connecticum

What connecticum does

Connecticum is a Berlin-based private career services platform that has operated in the German recruitment market since approximately 2000. The company runs three integrated products: (1) the annual connecticum Internationale Firmenkontaktmesse Berlin, a three-day in-person career fair focused on IT, Engineering, and Business disciplines, with the 26th edition scheduled for October 2026 and 150 participating employers; (2) the ArbeitgeberAtlas, a year-round curated employer directory covering 900+ employers filterable by field of study, location, and career stage; and (3) the Jobmarket, an online job board listing positions across all career stages — from 259 student jobs and 654 internships to 2,353 senior professional roles. The platform serves students, graduates, and experienced professionals on the candidate side, and corporate recruiters, including enterprises such as BMW Group, BASF, Deloitte, Accenture, Deutsche Bahn, and Deutsche Bank, on the employer side.

The underlying technology is a conventional web-based job marketplace with directory and event-management components; no proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, or technical differentiation is disclosed in the source material. The platform operates as a single-country (Germany) business with no disclosed geographic expansion plans, international footprint, or mobile applications. Distribution is centered on the connecticum.de website, the employer directory's SEO presence, the email newsletter (Mailingliste), and the annual physical event. The company has 11-50 employees and no disclosed funding rounds, institutional investors, or parent company relationships, indicating a self-funded, owner-operated business model.

Revenue is generated primarily through employer recruitment services — booth rental at the annual fair, directory listings, and job postings — while visitors pay a nominal 10 EUR messeticket. Employer-side pricing is not publicly disclosed and requires inquiry through a recruiting form. The customer base is a long-tail of 900+ employers with no individually dominant clients, primarily mid-sized to large German enterprises plus some adjacent markets (Switzerland, Austria) implied by the BASF and Stadler relationships. The business model is event-driven with a digital complement, structurally exposed to the broader shift from offline career fairs to digital-first recruitment platforms.

Name

connecticum

Website

https://connecticum.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Connecticum is a Berlin-based German career services platform operating an annual IT/Engineering/Business career fair, a year-round employer directory of 900+ companies, and an online job marketplace serving students, graduates, and professionals across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Services & Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Employer Relations & Recruiting (Career Fairs) (EDALABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL), Professional & Business Services Marketplaces (Freelancers, SMB Services) (BPAMAHAG)

Keywords

• Career fair services
• Graduate recruitment platform
• Employer branding events
• Job marketplace platform
• Student career services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer Recruitment Services: Connecticum generates revenue by offering employers participation in career fairs and visibility in the employer directory. The platform provides companies access to a curated talent pool of students, graduates, and professionals across IT, Engineering, and Business disciplines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Connecticum operates a career services platform centered on an annual three-day job and career fair (connecticum Internationale Firmenkontaktmesse Berlin) for IT, Engineering, and Business sectors. Year-round, it maintains a curated online employer directory (ArbeitgeberAtlas) with 900+ employer profiles and a job board (Jobmarket) covering student jobs, internships, graduate positions, traineeships, and senior professional roles. Revenue is generated primarily by selling employer recruitment services including fair booth participation, directory listings, and visibility in the curated talent pool.

Product overview

connecticum is a German career services platform consisting of three integrated services: the annual connecticum Job- & Karrieremesse (a three-day in-person job fair in Berlin for IT, Engineering & Business sectors), the ArbeitgeberAtlas (a year-round curated online employer directory with 900+ employer profiles filterable by discipline and location), and the Jobmarket (an online job board covering entry-level through senior professional positions). The platform connects students, graduates, and professionals with employers through both event-based and digital channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• connecticum Job- & Karrieremesse (Internationale Firmenkontaktmesse Berlin) Annual three-day in-person job and career fair held in Berlin for IT, Engineering, and Business sectors, featuring direct conversations with 150 employers, job postings, and information on entry requirements. Targets students, graduates, and professionals.
• ArbeitgeberAtlas Year-round curated online employer directory with profiles of over 900 employers, filterable by field of study, location, and career stage, allowing research without application pressure from student jobs to senior positions.
• Jobmarket Online job board offering listings across all career stages including student jobs, internships, graduate positions, traineeships, and senior professional roles.

Quantifiable outcome

• 900+ employers in the ArbeitgeberAtlas employer directory
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed Germany: Global job aggregator with strong presence in Germany, competing for the same employer listings and candidate traffic. Not focused on the graduate/STEM niche but exercises pricing pressure on employer budgets.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network and recruiting platform with growing German graduate and event offerings. Sets the competitive bar for recruiter tooling and AI matching, even though it does not run dedicated German career fairs.
• XING (New Work SE): Germany's leading professional network and job platform, dominant in DACH professional recruiting. Competes with connecticum for employer mindshare and candidate pipelines, but with a much broader generalist footprint.
• StepStone (StepStone.de): One of Germany's largest generalist job boards with strong graduate and professional verticals. Competes primarily via scale and digital employer listings rather than career fairs, but shares the same employer customer base.

Direct peers

• Jobvector: Specialist German job board focused on engineering, IT, and technical professionals. Directly competes with connecticum's Jobmarket in the same IT/Engineering verticals and overlapping candidate personas.
• Absolventa: German job board and career platform specialized in entry-level positions, internships, and graduate roles. Targets the same student/graduate candidate pool and competing employer advertisers, with a primarily digital (versus event-driven) delivery model.
• Jobmesse Deutschland: Operates a network of career fairs across multiple German cities for students, graduates, and professionals. Closest direct analogue to connecticum's annual fair model and shares the same event-driven recruitment approach.
• e-fellows.net: German online career and scholarship platform for students and graduates, with employer directories and recruiting events. Overlaps with connecticum's candidate segments and B2B employer relationships.
• Staufenbiel Institut: Long-standing German career services and job fair operator targeting students and graduates. Operates similar in-person recruiting events and online job boards with employer branding focus, making it the closest direct competitor to connecticum in Germany.

Regional players

• Universum Global: Employer branding and student recruiting intelligence firm working with leading global employers on talent insights and employer branding. Comparable to connecticum in serving the same employer B2B buyers in the graduate recruiting space, though primarily a research/consulting firm rather than a marketplace.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/connecticum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/connecticum

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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