About GradSimple
Career intelligence has always existed. We’re here to make sure it isn’t a privilege.
GradSimple was built on a simple observation. The people who figure out their careers early almost always had someone on the inside. A parent in the industry. A mentor who knew what hiring managers were deciding. A conversation that happened at the right time with the right person.
Most people never get that conversation. GradSimple exists to change that.
What is career intelligence?
Career Intelligence is the practice of using real labor market data, hiring trends, and first-hand industry signals to make confident career decisions.
It is the difference between choosing a path based on what you hope is true and choosing based on what the data shows right now. GradSimple turns government employment reports, hiring data, and real graduate stories into clear, actionable context for people early in their careers.
Why we exist
The average graduate walks out carrying $35,000 in debt into a job market being reshaped by AI faster than any textbook can track. There is one school counselor for every 372 students in the United States. Entry-level roles are shrinking or demanding years of experience that entry-level candidates have no way to get.
This is not a talent gap. It is an access gap.
The people who built strong careers early did not only work harder. They made better decisions earlier because someone on the inside told them what the path really looked like before they committed to it. If you have ever felt behind without knowing why, that is not a personal failing. It is a structural one.
That is what GradSimple is here to fix. Every month, we sit down with people inside the industries, hiring rooms, and career paths you are considering. We ask them what they see, what they wish more candidates understood, and what the path really looks like from where they are standing. And we bring that conversation directly to you.
Regardless of who your parents know. Regardless of what school you went to. Regardless of where you grew up.
By the Numbers
7,200+
Active subscribers as of July 2026
270+
Universities represented, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Stanford
100+
Graduate interviews conducted
15,000+
Real career scenarios studied and responded to
1,640+
Hours of career research logged from December 2023 through July 2026
55.4%
Average open rate is double the industry average
Who we are
Tyler Yip
Founder of GradSimple
Tyler graduated with an honors finance degree and chose not to use it. He spent the next few years experimenting across roles and industries, learning what early career decisions look like up close and what determines how they turn out.
From December 2023 through July 2026, he logged over 1,640 hours of dedicated career research, tracking hiring trends and analyzing Bureau of Labor Statistics and JOLTS reports. He has personally conducted over 100 in-depth graduate interviews across every major industry. He moderates r/findapath, one of Reddit’s largest career communities, and has engaged with over 15,000 real career questions from people figuring out their next move. He works with companies including OpenAI, NVIDIA and Logitech.
Grace Livengood
Hiring Insider
Grace graduated with a history degree from the University of British Columbia with no connections and no traditional path lined up. She built her way into tech from scratch, moving from fintech into the recruiting software industry, where she now works on the technical team at Greenhouse, the hiring platform used by companies like Pokemon, Twitch, and Discord.
That role gives her a view most career writers do not have. She sees how companies make hiring decisions from the inside, at scale, in real time. At GradSimple, she focuses on the side of career decisions that data alone cannot answer: how people without the expected background or credentials get from where they are to where they want to be.
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