Recent graduates can make cold outreach much more effective by using alumni connections, demonstrating genuine curiosity, making specific and respectful requests, and prioritizing learning over immediately asking for jobs.
Successful networking is less about having the perfect script and more …
What are the three universal signs that might get your resume skipped over or trashed?
Navigating the job search process can be overwhelming, especially if you’re just starting out in your career journey. Luckily, UMass Lowell provides an incredible resource to help you connect with employers, find job opportunities, and explore career paths: Handshake. Whether …
One tool we always recommend to our students use is Handshake. This platform is the #1 way students can find jobs that fit their career interests. Handshake allows students to discover internships, co-ops, and jobs for recent and upcoming graduates.
We’re bringing you two email templates for networking that can help you meet new people or follow-up with existing contacts to explore opportunities. These templates take the heavy lifting out of your email communication so that growing your network is as easy as hitting send (after some customization, of course!).
With over 100 students in attendance from a wide range of majors, many of my fellow River Hawks heard key insights from the Career Fair Prep Panel; however, in case you missed it, here are some of the tips shared by the experts that stood out most to me.
Yes, you can find job opportunities year-round. However, we’ve noticed that industries have certain months where they tend to post the most job, internship or co-op opportunities. We’ve analyzed several years of Handshake job posting data to summarize the top …
If your resume doesn’t “speak” the language of the ATS, it might never even reach a human recruiter’s desk, regardless of how talented you actually are.
The AI skills for a social worker, marketer, engineer, or meteorologist will all be different. the one skill where there does seem to be consensus on is critical thinking.
