Handshake

Connects job seekers, employers, and educational institutions to discover opportunities, build career skills, manage recruiting, and support career growth.

Earn flexible pay while contributing expertise to AI projects and gaining practical AI skills and credentials.

Handshake

Handshake is a career network and three-sided job marketplace connecting job seekers, educational institutions, and employers. Job seekers can build profiles, find personalized opportunities across internships, full-time, freelance, and gig work, connect with employers and peers, attend career events, and develop skills through project-based courses. Employers can source and engage talent, manage recruiting workflows, build their talent presence, and measure hiring outcomes. Educational institutions use Handshake to share curated opportunities, connect students with employers, coordinate career events and appointments, and review student engagement and post-graduation outcomes. AI Skills Studio provides free, project-based AI learning, with completed projects and verified skills publishable to Handshake profiles. The platform also supports AI-related work opportunities and states that its service is FERPA compliant.

Category: Job Boards

• Find Relevant Opportunities And Candidates
  Match job seekers with opportunities aligned with their profiles and help employers identify and reach candidates suited to their recruiting needs.
• Reach Talent Across Career Stages
  Connect employers with a broad network of students, alumni, PhDs, and professionals, and give students access to employers recruiting early talent.
• Discover More Career Opportunities
  Explore a range of work opportunities, from internships and full-time roles to freelance and gig work, with career centers able to share curated opportunities with students.
• Build Practical AI Skills Through Projects
  Complete focused missions to practice AI skills and create tangible projects. Career and topic paths help learners choose relevant activities, while employer and school co-design connects learning to workplace tools and skills.
• Showcase Projects And Verified Skills
  Publish completed work and verified skills to a Handshake profile so recruiters and employers can see learners’ skills in action.
• Coordinate And Automate Recruiting
  Manage recruiting activities across roles, candidates, schools, and teammates, with workflow automation and enterprise tools for scaled hiring.
• Connect Students With More Employers
  Give students access to employers recruiting early talent, including employers that may not otherwise visit their school.
• Showcase Your Experience And Skills
  Present career interests, skills, projects, and experience to employers and support more relevant job recommendations.
• Connect And Message Employers And Peers
  Reach employers and peers through the career network, and enable employers to message candidates and scale outreach.
• Coordinate Career Events And Meetings
  Help job seekers discover events and schedule meetings while career centers and employers manage event participation, appointments, and recruiting meetings.
• Find Flexible AI Work
  Explore AI-related roles and projects, including remote and flexible work opportunities.
• Post Jobs And Improve Visibility
  Publish job openings, receive applicants, and use enterprise tools to improve job visibility across the candidate and school network.
• Measure Recruiting And Career Outcomes
  Track recruiting activity and hiring outcomes, or review student engagement and post-graduation outcomes to demonstrate career center impact.
• Engage Students With Career Opportunities
  Share curated opportunities, employer information, events, and career community experiences with students through virtual and in-person engagement.
• Protect Student Data And Privacy
  Support student data protection through Handshake’s stated security and privacy commitments and FERPA compliance.
• Build Employer Visibility
  Establish a company presence and use expanded brand and feed tools to remain visible to talent.
• Share Student Resumes With Employers
  Enable career centers to share student resumes with interested employers.
• Connect Your Applicant Tracking System
  Integrate Handshake with an applicant tracking system as part of an organization’s recruiting program.
• Control Who Can View Your Profile
  Choose public or private profile settings and adjust controls for who can view profile information.

Handshake AI Fellowship

The Handshake AI Fellowship offers paid project work to help train and improve cutting-edge AI. Opportunities span roles such as AI evaluation and specialized professional work, and no prior AI experience is required. Fellows work remotely on a part-time, flexible schedule, earn hourly pay, and can gain AI skills and credentials. Participants must be based in the U.S. and have work authorization supported by Handshake; eligible F-1 students may qualify through CPT or OPT, but STEM OPT is not supported.

• Improve AI Models
  Contribute to work that trains and improves cutting-edge AI, with no previous AI experience required.
• Apply Your Expertise
  Explore AI project opportunities that draw on different professional and academic backgrounds, with no AI experience required.
• Work Remotely On Your Schedule
  Complete part-time work remotely and choose when to work, according to the fellowship's description.
• Earn Hourly Pay
  Receive hourly compensation for fellowship work, with pay rates depending on the opportunity.
• Build AI Skills And Earn Credentials
  Develop AI skills through project work and earn credentials as part of the fellowship.
• Join A Professional Community
  Connect with a community of students, professionals, and experts from top institutions.