Alumni

• Find hiring events and jobs with employers who want to hire Golden Eagles.
  • Create an alumni account on Handshake using your personal email.
    • Your request will be pending our verification of your alumni status.
    • You will receive an email from Handshake when approved.
• Find potential employers mapped by college majors; search: Employers by Major

• Use our Résumé and Letter Builder to create and customize your résumé and cover letter for each opportunity.
  • Choose modern and professional résumé and cover letter templates that ensure your documents are readable by applicant tracking systems.
  • Use the AI feedback and job keyword analysis to make sure your documents align with the job.

How to Write a Résumé That Stands Out 

• Use our Interview Practice System → choose a mock interview → select a general one and choose an industry interview to practice.
  • Get AI feedback on your interview performance in the Interview Practice System, including tips on how to respond to job and industry-specific questions.
  • Complete a Fast Track or Mastery Track lesson on the Interview Practice System to learn how to address the most frequent interview questions.
  • Review the Interview Playbooks in the Interview Practice System to get interview advice for various situations, including new graduates, resume gaps, career changers, overqualified candidates, military transition, disabilities, neurodiversity, ESL, adult reentry/restored citizens, and introverts.

Standing Out in a Job Interview 

• Use our Job Application Tracker to you organize your employment search.

LinkedIn is an employment and business-focused social media platform and job board. You can connect, share, and learn from professionals on LinkedIn. You can also find and apply for job openings.

• Create or update your LinkedIn profile using the LinkedIn Profile Checklist.
• Start your job search on LinkedIn with the LinkedIn Job Search Checklist.

How to Set Up Your LinkedIn Profile

• Use our self-guided Focus2 career assessments to assess your work interests, values, skills, personality, and leisure interests.

How to Change Careers

"There are over a million credentials – from certifications to bootcamps to professional courses. The overwhelming volume makes it hard to know which options will actually move your career forward—and which are unlikely to pay off. That’s why the Burning Glass Institute built the Credential Value Index (CVI)—a first-of-its-kind index and navigation tool that sheds light on the real-world outcomes of virtually every certification in America, as well as more than 20,000 other non-degree credentials." Start using the CVI Navigator

The World Economic Forum "leverage[s] data-driven insights and tools, developed in collaboration with partners, to understand future skills demand and the evolving global labor market." Visit Insights on the Reskilling Revolution