42%
of recent US graduates are underemployed — working in jobs that don't require the degree you're still paying off.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Firebird for Graduates
Stop mass-applying.
Start running a structured search.
Firebird is the search-management platform and structured program built for graduates — guiding their daily search, building their network, and keeping them motivated to land the right first role faster.
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The only advice anyone gave you was "apply to more." But today, it isn't working.
You've sent ninety applications into a market taking about 140 per job posting. Sending more is exactly what everyone else is doing, and exactly what stops working. Firebird makes each one worth sending — and replaces the chaos with structure and efficiency.
~140
applications the market is taking per job posting — the most competitive on record. More people, chasing fewer doors, all sending more.
US entry-level hiring data, 202645 min
every few weeks is all the career center can give. The search happens in the days in between — alone with a spreadsheet and a job board. Firebird is for those days.
How Firebird works
Everything you need to run a structured graduate search.
Know what to do today
A smart activity planner turns "I don't know where to start" into a clear action plan — daily progress and clear deliverables, so your momentum and confidence hold.
- Smart daily plan with time estimates
- Weekly targets & progress tracking
- A customizable pace that fits your week
- AI assistant coach for drafting & feedback
Network, apply, and prep
Build the network you don't have yet, target the right roles, and prep each application so it's worth sending. Nearly 9 in 10 recent grads say networking mattered in landing their first job — it works alongside applying, not instead of it.
- Build a network from scratch
- Track touchpoints & follow-ups
- Target roles and manage your pipeline
- Prep every application so it's worth reading
End-to-end, step-by-step
A complete program covering every stage — resume, outreach, interviews — with the preparation you need when you're doing all of it for the first time. Nothing improvised.
- About 35 hours of guided work across 65 tasks
- Resume, outreach & interview prep
- Guides, examples & templates
- From your first day looking to your first day on the job
The platform
Why Firebird?
You're weighing Firebird against three alternatives: auto-apply tools that just send more, a coach you can't really afford, or doing it all yourself. Firebird is the only system that combines concrete guidance, productivity tools, and best practices to run your entire search end-to-end — for less than the cost of a gym membership.
Apply faster
Auto-apply tools and trackers make it easy to send more — but at around 140 applications per job posting, that's the losing move. You've sent hundreds and heard nothing.
More noise, no method.
Graduate coaches
Graduate career coaches charge $4,200+ and end when the hours run out. Good advice in-session, but nothing compounds — coaching scales by the hour, not by the system.
Coaches cost $4K+.
Do it all yourself
Most graduates DIY the search — LinkedIn, job boards, auto-apply tools, and willpower. No methodology, no integration. A search that drags on and delays the start of your career.
Cobble it together.
Firebird
"The complete system. Less than a gym membership."
- Step-by-step program, end-to-end
- Network CRM built for graduates
- Interview preparation included
- AI assistant coach for every document