Community colleges are increasingly attaching employment and completion supports to student success promises. North Idaho College is launching an “NIC Guarantee” for select associate-of-applied-science graduates starting with the Class of 2028, offering no-cost career coaching, employer referrals, and additional workforce training units if graduates are not employed within six months. The program also includes credit for relevant prior work, trade experience, military service, and industry certifications, plus an additional pathway promise for transfer into partner institutions. Administrators are positioning the guarantee as both an accountability tool and a way to reduce the perceived risk of enrollment. As colleges compete in tighter labor and affordability conditions, such outcome-based commitments can shift admissions messaging while increasing the operational burden of job-placement partnerships.