Student Iskolaszövetkezet

What Student Iskolaszövetkezet does

Student Iskolaszövetkezet (operating as Student.hu) is a Hungarian student employment cooperative founded in 1985 that operates a two-sided marketplace connecting full-time daytime university and college students with part-time job opportunities from corporate clients. The cooperative serves two primary segments: (i) Hungarian students aged 17+ in active or passive semester enrollment seeking flexible, study-compatible income, and (ii) Hungarian businesses needing temporary, flexible workforce across categories including hospitality, office/administration, physical labor, events, IT, language-requiring roles, and internships. The cooperative is member-owned and governed by a Board of Directors and Supervisory Board, with Vas Zoltán Levente serving as President. Students pay no fees to join or use the service.

The cooperative's core product is the Student.hu web portal, a self-serve job board where students register, browse categorized listings, and apply for positions. The matching process combines self-service application with manual curation by cooperative staff who contact candidates by phone, SMS, and email. Underlying technology is a standard web platform (no mobile app, no public API, no AI capabilities disclosed) backed by a candidate management database. Distribution combines direct student acquisition via the website, Facebook, and Instagram with B2B relationship management for corporate clients.

Revenue is generated exclusively on the B2B side: corporate clients pay fees or margins on student wages for staffing services, with the cooperative handling contract management, payroll processing, and salary disbursement (paid by the 8th of each month). The organization operates from a single Budapest headquarters with a lean 9-person staff supporting 30,000+ active student members and 100+ corporate collaborations. The company operates exclusively in Hungary with no disclosed expansion outside domestic markets.

Name

Student Iskolaszövetkezet

Legal name

STUDENT Iskolaszövetkezet

Website

https://student.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Student Iskolaszövetkezet (Student.hu) is a 39-year-old Hungarian student employment cooperative that matches 30,000+ enrolled students with part-time jobs from 100+ corporate clients, handling payroll and contracting under Hungary's student employment tax regime.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Employment and Temporary Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320), Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Development & Inclusive Employment (Job Training, Placement) (BPAGALAB), Work-Based Learning Programs (Internships, Apprenticeships, Community-Based Instruction) (EDAKANAF)

Keywords

• Student employment services
• Part-time job placement
• Temporary staffing
• Student cooperative
• Workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cooperative membership and placement services: Student Iskolaszövetkezet operates as a cooperative that earns revenue by placing students in part-time jobs at client companies. They charge companies for providing workforce staffing services, taking a margin on student wages or charging service fees. Students pay no fees to join or use the service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Student Iskolaszövetkezet operates the Student.hu job portal and cooperative that connects full-time Hungarian students (aged 17+, nappali tagozatos) with part-time employment opportunities across categories including occasional work, SOS jobs, internships, office/assistant roles, physical labor, host/hostess, language-requiring, IT/technical, hospitality, phone-based, and mystery shopping. The cooperative handles end-to-end employment administration including contract management, payroll processing, and salary disbursement by the 8th of each month, while client companies receive pre-screened, flexible temporary workforce.

Product overview

Student Iskolaszövetkezet operates Student.hu as a single unified job portal platform for Hungarian students seeking part-time employment. The platform serves as a marketplace connecting student workers with employers across various job categories including temporary/occasional work, SOS jobs, internships, office/assistant positions, physical work, host/hostess, language-requiring, IT/technical, catering, telephone, and survey/traffic counting roles. The platform also provides job matching services and employer connections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student.hu Job Portal
• Temporary Student Staffing Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Hungary: Hungarian subsidiary of global staffing leader providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR services. Comparable as a broad staffing incumbent operating in the same Hungarian employer market, though without the student-specific cooperative positioning.
• Hays Hungary: Specialist recruitment firm operating in Hungary, focusing on professional and skilled roles. Comparable as an incumbent staffing provider serving Hungarian employers, with overlap particularly in the IT/technical and language-required placement categories offered by Student.hu.
• Manpower Hungary: Hungarian arm of a global staffing firm providing temporary, permanent, and contract placements across white-collar and light-industrial roles. Comparable because it serves the same Hungarian employer demand for flexible workforce, though it is not specialized in the student segment.
• Grafton Recruitment Hungary: Irish-headquartered recruitment firm with Hungarian operations providing temporary and permanent staffing across office, industrial, and professional categories. Comparable as a broad staffing incumbent competing for some of the same Hungarian employer demand.

Others

• Profession.hu: Hungary's leading online job portal. Adjacent rather than directly competitive — provides a job-listing platform used by Hungarian job seekers and employers, but does not specialize in student part-time work or handle payroll/EOR functions.

Direct peers

• PannonWork: Hungarian staffing and student-employment company providing temporary workforce solutions and student placements in Hungary. Direct peer because it competes for the same Hungarian student supply and employer demand, though with a different legal structure.
• Műegyetemi Iskolaszövetkezet (BME Student Cooperative): Direct Hungarian university-based student employment cooperative operating the same student cooperative model under Hungarian law. Most direct peer because it competes for the same student and corporate client base in Hungary using an identical legal and operating structure.

Emerging players

• AIESEC: Global student-run organization facilitating international internships and work-exchange opportunities for university students. Comparable because it places students in work experiences, though it focuses on international/cross-border placements rather than domestic part-time work.
• IAESTE: International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, providing paid technical internships abroad for university students. Overlaps with Student.hu's internship placement offering but operates cross-border rather than domestically in Hungary.

Regional players

• Erasmus Intern: EU-wide internship placement platform for students and graduates. Comparable because it matches students with internship opportunities — one of Student.hu's core job categories — though it operates across Europe rather than concentrating on the Hungarian domestic market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/A4C.Student
• Instagraminstagram.com/a4cstudent
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/student-iskolasz%C3%B6vetkezet

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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