{"id":2123,"date":"2017-09-21T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T18:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2017-09-21T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T18:07:43","slug":"why-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/why-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Handshake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2124\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-100x33.png 100w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-200x67.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-450x150.png 450w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/09\/Phone-Picture.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the school year, you may have heard about Handshake &#8211; the easiest way to discover great job and internships. Building off of the best qualities of Facebook and LinkedIn, Handshake offers an appealing and intuitive platform enabling UVM students to directly connect to countless opportunities and employers across the nation \u2014 all you have to do is activate your profile. Specifically designed for students to highlight their experiences and strengths, Handshake\u2019s individually tailored homepages highlight jobs and internships based on your expressed interests and major.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We spoke with peer mentors at the Hub to see their take on it. Lauren Shnepf, a sophomore Psychology major from New Jersey, said she believes that Handshake will simplify the process of finding jobs. \u201cIt\u2019s a very accessible program,\u201d Lauren said, \u201cit\u2019s easy for students to use without having to be walked through how to do it.\u201d Lauren is hoping to pursue a PhD in clinical psych and eventually open her own practice. She believes that Handshake is a great place to start.<\/p>\n<p>Mia Monserrate, a senior Political Science major, said, \u201cI\u2019m excited that I won\u2019t have to be searching for hours to find something.\u201d Mia touted the benefits of Handshake as \u201cmore personal and connected\u201d than previous UVM jobs platforms. Tanner Coffin, a sophomore majoring in Business Administration from Fairlee, Vermont, felt similarly. Tanner mentioned that he liked simplicity of the interface. \u201cIt\u2019s an excellent resource if you\u2019re new to the job search. It\u2019s super easy to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Favorite jobs, track deadlines, and put your best self forward with the user-friendly online app. Discovering the best job or internship for you has never been easier: Handshake is right at your fingertips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of the school year, you may have heard about Handshake &#8211; the easiest way to discover great job and internships. Building off of the best qualities of Facebook and LinkedIn, Handshake offers an appealing and intuitive platform enabling UVM students to directly connect to countless opportunities and employers across the nation \u2014 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/why-handshake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why Handshake?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2126,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions\/2126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}