You don’t have to wait for the perfect opportunity.
Practice before it counts. Build more than a degree.
You’re already investing a lot in college. GradPlanHQ gives you a Practice Field for working on the experience, relationships, professional skills, projects, visibility, and stories that can strengthen what you take with you.
Build your brand. Create experience. Tell your story.
Start with what you need now. Keep building as you go.
Free lifetime membership for the Founding 100.
8.2M wanted an internship.3.6M got one.
Forbes · 2026 ↗Experience needs more than one pathway.
92%
of surveyed companies said soft skills matter as much as or more than hard skills.
Deloitte Insights · citing LinkedIn Global Talent Trends ↗Soft skills need practice, too.
82%
of hiring managers surveyed were more likely to choose a candidate with volunteer experience.
Deloitte Impact Survey · 2016 ↗Social impact can have professional value.
73%
of hiring managers surveyed use social media to evaluate applicants.
ResumeBuilder survey · 2023 · via Business News Daily ↗Your professional presence matters too.
AI can help you present what you’ve done. It can’t do the work for you.
Experience. Soft skills. Social impact. Professional presence.
The Practice Field gives you a place to work on all four.
You’re not starting from zero
You’re already investing the time. Make more of it.
Classes · assignments · capstones · research · jobs · volunteering · clubs · credentials · projects · relationships
Start with what you already have. Look for ways to turn existing work into stronger experience, proof, relationships, and stories you can use.
Need a project that fits your goals and strategy? Start with a Project Launcher. They’re intentionally designed to help you build experience, create social impact, and shape the work around what you want to develop.
Build My Personal Asset Map →Free. No account or email needed.
A Practice Field for your professional life
Knowing what matters isn’t the same as getting it done. The Practice Field gives you structure, people, working time, and ways to keep moving.
What do you need to move forward?
Build Your Brand
Practice your professional presence, networking, relationships, LinkedIn, and the content that keeps you visible.
Create Experience
Build on work you already have, or intentionally create experience around what you want to develop.
Tell Your Story
Turn what you've done into résumé content, LinkedIn, portfolio proof, STAR stories, applications, and interview answers.
Start with what matters most now. Keep building all three as you go.
Use the Practice Field to get stronger where you need it.
Use the Community App to build relationships
Meet people working toward similar goals. Practice reaching out, starting conversations, following up, and growing your network.
Use the Community feed to practice visibility
Practice posting, commenting, and creating professional content in a lower-stakes space. Build the habit here, then take those reps to LinkedIn.
Use the community to gain leadership experience
You already have an audience you can serve. Help another member, share what you know, improve something the community can use, support newer members, or take responsibility for moving something forward.
Use Project Launchers to create experience
Quickly organize a project around your goals and strategy. Use the frameworks and Project Brief to shape the idea into something you can take to a professor, club, or potential host, then use focused Meetups to get the work moving.
Start with the reps you need now. Add more as you’re ready.
60-second quiz
Where could you start?
Five questions. Get a suggested starting plan, a pace, and a one-page action plan generated on your device. No email, no account.
Find My Starting Point →See what students made of the opportunities around them
Founding 100 Beta
Help us build the Practice Field
Founding 100 members receive free lifetime membership and access to the Practice Field. Participate when it’s useful, and tell us what helps students participate, make progress, contribute, and return.
Join the Founding 100 Beta →FAQ
Questions? Start Here.
Getting StartedWhat is the Practice Field Guide?
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The Practice Field Guide is the operating manual for GradPlanHQ.
It explains the Growth Cycle, the three goals, the nine repeating processes, Action & Momentum Meetups, the Community App, and Project Launchers.
Whether you become a member or not, it is the fastest way to understand how the system works and how to start your first Growth Cycle.
MembershipWhat does membership actually get me?
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Membership gives you a place to practice and keep moving: Action & Momentum Meetups, the private Community App, the Growth Cycle, feedback and connection with other members, tools and resources, and access to all four optional Project Launchers. Start with the kind of practice you need now and take on more responsibility when you're ready.
Experience & ProjectsWhat if I don't get an internship?
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An internship is one way to gain experience, but it isn't the only place meaningful work can happen. You can use the Practice Field to move existing coursework, volunteering, leadership, credentials, jobs, and projects forward, or use an optional Project Launcher to take on more substantive work. When that work produces meaningful responsibility, results, or evidence, capture it.
Growth CycleWhat is the GradPlanHQ Growth Cycle?
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Connect, Build, Grow, Repeat.
Connect your goals to a strategy. Build through meaningful action and practice. Grow by reflecting on what happened and capturing useful evidence when it exists. Repeat from a stronger starting point.
MembershipIs the Founding 100 Beta Cohort free?
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Yes. The first 100 approved Founding Beta Members receive free lifetime GradPlanHQ membership. No membership payment is required during beta or afterward.