Original projectMicrosoft Hackathon2nd YearUniversity Project

Jobs@LPU

A campus gig marketplace that gives students a credible path to paid experience while helping people hire trusted local talent for short work. Built during a second-year university hackathon, it uses the campus community as the first layer of identity and trust.

Origin: Original project
Role: Product, design & technology
Focus: Application
Engineering Area: Web
Domain: Developer & education
Status: Prototyped

Why this should exist

Student talent needs a trusted path to paid experience

Students can solve real local problems but rarely have a simple marketplace for short, credible work. Jobs@LPU connected campus demand with student skills through a community where identity and proximity already supported trust.

Problem and product

The problems

01
Students need experience before many employers will consider them.
02
Small local jobs are too informal for major hiring platforms.
03
People hiring need confidence in availability, skills, and follow-through.

What the product delivers

Developed during a university hackathon in the second year of college
Student profiles highlighting skills, interests, availability, and previous work
Gig listings for short-term campus and community opportunities
Search and discovery by skill, category, availability, and budget
Simple applications connecting interested students with people hiring
Opportunity tracking for posted, applied, active, and completed gigs

Technology used

A stack chosen for the product

The hackathon concept centered on a two-sided web marketplace. Profiles, gig listings, applications, and work states form the core domain, while campus identity provides the first trust boundary.

Web ApplicationTwo-sided MarketplaceGig PlatformCampus Community

Architecture

How the system holds together

01
Student talent profiles
Skills, interests, availability, and completed work create a practical hiring signal.
02
Gig marketplace
People post short opportunities and students discover them by fit, timing, and budget.
03
Campus trust
Community identity and work history reduce uncertainty for both sides of the transaction.

Estimated goals

A campus launchpad for early professional experience

A modern version could help universities make student work visible while keeping gigs small enough for first-time earners.

01
Validate demand with one campus and a narrow set of gig categories.
02
Track completed work as portable evidence for the student.
03
Add protected payments and dispute support after matching quality is proven.

Future goals are directional estimates and depend on user validation.

Extras

Product perspective

Primary audience: University students and people hiring for short projects
Business model: Campus partnerships and a small transaction fee
Origin story: Built during a Microsoft hackathon in the second year of university

Execution principle

Validate the narrow customer promise first. Add scope only when evidence shows that it improves the outcome.

Full project notes

Product and engineering deep dive

The project overview adds a concise presentation layer. The complete product details remain below.

From intent to implementation

A product direction shaped around a real use case.

A university hackathon project developed during the second year of college to help students discover paid gig opportunities and help people hire trusted student talent for short-term work.

01 · The product response

What people can do with it

Developed during a university hackathon in the second year of college
Student profiles highlighting skills, interests, availability, and previous work
Gig listings for short-term campus and community opportunities
Search and discovery by skill, category, availability, and budget
Simple applications connecting interested students with people hiring
Opportunity tracking for posted, applied, active, and completed gigs
Campus-focused trust model for hiring student gig workers

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