Hi fludwig,
thanks for the feedback. Actually #12 was my initial concept just for the wording. And here are my submission for the student character #24 #25 #26
Since your target audience is university student, so I made the student character looks not too childish, but more mature with his smart and friendly looks, holding a backpack. I think this works well to represent as a university student. As you can see, the student holding a job list with few checkmarks to show that he finally found the job which he looking for during his time gaps.
As for the wording, I incorporated clock with a magnifying glass to represent ''search'' and ''time gaps''.
Please let me know what you think. I hope I´m on the right track.
Thanks!
Best,
Ryo