Handshake

Handshake is the go-to source for jobs, internships, employer connections, peer-to-peer insights, and career fair and event information. Whether exploring options or targeting specific roles or opportunities, Handshake can help.

Use Handshake to:

  • Search and apply for jobs and internships
  • Set up automatic feeds tailored to your interests
  • Connect with employers
  • Learn about organizations
  • Register for workshops, events and fairs
  • Publicize your resume
  • Schedule 1:1 appointments with Career Coaches

FAQs

  • Log in using your St. Thomas username and password with SSO (Single-sign-on)
  • Click University of St. Thomas SSO to get started!

  • If you are more than one year passed your graduation year, complete this request form to update your Handshake account with a personal email.
  • Once you hear back from the Career Development Center that your email has been updated, proceed to the next steps.

Once your account has been updated

  • Click Log in another way to log in.

Stuck?

If you are accessing Handshake as an active student to a recent alumni, here is a troubleshooting question we get often.

I’m being promoted to enter my St. Thomas password, what do I do to access from my personal email, now that it’s been updated by the CDC?

  1. Click Switch Accounts
  2. Click Continue with Email
  3. Promote “Enter Your St. Thomas Email”, instead enter the personal email you indicated for your updated Handshake account.

  • Create an account
    • Navigate to Handshake with the following link: https://stthomas.joinhandshake.com/login
    • In the top right corner, click Sign Up
    • Proceed to enter your UST email
    • Once you’ve completed the account registration, the career staff will review and approve the requested account
  • If you encounter any issues please contact career@stthomas.edu

For customized feeds, personalized job and internship recommendations, and employers targeting you specifically, fully complete your Handshake profile and career interests.

Explore (Home page navigation)

Your homepage in Handshake will display a continuous update of opportunities for you click on based on your career interests, profile information and your activity on the Handshake platform. Find tailored internships, part-time, and full-time roles in the Explore page while the Jobs tab allows you to actively initiate searches.

Jobs

The Jobs tab allows you to filter and search for roles posted by employers interested in interviewing and hiring Tommies.

Create a strategy with the use of filters! Remember to lean into filters, but then back off. Play around with what you intend to apply for while being open to new opportunities you didn’t consider before.

Tip: Save roles of interest and come back to them when you are ready to submit an application.

Initiate The Search

Not sure what keywords to use in your search? No problem! Handshake can help you out with suggested promotes and keywords established from your career interests data and Handshake activity

Inbox

The inbox may seem overwhelming or simply not applicable to you based on positions emphasized. Sure, there will be mass recruitment efforts from some employers that are open to all majors and these messages may look like spam. However, we encourage the practice of skimming through the messages as they are approved/vetted employers and may target you based on your Handshake profile and updated resume information.

Handshake is the place to self-schedule an appointment with a career coach.

Find open availability by

  • Navigating to the Career Center tab on the left hand side of the site
  • Select Appointments
  • Click blue Schedule an Appointment in the top left
  • Proceed to select your user status, appointment type
  • Find a time that works for you!
  • On the Career Center page, click Appointments.
  • Click the blue Schedule A New Appointment.
  • How do you identify? Select the most appropriate user status.
  • Select the appointment type. Schedule one appointment, the career staff are happy to address more than one topic. Scroll down to see more options.
  • Search availability based on date, career coach, or appointment type. Scroll down to see time slots offered. Blue hyperlinked dates indicate appointment openings.
  • This final screen allows you to select appointment medium if the career coach have options for in-person and virtual meetings. Use the text box to share your reason for the appointment, any questions or general guidance you seek.

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