Turn Campus Jobs Into Career Competencies


Knack helps empower your high-achieving students with flexible, paid roles that build career-ready skills.

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A Professional Launchpad for Your Tutors. Managed by Us.

Knack provides your top students with flexible, high-impact employment opportunities while handling the administrative logistics of recruiting, training, and payroll.

Onboarding & Payroll

Knack manages recruitment, onboards tutors as independent contractors, and handles all payroll directly.

ITTPC-Aligned Training

Training built in partnership with CRLA and aligned with ITTPC to ensure your tutors are prepared to deliver high-quality, effective academic support.

Direct Student Reinvestment

A portion of your institutional funding goes directly into your students' pockets as tutor wages, keeping university dollars on campus.

Measurable Outcomes for Your Student Workforce

See how Knack helps campuses scale their employment networks and fast-track professional development.

Tutor Outcomes

Knack Skills Development Program

+10.6%

increase in Leadership skills.

+9.7%

increase in Critical Thinking skills.

+8.6%

increase in Communication skills.

+7.8%

increase in Professionalism.

Connecting Student Employment to NACE Career Readiness

Peer tutoring operates as a high-impact campus practice that drives student success while directly cultivating top workforce competencies. Through hands-on employment, student tutors build and prove the exact NACE Career Readiness Competencies employers look for:

 

Communication

Translating complex ideas into accessible steps, practicing active listening, and tailoring instruction to diverse learning styles.

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Assessing learning gaps in real time, diagnosing root misunderstandings, and adapting strategies on the fly.

Leadership & Teamwork

Guiding peers through academic challenges, building confidence, and facilitating collaborative learning environments.

Professionalism & Career Development

Demonstrating reliability, mastering time management, and translating academic strength into concrete workplace skills.

"We would much rather have you working on campus making a very competitive wage than working off campus. And we would love to have you not only tutoring our students, but they're also peers... to me, it's one of the best student employment opportunities our students can have, both for the student and for the peers that they're working with."

Dr. Scott Marzilli Portrait
Dr. Scott Marzilli Senior Associate Provost for Student Success and Innovation The University of Maine

Voices from Campus

“Tutoring has also helped me refine my own skills. As I teach, I continue learning, adapting to course changes, and improving my understanding. The combination of coursework and tutoring has boosted my confidence, and I’m proud to include it on my resume as a valuable learning experience.”

Jasmine Hurtado

Peer Tutor

Georgia Institute of Technology

 

One partnership. Three outcomes.

Scale academic support. Employ your students. Build campus community.