland combines world-class universities, a knowledge economy under pressure, and a government committed to graduate outcomes. The perfect place to prove the model before scaling EU-wide.

The Irish Context

  • Graduate unemployment (under-25s) 10.8%
  • HEA institutions 34 universities & TUs
  • Annual graduates ~89,000
  • Total HE students (2024/25) 278,880
  • DFHERIS annual budget €4bn+
  • HE funding gap (vs OECD avg) €307M/yr
  • IDA + Enterprise Ireland employers 3,600+
  • Apprentices (SOLAS) 28,400+
  • National Skills Strategy Active to 2030

EmployAb Impact Model (Ireland)

  • Target employment rate 89%
  • Time-to-hire reduction -22 days
  • Employer cost-per-hire saving €2,800/hire
  • Graduate salary uplift +€4,500/yr
  • Exchequer tax uplift (modelled) €38M/yr
  • University ROI 6:1
  • Government ROI 65:1
“Irish universities produce exceptional graduates, but the system that connects them to employers is still built on PDFs and job boards. EmployAb gives us the infrastructure to prove the value of what we teach — with data employers trust.”
— EmployAb Ireland pilot research, university partner engagement

EmployAb Closes the Gap

A white-label middleware platform your university owns — connecting credential issuance, employer channels, and government reporting into one verified pipeline.

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Open Badges 3.0 Issuance

Issue cryptographically verified skills badges following the 1EdTech Open Badges 3.0 standard. W3C Verifiable Credentials ensure full portability across the EU and beyond. Your badge, your brand.

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AI-Powered Skills Matching

Explainable AI matches graduate competencies to live employer requirements using the ESCO taxonomy. Skills gap analysis shows exactly where curriculum meets — or misses — market demand.

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Employability Analytics

Real-time dashboards for employment outcomes, time-to-hire, employer engagement, and departmental performance. Data you can take to your HEA, QQI, and your governing authority.

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Euro-Wide Architecture

ESCO-aligned, GDPR-native, EU AI Act compliant. Starting in Ireland, designed to scale across every EU member state. Your credentials travel with your graduates, wherever they go in Europe.

The Connective Layer Nobody Else Has Built

Your university already has a registrar system, a careers CRM, and employer partnerships. None of them talk to each other. EmployAb connects them.

HEA / DFHERIS
QQI
SOLAS
↓ Real-time outcome data ↓
Banner / SITS
Digitary
EmployAb
GradIreland
Employer ATS
↓ Verified credentials ↓
Moodle / Canvas
CareerHub
Europass Wallet

You Keep Everything

EmployAb doesn't replace your SIS, LMS, or careers CRM. It connects them — verified credentials flow between systems that currently don't talk to each other.

Data Moat Deepens

Every badge issued, every match made, every outcome tracked builds skills-to-employment intelligence no individual system can replicate.

Network Effects Compound

More universities means more verified graduates. More graduates means more employers search. More employers means more universities want to join.

Not Just Graduates — Apprentices Too

Ireland needs 10,000 new apprentice registrations per year. The same verified credential + skills matching pipeline that works for graduates works for apprentices. SOLAS and ETBs get real-time completion and employment data — not annual reports.

  • OB3 badges for each apprenticeship phase and competency
  • AI matching for apprentice-to-employer placements
  • Real-time completion tracking for SOLAS and ETBs
  • 78+ apprenticeship programmes across craft and consortia models
  • Bridges FET and HE — apprentice degree programmes included
28,400+
Active Apprentices
78+
Programmes
16
ETBs Nationwide
10,000
Annual Target

Built for Universities First

EmployAb is designed around the university's needs — not bolted on as an afterthought. White-label deployment means it's your platform, your brand, your data.

🎓 Credential Authority

  • Issue OB3 verified badges from your institution
  • Map badges to modules, programmes, and extracurriculars
  • Badge queue management with departmental approval
  • Curriculum insight: which skills map to which employers

📊 Outcome Visibility

  • Track employment rates by department, cohort, and discipline
  • Supply vs demand analysis across ESCO skill categories
  • Graduate placement velocity — month by month
  • HEA, QQI, and national-framework-ready reporting

🤝 Employer Connections

  • Manage employer partnerships in one place
  • Employers search your talent pool — not a generic jobs board
  • Campus recruitment event booking
  • Employer demand signals feed back into curriculum
89%
Employment Rate
34d
Avg Time to Employment
+15%
Ranking Score Uplift
6:1
ROI on Platform Cost

Built for Everyone in the Ecosystem

For Employers

Hire graduates you can trust — verified, not self-reported

Stop sifting through CVs. EmployAb gives you a searchable talent pool where every skill is cryptographically verified by the issuing university.

  • Search graduates by verified skill, university, and badge count
  • AI match scores explain exactly why a candidate fits your role
  • Book campus events and request custom skills gap reports
  • OB3 trust panel shows credential provenance and verification chain
Cost per hire €3,500 €580
Time to hire 45 days 14 days
Skills verification Self-reported Cryptographic
Candidate relevance ~30% 85%+
For Government & Policy

See the return on higher education — in real time

EmployAb provides policy-grade data on graduate outcomes, exchequer returns, and regional employment gaps. No more waiting for annual HEA graduate surveys or HESA returns.

  • Accelerate exchequer tax returns by €38M/year (Ireland model)
  • Reduce graduate unemployment towards 8% target
  • Monitor regional employment gaps and skills mismatches
  • Track OB3, W3C, ESCO, GDPR, and EU AI Act compliance
  • 65:1 ROI on public investment (cost-benefit modelled)
Exchequer tax uplift €38M/yr
Graduate unemployment 10.8% 8.0%
Policy data lag 12 months Real-time
Government ROI 65:1
For Students & Graduates

Your skills, verified. Your career, accelerated.

Build a portable portfolio of verified skills that employers actually trust — across Ireland, Europe, and beyond. Get matched to roles that fit your competencies, not just your keyword-stuffed CV.

  • Build a verified skills portfolio with OB3 digital badges
  • Get AI-matched to employers who need your exact skills
  • Track CPD progress and identify skills gaps early
  • Get hired 22 days faster than the national average
  • Earn €4,500/year more with verified credentials
  • Credentials portable across all EU member states via ESCO
Time to employment 56 days 34 days
Starting salary uplift +€4,500/yr
CV format PDF + hope Verified portfolio
EU portability None ESCO-aligned

Ireland First, Europe Next

EmployAb's architecture is designed for EU-wide scale from day one. ESCO taxonomy, GDPR compliance, and multilingual support are built in — not bolted on.

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Ireland Hub

Launching 2026

34 HEA institutions. 89,000 graduates/year. 28,400 apprentices. DFHERIS, HEA, SOLAS, Enterprise Ireland & IDA employer network.

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EU Expansion

2027 Phase

Netherlands, Germany, and Nordics first wave. Bologna Process alignment. Erasmus+ credential interop. ESCO native.

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Global Reach

2028+

UK (post-Brexit bilateral), Qatar (Doha hub), US (Tampa). OB3 + W3C ensures credentials travel globally.

How It Works

1

University Onboards

White-label deployment with your branding. Map modules and programmes to ESCO, O*NET, and national skills frameworks.

2

Badges Are Issued

Students earn OB3 verified credentials as they complete modules, placements, and extracurriculars. Automated or queue-based.

3

AI Matches Skills

Employers post requirements. EmployAb's matching engine connects verified skills to live demand with explainable scores.

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Outcomes Are Tracked

Employment rates, time-to-hire, salary uplift, and skills gaps — all visible in real-time dashboards for every stakeholder.

Standards You Can Point To

EmployAb is built on open, auditable, EU-aligned standards — not a proprietary black box.

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Open Badges 3.0

1EdTech standard

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W3C Verifiable Credentials

Portable & tamper-proof

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ESCO Taxonomy

EU skills classification

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GDPR & EU AI Act

Privacy & AI governance

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Bologna Process

Cross-border recognition

Your graduates deserve proof.
Your institution deserves credit.

Join the universities already using EmployAb to turn teaching quality into verifiable employment outcomes — across Ireland and Europe.