Custom PHPA bespoke PHP careers platform connecting international graduates with employers worldwide.
GradLink UK connects international students and graduates from UK universities with employers in their home markets and worldwide — built from scratch by ITQ Commerce in 2020 and fully relaunched in 2025.
A two-sided marketplace no off-the-shelf tool could run.
GradLink is a genuine two-sided marketplace: graduates on one side, global employers on the other, with country-specific labour market data at the centre.
Off-the-shelf job board software could not accommodate a free-to-all service spanning 140 UK universities, route opportunities by home market, or support the dedicated regional portals GradLink runs across Asia, Africa, the Gulf, the Americas and Europe. It had to be built from the ground up.
Award-winning, and free to all. GradLink UK is provided by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and is free of charge to every international student and employer who uses it.
It is a Times Higher Award winner, shortlisted three times, with employers ranging from regional firms to Samsung, Microsoft, Deloitte, Accenture, Capgemini, BDO and WWF.
One platform, serving graduates and employers alike.
Every part of the platform was written from scratch in custom PHP — candidate tools, employer self-service, and the regional infrastructure that routes opportunities to the right home market.
Candidate Experience
Global job board
Vacancy listings with employer branding, full role detail pages and country tagging, so candidates find roles in their home market as well as the UK.
CV builder and submission
Candidates upload a CV or construct one in-platform, publishing it straight to the searchable database.
Careers advice hub
Country-by-country graduate labour market guidance and resources.
Employer Tools
Employer portal
Self-service registration with customisable company profile pages, giving every employer a branded presence on the platform.
Vacancy posting
Employers publish jobs and internships directly, with no administrative intervention required.
Searchable CV database
Employers search the candidate pool against their own criteria and contact graduates directly.
Automated candidate alerts
Employers receive matched CV notifications based on their stated recruitment needs.
Reach & Engagement
Regional portals
Dedicated localised sections for China, India, Africa, Malaysia, the Gulf, Canada and Central & Eastern Europe, each with its own content and opportunity feed.
Dynamic homepage modules
An auto-rotating featured vacancy carousel with manual pause control and a live latest-vacancies feed, both driven from the vacancy database.
News, events and social integration
International student careers news feeding a social audience of over 200,000.
Dedicated portals, one network.
Each region runs as its own localised destination, with its own content and opportunity feed — all powered by the same platform.
Built in 2020. Relaunched in 2025.
Two engagements, five years apart — the original build, then a full modernisation carried out without interrupting service to candidates or employers.
Got a platform that doesn’t fit off-the-shelf software?
GradLink needed something no product on the market could do. If you’re facing the same problem, we’d love to talk — ITQ Commerce builds bespoke platforms designed around how your organisation actually works.