Build Your Personal Brand with LinkedIn and Handshake
Handshake is a company dedicated to ‘democratizing access to opportunity’ for students like you! Anyone with a .edu email address can sign-up and start searching for internships, connecting with college students across the nation, and reviewing resources to prepare you for the workforce.
How to complete this milestone
For this milestone, we want you to start an account using your school email address. Be thoughtful when filling out your career interests and account profile. Recruiters are going to be thrilled to see you on Handshake!
Did you know that more than 90% of recruiters use LinkedIn to source candidates? Use this powerful platform to build your network, learn about industry trends, search opportunities and become a thought leader as an active user.
For this milestone, all you have to do is start an account and explore how LinkedIn can support your career journey!
- Visit https://joinhandshake.com to sign-up or sign-in to your account.
- Take a screenshot of your public profile and upload to the form.
- Go to https://www.linkedin.com and start an account.
- From your profile page, click on “Edit Public Profile & URL” from the right-hand menu.
- Edit your custom URL, then copy & paste the address in the submission form.
Bonus: Use this resource (hyperlink: https://www.leisurejobs.com/staticpages/18285/the-ultimate-linkedin-cheat-sheet/) to complete your profile!
