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Handshake: Summary

Handshake is a career services platform that connects students with employers and career centers to help them find jobs, internships, and career advice.

Service Name

Handshake

Industry

Education, Career Services

Main Value Proposition

Handshake is the best place for students to get hired, with millions of students, thousands of universities and colleges, and hundreds of thousands of employers all in one place.

Description

Handshake is a career services platform that connects students with employers and career centers to help them find jobs, internships, and career advice.

Key Features

Direct access to career center, recruiters, and recent grads for answers and advice, built-in community for career inspiration, personalized job recommendations, and events to strengthen job search.

Use Cases

Handshake can be used by students to find jobs, internships, and career advice, by employers to connect with potential hires, and by career centers to support their students' job search.

Competitive advantages

Handshake's competitive advantages include its large and diverse user base, direct access to career center and recruiters, personalized job recommendations, and events to strengthen job search.

Pricing

N/A

Strengths

Handshake's strengths include its large and diverse user base, direct access to career center and recruiters, personalized job recommendations, and events to strengthen job search.

Positioning

Handshake positions itself as the best place for students to get hired, with a focus on connecting students with employers and career centers.

Audience

Handshake's audience includes students, employers, and career centers.

CTA

Download Handshake, Join Handshake

Social Proof

Handshake's social proof includes testimonials from students who have successfully found jobs and internships through the platform.

Tone of Voice

Professional, helpful, informative

Trust Factors

Handshake's trust factors include its partnerships with thousands of universities and colleges, and hundreds of thousands of employers, as well as its direct access to career center and recruiters.

Differentiation

Handshake differentiates itself from competitors by offering direct access to career center and recruiters, personalized job recommendations, and events to strengthen job search.

Brand Positioning

Handshake positions itself as the best place for students to get hired, with a focus on connecting students with employers and career centers.

Founded

2013-01-01

Founders
  • Ben Christensen

  • Garrett Lord

  • Scott Ringwelski