by By Natalia Pruklang
Handshake is a platform designed to help college students find jobs and internships. Handshake works with over 1,500 universities and over 15 million students, one of the quickest and easiest ways of networking as a student. From finding a campus job, to local employers looking to hire students, Handshake uses your interests to help narrow down specific listings catered to your major and career interests. Handshake also allows you to filter locations of job listings, so you are not just limited to local offers. Remote, hybrid, and in person jobs and internships are posted on Handshake all the time, emailing you with the ones it thinks you will be interested in.
Handshake helped me find my on campus job I’ve been at for over a year and as an SOJC student, I find Handshake to be one of the easiest ways to also find internships. Handshake is a relatively easy software to operate, as you can easily download the app to your phone for quick use.
Why you should be taking advantage of what Handshake has to offer:
- Handshake is 100% free and 100% legit. No need to worry about being scammed or having to fight against countless pay walls in order to apply to a job.
- Handshake allows you to save your resume and other related documents to your profile, making it accessible to you while applying.
- The amount of filters. These can make helping you find your dream job or internship just that much quicker.
- You can also filter to just jobs offered through your university, in all the departments or just specific ones.
How Handshake and University of Oregon work together
- Handshake has a tab for all the career centers the University of Oregon has to offer. There is also information on recent job fairs happening on campus and resources for help navigating your job search.
How to use Handshake to find Internships
- Whether it’s a remote internship, a paid internship, an internship abroad, Handshake has them all. Employers will directly put their offerings on Handshake to make the application process just that much easier. Internships are constantly being uploaded to Handshake year round.
- Using your major, Handshake will filter the ones that may interest you the most at the top. I am a PR major with a field interest in social media in entertainment. Companies like NBC, Disney, Netflix, and more have direct listings on Handshake.
Applications for summer internships in several different fields have already opened. Try out Handshake for one of the simplest ways to apply for that dream internship now.
