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Maximizing student use of Handshake

Maximizing student use of Handshake

Learn about how students can get the most out of their Handshake account.

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About this course

Who should take this course? 

We hope this course will help all career services staff, especially student-facing team members, understand actions students can take to get the most out of Handshake.

Tip: We recommend navigating the platform from your student account while you move through the course. Keep track of any questions that come up and reach out to your Handshake relationship manager if they are still left unanswered after the course is completed.


This course covers:

  • The student onboarding process
  • Student profile privacy settings
  • Profile completion
  • Handshake job relevancy and recommendations
  • Job search strategies 

 

Curriculum30 min

  • Introduction

    This course will help career services team members better understand the student view of Handshake. Here is what we will cover.

    • the student onboarding process, including student privacy settings and career interests
    • an overview of how students can add information to complete their student profiles
    • employer and job search strategies, such as using filters and labels
    • information on job relevancy and recommendations

    We hope this course will help career services team members share with students how to maximize Handshake for their career search.

  • About this course (1 min)
  • The student onboarding experience
  • Onboarding flow (9 min)
  • Overview of the student profile page
  • Completing the student profile (4 min)
  • Tip: checking profile completion (2 min)
  • Recommended action: implement the Handshake profile challenge on campus!
  • Partner case study [Florida Atlantic University]
  • Job search strategies for students
  • How to search for a job on Handshake (6 min)
  • Relevancy and recommendations on Handshake
  • How Handshake personalizes job recommendations (8 min)
  • Taking advantage of job recommendations
  • Feedback
  • Course survey

About this course

Who should take this course? 

We hope this course will help all career services staff, especially student-facing team members, understand actions students can take to get the most out of Handshake.

Tip: We recommend navigating the platform from your student account while you move through the course. Keep track of any questions that come up and reach out to your Handshake relationship manager if they are still left unanswered after the course is completed.


This course covers:

  • The student onboarding process
  • Student profile privacy settings
  • Profile completion
  • Handshake job relevancy and recommendations
  • Job search strategies 

 

Curriculum30 min

  • Introduction

    This course will help career services team members better understand the student view of Handshake. Here is what we will cover.

    • the student onboarding process, including student privacy settings and career interests
    • an overview of how students can add information to complete their student profiles
    • employer and job search strategies, such as using filters and labels
    • information on job relevancy and recommendations

    We hope this course will help career services team members share with students how to maximize Handshake for their career search.

  • About this course (1 min)
  • The student onboarding experience
  • Onboarding flow (9 min)
  • Overview of the student profile page
  • Completing the student profile (4 min)
  • Tip: checking profile completion (2 min)
  • Recommended action: implement the Handshake profile challenge on campus!
  • Partner case study [Florida Atlantic University]
  • Job search strategies for students
  • How to search for a job on Handshake (6 min)
  • Relevancy and recommendations on Handshake
  • How Handshake personalizes job recommendations (8 min)
  • Taking advantage of job recommendations
  • Feedback
  • Course survey