Show your edge
The part of your ability a CV compresses, finally visible.
Career proof for how hiring works now
Close your gaps. Build real experience.
Reach real opportunities.
Arete upskills you toward your target role through real projects, captures how you think as you work, and turns it into proof employers trust.
Used by students from leading UK universities.
The problem
Capability is what matters, and it is the hardest thing to see.
Grades, titles and activities are easy to compare. They do not show how you frame a problem, weigh a trade-off, respond to feedback or apply your skills in a real role.
What people scan first
Flat evidence
GradesRolesActivitiesBullet points
What Arete reveals
Who they are, and how they think
ReasoningStrengthsWorking styleRole readiness
Trusted earlier
Employers see how you think before the interview, not after.Hard to ignore
Role-specific proof that separates you from identical CVs.
Why Arete
A clearer path from who you are to what you can prove.
Arete does not ask you to guess what looks impressive. It shows you three moves, in order.
1
Find your edge
See what already makes you credible for the role you want.
2
Name the gap
Know exactly what to prove before an employer would call you ready.
3
Build the proof
Turn it into projects and a profile employers actually trust.
For students
Your CV shows what you did. Arete also shows how you think.
Built from your projects and the reasoning Arete captures while you work. A recruiter sees how you think, what you are good at and the kind of person you are, the things a CV cannot show.
Arete proof profileExample profile
ShareJosh Anand
Target role · Investment Banking Analyst
ValuationM&A rationaleStructured under pressure
A maths background turning valuation intuition into deal-ready proof.
How I work · captured from my reasoning
Anchors decisions in comparables
“I set the offer at a 7.5x EV/EBITDA multiple because comparable UK deals cleared at 7 to 8x.”
Names the softest assumption
“I flagged synergies as the number most likely to break, and stress-tested it.”
Improves under feedback
Revised the model after the readiness check, then re-defended the call.
Evidence-backed strengths
Valuation & modellingStrong evidence
Deal rationaleApplied evidence
Communicating trade-offsEmerging evidence
A project that shows the thinking
Training M&A rationale: a FTSE 250 acquisition
Approach: comparables-led valuation, sensitivity on synergies.
Evidence built: valuation logic, deal rationale, defended trade-offs.
01
More than a CV
One shareable page that explains you, not a list of bullet points.
02
The thinking behind the work
As you work, Arete captures the reasoning behind your decisions, the signal a CV cannot show.
03
Evidence, not self-claims
Every strength is tied to real work you can point to.
04
Built around the target role
Every project and strength is shaped around the role you are aiming for.
Early momentum
Stop collecting experiences. Start building your edge.
Real students building real proof, across UK universities and student communities.
Add yours.
Students from leading universities are already preparing this way.
6+
countries represented
students applying from across the world.15
leading universities
represented among the students who applied.100%
personalised
to your own CV, edge and gaps.
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How it works
How Arete turns experience into proof.
A real student journey, from onboarding to a shareable proof profile.
Onboarding
Understand
Where do I stand?
Onboarding reads your background and target role, so Arete starts from you, not a template.
1
Reads your background
Your CV, experience and interests.
2
You choose the role
Your target role shapes everything.
3
Starts from you
Not a generic template.
The next step
Upskilling is just the start.
Once you’ve built real proof, Arete opens real opportunities
to stand out and to connect.
Career hackathons
Enter with your own project.
A hackathon built around your own project, not one shared brief. You defend your thinking to practitioners in the field, and you build alongside students from around the world heading the same way, so you leave with proof your work met a real bar and people worth knowing.
Judged by practitionersA global student communityA credential to show
Partner projectsComing soon
Solve a real company problem.
A real company posts a real problem. You solve it your own way, and they see not just the result but how you work: how you prioritise, decide and adapt. The signal a CV cannot give them.
A real company briefThey see how you work
Hackathon hub
Real problems, real judges, real proof.
Not one-off case competitions. Every participant builds their own role-specific project, defends it to practitioner judges, and turns it into real career evidence.
Explore the hackathon hubMost recentConsulting
Consulting Career Hackathon
Final presentation, 1 August 2026
550+ applied, from 6+ countries and 15 leading universities including Wharton, NYU, NUS, HKU, Imperial and Cambridge.
Watch the final presentations
Judged by
Jarrod ChanFounder, Pagoda
Ramim RahmanFounder, Uprise Consulting
Alice ChengIncoming ConsultantJudges’ backgrounds
“Most career prep out there is vague and doesn’t really move you forward. The project here, and how personalised it was, was genuinely something I hadn’t seen before.”
“The personalisation went far beyond upskilling. For the first time there was a project I actually wanted to finish, one I genuinely wanted to do. Having my career properly analysed and a project built around me felt like it filled exactly the gap I’d been missing.”
“Meeting brilliant people from around the world heading the same way, hearing what they built and their stories, made just taking part feel like learning.”
2nd Consulting Career Hackathon
September 2026
The second round of the Consulting Career Hackathon. Same format: your own project, shaped around your background and target role, defended to practitioner judges. Registration opens soon.
October: five industries, one hackathon
Details to be announced
The October edition opens up. Five different industry tracks, one hackathon, so more students can build proof for the role they are actually aiming at. More soon.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you want more proof.
Your Career Report, your first personalised projects and your first hackathon entry are free. Upgrade for ongoing projects, judged challenges and practitioner feedback.
Free
£0
Free forever
Start with your report, your first proof projects and your first hackathon.
- Career Report
- Personalised project loop with AI feedback
- Your first hackathon entry, free
- Community and early opportunities
Membership
£12/mo
Billed monthly, cancel anytime
For judged challenges, credentials and stronger proof.
- Everything in Free
- Ongoing hackathon entries and judged challenges
- Verifiable credentials and portfolio export
- Priority feedback and early access
Partner Projects (real company briefs) are coming soon and will be added to Membership as they launch.
Not sure which is right for you?
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FAQ
Questions students ask first.
Who is Arete for?+-
University students and early-career candidates aiming for competitive roles, who want to prove more than a CV can show when everyone looks the same on paper.
Do I need strong experience already?+-
No. Arete starts from where you are: it positions the experience you have, and gives you the right project to build the proof you are missing.
What makes Arete different from a portfolio?+-
A portfolio shows what you made. Arete shows the reasoning behind it, the strengths it evidences and how it maps to the role you want, the thinking a CV and a portfolio both leave out.
What is free, and what is paid?+-
Your Career Report, your first personalised projects and your first hackathon entry are free. Membership adds ongoing projects, judged challenges and practitioner feedback. Partner Projects are coming soon and will be added to Membership as they launch.
Can I share my Arete profile with employers?+-
Yes. Your proof profile is a clean, shareable page for applications, interviews and networking, so a recruiter can understand how you think in a minute.
How Arete compares
The usual ways to get ready, and where Arete is different.
Simulations, courses and coaching each do one piece. Arete is the only one that builds proof of how you think, personalised to you.
| Criterion | You’re hereArete | Forage |
|---|---|---|
| What you actually do | A real project built around your target role | The same simulation for everyone |
| Personalised to you | Your CV, role and gaps | One-size-fits-all |
| Shows how you think | Reasoning captured | Only completion |
| You walk away with | A proof profile you own | A completion certificate |
| Feedback on your real work | On your reasoning, plus a session | Self-serve |
| Leads to real opportunities | Hackathons and a proof profile | Brand exposure |
| Cost | Free to start, £12/mo | Free |
- Forage gives you a taste of a job, but the same one everyone else does.
- Coursera teaches you a subject, but a certificate isn’t proof you can do the role.
- A career consultant gives you advice, but you still have to go and prove it.
- Arete is the only one that builds that proof, personalised to you, and lets you keep it.
Courses and coaching get you ready to try. Arete gets you ready to prove.
Start building
Build proof that explains your edge.
Start with your report, build personalised projects and turn your reasoning into a profile you can actually use.