Helpful Handshake Links for First-Years

New to Handshake? These selected articles from the Handshake Help Center can help you set up your account, explore job and internship opportunities, connect with peers, and make the most of Handshake services from day one. 

Account Set-up

• Update your career interests to receive more personalized job recommendations tailored to you.
• Manage your notification preferences to ensure that you won’t miss out on any important information or updates that are relevant to you.

Appointments

• Request an appointment with a career counselor through either the desktop or mobile app.
• Keep track of your upcoming appointments and reflect on past appointments in the appointments tab.

Community

• Connect with and learn from your peers using Peer Messaging in Handshake.

Jobs

• Understand Handshake’s job search functionality to identify the best job and internship search opportunities for you. 
• Create a job search query and enable job alerts to receive notifications whenever new job postings match your query. 

Your Profile

• Make your profile public to share with potential employers, recruiters, mentors, and peers.
• Upload a variety of documents to your profile, including resumes, cover letters, transcripts, and work samples to share with potential employers.
• Edit or delete a document to keep your profile up to date.
• Understand how work authorization information is used on Handshake to match  you with relevant opportunities. 

For more help topics, visit the Handshake Help Center.