{"id":2128,"date":"2017-10-16T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T18:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2017-10-16T14:08:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T18:08:45","slug":"employers-on-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/employers-on-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers on Handshake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.joinhandshake.com\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/204176377-Profile\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2130 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-1024x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-1024x170.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-768x127.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-100x17.png 100w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-150x25.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-200x33.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-450x75.png 450w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-600x99.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6-900x149.png 900w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2017\/10\/happy-people6.png 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a>Did you know that employers use Handshake to find potential employees and interns? Maggie Massey, the UVM Peace Corps recruiter, likes how easy it is to review public student profiles. \u00a0She\u00a0recommends that, when you activate your profile,\u00a0\u201cprovide details about your experiences. The more you can tell about a student, including volunteer experience and interests, the better.\u00a0 Companies want employees that fit their organizational culture, let your Handshake profile reflect who you are!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0More great insights and valuable tips\u00a0 below!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As part of her outreach for the Peace Corps, Maggie searches student profiles and resumes through Handshake. Occasionally she finds profiles that are pretty sparse leaving her wondering:\u00a0\u201cHow do you spend your spare time? Are you involved in any clubs? What languages do you speak?\u201d \u00a0&#8220;While a basic profile is fast to set up and get you started,\u201d she advises, &#8220;the more detail and time you can take with your profile the better.\u201d Ultimately, your profile should be an accurate, professional, reflection of you.<\/p>\n<p>Maggie also recommends \u201cthat students not be afraid to reach out to employers.\u00a0 It is very helpful to be proactive when looking for employment.\u00a0 I love meeting with students that are interested in Peace Corps and I am more than happy to meet on campus or grab a cup of coffee to talk about opportunities. Handshake is a great way to make that first introduction \u2013 take advantage of it!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that employers use Handshake to find potential employees and interns? Maggie Massey, the UVM Peace Corps recruiter, likes how easy it is to review public student profiles. \u00a0She\u00a0recommends that, when you activate your profile,\u00a0\u201cprovide details about your experiences. The more you can tell about a student, including volunteer experience and interests, the better.\u00a0 Companies want employees that fit their organizational culture, let your Handshake profile reflect who you are!\u201d<\/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":[127021,128680,129667,130165,1],"tags":[116804],"class_list":["post-2128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-employer-advice","category-job-searching","category-online-identity","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","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\/2128","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=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2133,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions\/2133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}