/news-archive/tag/job-search/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:15:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/11/27/handshake/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:15:08 +0000 /news/?p=72806 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to launch new online career network for students Dec. 4]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Career Center will soon introduce a new tool to connect students with future employers. 听 Beginning Dec. 4, students will have access to Handshake – a career network tailored to college students. The digital platform system is easy to use and allows users to customize every step of their career development journey – from searching jobs and internships to making an appointment with a career advisor to getting alerts about career fairs and workshops on campus. 鈥淗andshake is like a one-stop shop for all things career,鈥� said Lisa Henderson-Davis, director of Distributed Learning and Career Center. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an online job recruiting platform that allows us to partner with employers to provide meaningful work opportunities for students seeking internships and part-time and full-time jobs.鈥� In Handshake, students set up their profile with their name and major and upload their work history, education, and resume. 听 鈥淪tudents can specify job fields they are most interested in, and then they will get 听recommendations based on their background,鈥� Henderson-Davis said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 more individualized and personalized.鈥� More than 300,000 employers鈥攆rom Fortune 500 companies to startups鈥攁re already on Handshake looking for students and recent graduates to fill job and internship openings, she said. More than 700 universities nationwide are using Handshake to help their graduates find jobs. In Arkansas, 糖心Vlog传媒 Fayetteville, Arkansas Tech, and 糖心Vlog传媒 Pine Bluff are also using Handshake. 听鈥淲e investigated other platforms for connecting employers and students, and we chose Handshake because of its vast network of employers both in state and nationwide,鈥� said Dr. Sarah Beth Estes, associate provost for community, careers, and extended education. Current 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students will get an email on Tuesday, Dec. 4, containing a link to Handshake. Joining isn鈥檛 automatic. Students must click a link to activate their account to participate and then 听with their NetID and password to complete their profiles and start connecting to new opportunities. On the first log in, Handshake encourages students to upload their education, employment, and extracurricular activities. Once the profile is completed, students can set their preferences to receive suggested jobs and/or internships in the cities and fields they are looking to pursue. An app is also available in the App Store and on Google Play so that students can receive timely notifications to their phones on job application updates, career events on campus, and when their favorite companies post jobs. Starting Jan. 1, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Career Center will discontinue uploading job postings it receives from employers to the ualr.edu/careers website.  ]]>