You’ve worked hard for your degree, and the first steps of your career should reflect that. That means genuine opportunities, direct conversations with employers, and a hiring experience where your potential isn’t used as someone else’s business model.

Kaplunk creates a direct route to graduate jobs, schemes, entry‑level positions, trainee programmes, and employer‑led opportunities across the UK — without an agency layer.

Fair. Ethical. Transparent.

Recruitment agencies have dominated the graduate job market for decades — within a UK recruitment industry now worth £40.6 billion.

We believe it’s time for something better.

Kaplunk removes agencies from early‑career hiring and replaces them with a modern, fair, people‑first pathway — one where graduates and employers connect transparently and directly.

This isn’t just a platform.

It’s a movement — built on dignity, clarity, and opportunity — and you’re at the centre of it..

The Real Cost of Becoming a Graduate

Take accountancy as an example:

A 3‑year degree can cost up to £50,000, followed by years of loan repayments.

You make that investment to build your future — not to support a hiring system that quietly makes you pay twice.
Recruitment agencies charge employers thousands to hire you — a fee based entirely on the qualifications you paid to gain.

✔A three‑year degree: up to £50,000
✔Student loan repayments lasting years
✔Professional qualifications still to fund

✔It’s unfair.
✔It’s outdated.

Kaplunk exists to change it.

The Problem: An Overlooked Step in the Graduate Hiring Process

Higher education is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. Tuition, rent, travel, books, and living expenses often push the total cost of a UK degree well beyond £50,000.

Because many graduate roles are routed through recruitment agencies, employers can incur significant hiring fees. These fees exist because of the skills and education graduates have already paid to develop.

This model works for recruitment companies  — but not for you.

• Agencies position themselves between graduates and employers
• Employers get charged 10–20% of your salary as a “finder’s fee”
• Agencies profit from the skills and qualifications you invested in

Recruitment agencies have dominated the graduate job market for decades — within a UK recruitment industry now worth £40.6 billion. Yet despite this enormous spend, neither graduates nor employers truly benefit.

Graduates face layers of intermediaries, lack of transparency, and reduced access to employers; employers shoulder rising agency fees while gaining little control over the hiring experience.

We remove the agency layer entirely so opportunities flow directly between employers and graduates.

Kaplunk eliminates costly recruitment agencies, saving employers £3,000–£5,000 per graduate hire and unlocking a new way to reinvest in talent.

Instead of losing that money to intermediaries, a saved recruitment could fund:

Kaplunk Mission

We’re rebuilding the graduate hiring journey so that so graduates feel seen, valued, and respected, and employers can hire transparently without unnecessary costs.

For Graduates

✔Direct access to real employers
✔ No agencies filtering your applications
✔ Faster communication and clearer decisions

For Employers

✔ Direct, meaningful connections with graduates
✔ Higher engagement and far better offer acceptance
✔ More room to invest in graduates — not middlemen

How Removing Agencies Benefits You 

Kaplunk eliminates costly recruitment agencies, saving employers £3,000–£5,000 per graduate hire and unlocking a new way to reinvest in talent. Instead of losing that money to intermediaries, employers can redirect those savings toward higher salaries, funded qualifications, student‑loan repayment support, and structured development — creating a transformative hiring model that rewards graduates for the significant financial investment they’ve already made in their education and future careers.

✔Funding for qualifications

✔Student loan repayment support

✔Mentoring, coaching & structured development

A Better Future Without Recruitment Agencies

Kaplunk is rewriting the rules of early‑career hiring. By removing agencies, eliminating unnecessary fees, and restoring transparency, we help graduates step into their careers with fairness, confidence, and dignity.

Recruitment agencies have dominated the graduate job market for decades — within a UK recruitment industry now worth £40.6 billion. Yet despite this enormous spend, neither graduates nor employers truly benefit. Graduates face layers of intermediaries, lack of transparency, and reduced access to employers; employers shoulder rising agency fees while gaining little control over the hiring experience.

In other words, Kaplunk turns wasted recruitment spend into a direct benefit for the people who need it most.