When setting up your Handshake account, you're prompted to include your career interests within the "What are you looking for?" section of your onboarding.
These interests determine the specific kinds of opportunities you are searching for, which consist of job roles, industries, and locations. By filling out this section, you'll receive more personalized job recommendations tailored to you.
If your goals change and you'd like to update the selected interests, you can do so at any time!
You can update your interests from the "Looking for" section of your profile, or via the Career Interests page - Click on the expandable headers below for outlined instructions.
From your profile
Click on your name in the upper-right corner of the screen, then click My profile from the dropdown.
From your profile, click the pencil icon, located to the right of Looking for — then fill in the desired information within the pop-up.
- What are you looking for right now? (Select one)
- Full-time job
- Part-time job
- Internship
- Campus job
- Roles (click in the search bar and begin typing to produce results in the dropdown)
- Industries (click in the search bar and begin typing to produce results in the dropdown)
- Locations (click in the search bar and begin typing to produce results in the dropdown)
You must have at least one of the prompts filled out for the "Looking for" section to be displayed on your profile.
If no information is included in the "Looking for" section, or everything is removed, you'll receive a prompt that states, "Answer this to make the "Looking for" section visible on your profile."
Once everything is added and updated, click the button Save to save!
From the Career Interests page
1. Click on your icon, located in the upper-right corner of the screen, then click Career Interests.
2. Select (or deselect) the checkboxes as desired in each section:
- What type of job are you looking for?
- Full-Time Job
- Internship
- Part-Time
- On-Campus Job
- How can Handshake help you?
- I want a job
- I want an internship
- I'm interested in grad school
- I want to find out about career center events (faits, info sessions, appointments)
- I want to build my network
- I'm not sure / just checking it out
- What options are you considering after graduation?
- Working
- Graduate School
- Gap Year
- Military Service
- Volunteering
- Fellowship
- Not Sure
- What job roles are you interested in? (Type in the box to add one or multiple roles)
- Where are you interested in living? (Type in the box to add one or multiple cities)
- Join the career community you are most interested in. To learn more, click here: [LINK TO YOUR SCHOOL INTEREST PAGE IF AVAILABLE]
- Which industries interest you? (Check all the boxes that apply)
- Which kinds of job, or job functions, interest you? (Check all the boxes that apply)
- When do you expect to graduate? (Click the dropdown)
Click the green button Save My Career Interest to update your selections!
Troubleshooting tip: if the changes aren't saving, try clearing your browser cache and cookies! If that doesn't work, we recommend trying another browser. Refer to Handshake Supported Browser for more information.