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In-person & virtual career fairs

In-person & virtual career fairs

Handshake offers a myriad of ways for users to connect both in person and virtually. This course specifically dives into using Handshake to facilitate your career fairs.

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About this course

Handshake offers a myriad of ways for users to connect both in person and virtually. This course specifically dives into using Handshake to facilitate your career fairs. 


Who should take this course? Anyone that is tasked with creating and coordinating career fairs.

This course covers: 

  • Overview of the career fair tool 
  • Using Handshake to manage in-person career fairs
  • Using Handshake to manage virtual career fairs 
  • Resources for supporting employers and students through the career fair experience 
  • Reporting tools for gauging career fair success 

Tip: Pause the video along the way and try to navigate in the platform as you progress through the training. Keep track of any questions that come up and reach out to your Handshake Relationship Manager after the course is completed if your questions are still left unanswered. 

Curriculum1 hr 10 min

  • Overview
  • Understanding career fair options in Handshake
  • Role considerations for your team
  • In-person career fairs
  • Creating an in-person career fair (7 min)
  • Employer and student registration processes (5 min)
  • Virtual career fairs

    We are constantly iterating on our product and will work to ensure our videos in the Academy remain as up to date as possible to reflect those changes. 
    We highly encourage you to stay apprised of ongoing updates through:

  • Creating a virtual fair (3 min)
  • Key actions for virtual fair participants
  • Employer: registration and schedule creation processes (5 min)
  • Student registration process and session signups (6 min)
  • 1:1 session experience (10 min)
  • Group session experience (6 min)
  • Support resources
  • Checklist: virtual fairs
  • Handshake Virtual Engagement Kit
  • Virtual fairs: preparation and "day-of" support (14 min)
  • After the fair
  • Post-fair survey questions
  • Reporting for your virtual fair (8 min)
  • Additional reporting resources
  • Virtual fair benchmarking
  • Feedback
  • Course survey

About this course

Handshake offers a myriad of ways for users to connect both in person and virtually. This course specifically dives into using Handshake to facilitate your career fairs. 


Who should take this course? Anyone that is tasked with creating and coordinating career fairs.

This course covers: 

  • Overview of the career fair tool 
  • Using Handshake to manage in-person career fairs
  • Using Handshake to manage virtual career fairs 
  • Resources for supporting employers and students through the career fair experience 
  • Reporting tools for gauging career fair success 

Tip: Pause the video along the way and try to navigate in the platform as you progress through the training. Keep track of any questions that come up and reach out to your Handshake Relationship Manager after the course is completed if your questions are still left unanswered. 

Curriculum1 hr 10 min

  • Overview
  • Understanding career fair options in Handshake
  • Role considerations for your team
  • In-person career fairs
  • Creating an in-person career fair (7 min)
  • Employer and student registration processes (5 min)
  • Virtual career fairs

    We are constantly iterating on our product and will work to ensure our videos in the Academy remain as up to date as possible to reflect those changes. 
    We highly encourage you to stay apprised of ongoing updates through:

  • Creating a virtual fair (3 min)
  • Key actions for virtual fair participants
  • Employer: registration and schedule creation processes (5 min)
  • Student registration process and session signups (6 min)
  • 1:1 session experience (10 min)
  • Group session experience (6 min)
  • Support resources
  • Checklist: virtual fairs
  • Handshake Virtual Engagement Kit
  • Virtual fairs: preparation and "day-of" support (14 min)
  • After the fair
  • Post-fair survey questions
  • Reporting for your virtual fair (8 min)
  • Additional reporting resources
  • Virtual fair benchmarking
  • Feedback
  • Course survey