Handshake
Welcome to Handshake
Looking for a full or part-time job? Internship? Co-Op?
Handshake is a leading career services platform designed to connect you with career services staff and employers. With its user-friendly interface and advanced features, Handshake facilitates seamless career development making it an invaluable tool for you throughout your college career and as you navigate the transition from college to the professional world. All currently enrolled students and alumni have access to Handshake via handshake.osu.edu.
Key Features:
- Personalized Career Recommendations: Handshake uses advanced algorithms to provide personalized career recommendations based on your skills, interests and academic achievements.
- Job Board: You can discover internships, on-campus, part-time and full-time job opportunities tailored to your profile. Use Handshake to explore different career paths and network with employers.
- Events and Workshops: Stay informed about career-related events, workshops and job fairs happening on and off-campus. Handshake ensures you never miss an opportunity to enhance your skills through career service workshops and to network with potential employers.
- Networking: Communicate directly with students and employers within the platform, through messaging, events and job postings.
- Appointments: To provide personalized support, you can make appointments with career services staff to receive coaching on your career goals, materials, exploration and post-graduation plans.
Why use Handshake?
- Handshake grows with you - you can find career opportunities for every step of your college experience.
- Handshake uses an algorithm (like Netflix or Spotify) to help you find jobs specific to your interests. The more you fill out your profile and career interests, the more Handshake populates your feed with the opportunities you are looking for.
- Explore job opportunities across the nation and world.
- See all of the career services events at Ohio State.
How do I access Handshake?
All currently enrolled students can access their pre-populated account at handshake.osu.edu by using their Ohio State email and password. There are some exceptions to who has access to Handshake. If you are under the age of 18 or have enabled your FERPA rights in BuckeyeLink, reach out to their career services office for more details.
Alumni should visit our website for information on how to access Handshake.
Tips for Using Handshake
Handshake has a number of tutorials and a great support team. Below are some resources to help students get started.
Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Job Seeker
As you search through available opportunities, please keep in mind that the posting of an opportunity does not indicate endorsement or recommendation of the employers or opportunities by the university. The university reviews employer requests to post jobs, but does not perform an in-depth review of every job posting or otherwise make any representations, warranties or guarantees regarding the validity, accuracy or legitimacy of any of the posted positions. This includes, but is not limited, to information provided regarding wages, hours worked, working conditions or safety. It is up to the student to apply due diligence and exercise caution and common sense in their job search. For a student's privacy and protection when applying to a job online, it is advisable that they do not provide any unnecessary personal information to the prospective employer, provide credit card or bank information or perform any type of monetary transaction. If they suspect a fraudulent posting or have any questions, please contact Student Life Buckeye Careers at careerquestions@osu.edu.
Handshake also allows you to flag fraudulent employers. If you have had a negative or suspicious encounter with an employer on Handshake, please flag the employer following Handshake's step-by-step process, and notify their career services office or handshake@osu.edu.
NACE Guidelines
As a job seeker, you have certain rights and responsibilities of which you should be aware. The Ohio State University Career Services Committee closely follows guidelines for professional conduct set forth by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE has composed a list of what you can reasonably expect from your career center and from employers, as well as your role in the recruiting process.
Student Legal Services
As a student enrolled at Columbus campus, you are encouraged to use resources provided by Student Legal Services when considering internship and job offers and for other employment related legal matters. A student must be degree-seeking at Ohio State to be eligible. Services are only available during the academic year in which the participation fee has been paid. If you have not opted out of participating, staff attorneys are available to speak with you and help you know and understand your rights.
Need assistance using Handshake?
Contact your career services office or handshake@osu.edu