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'''Handshake''' is an American Internet-based networking platform.  It is designed to help college students find jobs by connecting them to potential employers.  There are three types of members: students, universities, and employers.  Students do not pay for the service, but universities and companies pay an annual fee.<ref>https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-networking-platform-bigger-than-linkedin-for-college-students/88979?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152019&variable=473bbc1397d52a4a751cf40b010fd6ba</ref>

==History==
Garrett Lord thought of a way to connect students from colleges that were not well known with potential employers.  He, Ben Christensen and Scott Ringwelski drove to campuses to recruit participants when they were seniors at [[Michigan Technical University]].  In mid-2014, the first two universities had signed up.  They were [[Valparaiso University]] in [[Indiana]] and [[Hillsdale College]] in [[Michigan]].<ref>https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-networking-platform-bigger-than-linkedin-for-college-students/88979?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152019&variable=473bbc1397d52a4a751cf40b010fd6ba</ref>

The next year, Handshake got venture capital and moved to northern [[California]].<ref>https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-networking-platform-bigger-than-linkedin-for-college-students/88979?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152019&variable=473bbc1397d52a4a751cf40b010fd6ba</ref>

In 2019, the platform had over 14 million students and recent students on it.  Seven hundred universities are connected to it.  Over 100,000 potential employers are also connected to it. <ref>https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-networking-platform-bigger-than-linkedin-for-college-students/88979?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152019&variable=473bbc1397d52a4a751cf40b010fd6ba</ref> This number includes all companies on the [[Fortune 500]]. <ref>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/30/career-services-platform-handshake-extends-its-reach</ref>


==Organization==
The CEO is Garrett Lord.
The COO is Jonathan Stull.<ref>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/30/career-services-platform-handshake-extends-its-reach</ref>

==External links Other websites ==
*Official home-page: https://joinhandshake.com/

==References==
<References/>
https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-networking-platform-bigger-than-linkedin-for-college-students/88979?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152019&variable=473bbc1397d52a4a751cf40b010fd6ba