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title: CSM By the Numbers | Symplicity
description: CSM by Symplicity has remained the market leader for over 20 years, with the largest market share — 1,300 career centers worldwide, and thousands of active employers using CSM to connect students and recruiters.
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# [CSM By the Numbers | Symplicity](https://www.symplicity.com/higher-ed/resources/csm-by-the-numbers)

 Written by [Alana Ripy](https://www.symplicity.com/higher-ed/resources/author/alana-ripy) | May 19, 2018 6:44:00 AM

Symplicity CSM is the trusted global partner to over 1,300+ university career services (compared to Handshake’s self-reported 500) and thousands of active employers using our product across 35 countries. We are a trusted university partner because we are focused on empowering all students to become career-ready and connecting them to relevant job opportunities. Symplicity CSM’s robust, customizable, scalable, and unmatched customer support have provided capabilities have continued to make it the number one choice for universities.

**The Best Platform for Career Services**

When it comes to the CSM platform, we've built and enhanced a platform with deep configurability and functionality. Our platform enables schools to measure and report on critical KPIs around student engagement and outcomes, streamline student and employer outreach, and run robust OCR and experiential learning programs. These values are core to our mission and drive our decision-making in everything we do - today and in the future.

**Symplicity is the True Partner of the University**

We firmly believe in protecting student data - whether it's now or five years from now. Our business model will never require students to give up their data in order to access a core university service. Our mission is to help institutions connect students with the people, knowledge and experiences they need to launch a successful career. We do that by equipping institutions with an enterprise-scale employability platform they leverage to engage students, employers, staff and administrators in the career readiness process.

Symplicity CSM is the industry standard because of its robustness and scalability, allowing career centers of all sizes and types maximum flexibility for their specific workflows while connecting recruiters to the largest network of entry-level talent.

The numbers say it all...

- 70% of the top universities in the U.S. currently use Symplicity
- 34 million students and alumni in our database
- 875,000+ total jobs, internships, and co-ops posted in the system
- and much more…

 Download our infographic to learn how we support employability worldwide.

[View full post](https://www.symplicity.com/higher-ed/resources/csm-by-the-numbers)

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