{"id":7363,"date":"2021-04-15T14:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=7363"},"modified":"2026-01-13T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:10:31","slug":"handshake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"Handshake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Handshake is the largest early recruiting platform connecting employers, talent, and colleges in one place. Handshake is a great platform for students and alumni to use to find internships and entry-level positions. Handshake has 500,000 employers registered, as well as 100% of the fortune 500 companies. There have been 3.5 million jobs posted on Handshake and there are employers that are actively looking for employees that fit their company. Handshake is a free platform to use.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joinhandshake.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9938\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2024\/04\/Handshake_Wordmark_Nori_RGB-300x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2024\/04\/Handshake_Wordmark_Nori_RGB-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2024\/04\/Handshake_Wordmark_Nori_RGB-1024x204.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2024\/04\/Handshake_Wordmark_Nori_RGB-768x153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2024\/04\/Handshake_Wordmark_Nori_RGB.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">All SAU students and alumni have access to Handshake!<\/h4>\n<p>Students and recent graduates will be able to search for jobs in their desired fields and locations they would like to work. Handshake will recommend jobs based on the information you put on your profile. Users of Handshake will be able to message companies and other users in order to gain more information. Users will also be able to see reviews of employers in order to make the best decision for themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Handshake has resources, like a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.joinhandshake.com\/\">blog,<\/a> that will provide tips for finding jobs and other student&#8217;s stories about their experiences using Handshake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Activating your account is simple.\u00a0 Click the button below and log in using your SAU email and password. <\/strong><div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joinhandshake.com\/students\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#003da5;border-color:#003184;border-radius:13px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 28px;font-size:21px;line-height:42px;border-color:#4d78c0;border-radius:13px;text-shadow:none\"> Activate Handshake Profile<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Handshake is the desired method to set up appointments with the Career Services department. Click below for step by step instructions.<\/strong> <div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2020\/12\/Handshake-appointment-instructions.pdf\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#003da5;border-color:#003184;border-radius:13px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 28px;font-size:21px;line-height:42px;border-color:#4d78c0;border-radius:13px;text-shadow:none\"> Appointment Instructions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Are you wondering why completing your Handshake profile is important?\u00a0 Get the answers to your questions below.\u00a0<\/strong> <div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/files\/2020\/12\/Handshake-student-FAQs.pdf\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#003da5;border-color:#003184;border-radius:13px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 28px;font-size:21px;line-height:42px;border-color:#4d78c0;border-radius:13px;text-shadow:none\"> Handshake FAQ&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For other questions regarding Handshake you can email: <a href=\"mailto:careerservices@saumag.edu\">careerservices@saumag.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handshake is the largest early recruiting platform connecting employers, talent, and colleges in one place. Handshake is a great platform for students and alumni to use to find internships and entry-level positions. Handshake has 500,000 employers registered, as well as 100% of the fortune 500 companies. There have been 3.5 million jobs posted on Handshake&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/handshake\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1005,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-7363","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 22:51:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11470,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7363\/revisions\/11470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}