Students: To schedule an individual meeting, make an appointment via Handshake with a specific counselor or a counselor aligned with your needs and interests.

1. Log in to Handshake with your Bates email and SSO.
2. Go to Career Center (visible in multiple locations on the homepage).
3. Click Appointments. Once you see Schedule a New Appointment, follow the prompts.

After you decide whom to meet with given your needs and interests, you have the option to select one of the following mediums:
– Zoom: We’ll send a Google calendar invitation with a Zoom link.
– Phone: Please provide a phone number in the Handshake notes where you articulate what we can help you with. We’ll send a Google calendar invitation and include that phone number.
– In-Person Meeting: We’ll send a Google calendar invitation with a physical location.

Once you’ve scheduled your appointment, check your email or Google Calendar for the meeting invitation detailing your counselor’s name as well as applicable meeting details.

Alumni: You won’t be able to schedule via Handshake, so please email purposefulwork@bates.edu with your Monday-Friday availability, your preferred medium (see list above), and either the name of a specific counselor or your questions/needs/interests so we can connect you with an appropriate counselor. We should respond within 2-3 business days.

Recruiters will frequently review Handshake profiles to determine whether individuals are suitable for open roles. The more complete and updated your profile, the more likely recruiters will consider your candidacy for relevant roles.

1. Log in to Handshake with your Bates email and SSO.
2. Click on your initials or image in the upper right corner to open a drop down menu.
3. Select My Profile.
4. Complete each section. If you already have an updated resume, you can easily cut and paste into each section.

1. Log in to Handshake with your Bates email and SSO.
2. Click on your initials or image in the upper right corner to open a drop down menu.
3. Select My Career Interests.
4. Complete each section, paying particular attention to the following:
   1. Which Bates College career clusters best match your interests?
   2. Which industries are you interested in?
   3. Which kinds of job, or job functions, interest you?
   4. When do you expect to graduate?
5. Click Save in the lower right corner.

Recruiters will only be able to reach out to you if you make your profile public and if you set your notifications accordingly.

1. Log in to Handshake with your Bates email and SSO.
2. Click on your initials or image in the upper right corner to open a drop down menu.
3. Select Settings.
– Under Account Information, update your Privacy settings.
– Under Notification Preferences, review each section carefully and indicate how you want to be notified: via email, via notification within Handshake (most helpful if you expect to have Handshake open all the time), or via text.

This option can be really helpful when you’ve identified specific search criteria that filter for internships or jobs you want. By saving these search criteria on Handshake, the platform can notify you based on your notification preferences (see above) whenever new internships or jobs get posted that fit these search criteria. This option will make the search process a lot more efficient.

CONSIDER THIS EXAMPLE:

1. Log in to Handshake with your Bates email and SSO.
2. Click on Jobs on the left-hand side.
3. Select All Filters on the horizontal filters bar (this will open a pop-up box). Under Job Type, select On-Campus. Click Show Results in the lower right corner of the pop-up box.
4. You should now see all available On-Campus jobs that are open for application.
5. On this Jobs screen, you’ll see a blue bar with a bell and a message that says “Notify me about new jobs like this.” If you toggle the switch from left to right, you’ll save the search.
6. If you click “Manage notifications,” you’ll be taken to the Notification Preferences section discussed above.