Handshake: Five Simple Steps to Maximize Handshake

Handshake is a powerful recruiting platform for UW students and alumni to connect with employers and find incredible internships and jobs.

Try these 5 quick and simple steps to improve your experience and find that next great opportunity!

  1. Review your profile to give it a quick makeover. Need a profile pic? Add one. Spot a typo? Fix it. Just take 1 minute to consider how employers view your profile on the Handshake app!

  2. Add a new skill to your profile. You’re wrapping up the spring term; what skill did you build in your favorite class?

  3. Take 30 seconds to check out our new community feeds — a place to hear from industry experts—and save a post to read/watch later when you’ve got more mental bandwidth.

  4. Follow a new company so you get notified every time they post a new job or host an event you’re eligible for.

  5. Save a job! Check out the most recent jobs posted on Handshake. Save one to send in your application once finals are over.

By Wendy Israel (She/Her)
Wendy Israel (She/Her) Career Technologies Manager