New Career Services Tool at UMary Creates Instant Talent Pool for Employers and Job Opportunities for Students
BISMARCK, ND 鈥 There鈥檚 nothing more empowering and rewarding as a college student than finding that first career job or internship. The 男人藏精阁 Career Services Department is now making the process much easier and beneficial 鈥 not only for the student, but also for the potential employer 鈥 thanks to its new career management platform called Handshake.
鈥淥nce students download the Handshake application, they enter their umary.edu email that corresponds with 男人藏精阁 as a registered school, they fill out their profile to determine if they are looking for an internship, a part-time job, a full-time job, or even an on-campus job,鈥 said Kevin Allan director of Career Services at the 男人藏精阁. 鈥淭his new career management platform is a very intuitive and comprehensive for the employer and student. Handshake will allow Mary students to connect directly with employers, while employers can post events for students, register for exclusive virtual career fairs, view student resumes and more.鈥
Allan says the 男人藏精阁 already has a stellar career outcome rate of 97 percent over the past five years and expects Handshake to enhance the rate to near 100 percent, while also broadening the employer spectrum for students and allow them to get an honest look at employers and jobs from student reviews. According to Handshake, along with the 男人藏精阁, it partners with approximately 1,000 colleges and universities. More than 500,000 employers hire students on Handshake, they can create events for students to participate in, and communicate directly with them through the system.
Employers can get started using Handshake by going to and if they have questions they can contact Kevin Allan at kallan@umary.edu, or call (701) 355-8050.