Duration: 2-6 months

Stipend: ₹5,000/month + performance-based bonus

Openings: 2

About the role: SarthiQ is an internet platform for Indian students. We're expanding into bootstrapped startups as a hiring channel, this role owns outreach and conversion of startups onto the platform.

What you'll do:

• Research and identify bootstrapped startups likely to hire from SarthiQ
• Reach out, pitch, and convert them into active hiring partners
• Build and refine outreach strategy based on what's converting
• Track pipeline: outreach → response → conversion

You should have:

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Comfort with cold outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls)
• Basic market research skills: can size up a startup's hiring need fast
• Self-starter: this role has no script to follow on day one, you help write it

Selection process:

1. Project round (2 weeks): Shortlist 50+ Lucknow-based bootstrapped startups, get contact details, build a GTM/onboarding strategy, and prepare a pitch. <10% AI usage, evaluated on research quality and strategic thinking, not volume. (Link of the project: here)
2. All who complete the project are called for a discussion with the founders.
3. 2 interns are selected from that discussion round.

Apply by submitting the project deliverable to be considered for the discussion round.