Handshake Jobs & New Careers Reviews

Handshake Jobs & New Careers Reviews

Published by on 2024-10-28

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Overall Customer Experience 😎


👿🤬😠 Negative experience
69.8%

🙄💅🫥 Neutral
15.5%

😎👌🔥 Positive experience
14.7%

~ from Justuseapp.com NLP analysis of 95,227 combined software reviews.



Summary of Customer Reviews (Takeaways): 💎

- Results match well for search terms

- Website lets you narrow search by distance

- Gives insight on jobs to come



Read 31 Customer Service Reviews 👿🤬😡😠💢😤

4.8 out of 5

Flaw

2022-05-31

I find the location setting to be very frustrating. I was a student in Chicago Illinois, I have now moved and live in Nashville Tennessee. I have changed my personal setting as best I can to find careers in Tennessee however, the jobs still listed to me apply only to Chicago because I went to college there and those who reach out are only individual’s interested in the Chicago area. I wish HandshakeJobsNewCareers would offer better location settings/relevant location settings for alumni. It makes it impossible to find a job after graduating.

Cannot get past "Search for Schools" page

2022-07-02

I just updated HandshakeJobsNewCareers because I was looking at a job, and suddenly kept getting the error message "Something went wrong. Please try again." However, now that I've updated HandshakeJobsNewCareers , I cannot get past the "Search for Schools" page. I type in the first two letters of my school, then get the same error message: "Something went wrong. Please try again."

I tried turning my phone off and then back on again, but that didn't work. I also tried deleting HandshakeJobsNewCareers and then reinstalling it, but that didn't work, either. This is really frustrating. HandshakeJobsNewCareers was working fine until five minutes ago. Now it's not working at all. Please fix this ASAP! Thank you.

UI is very problematic

2022-08-02

I cannot see what I type when adding a description to my job experiences. The description text field is hidden by my keyboard when I tap to type something. What I mean is the field doesn’t move up to allow me to see what I type and also you cannot copy/paste anything either since you can’t highlight or long press in the text field since it’s not visible on screen when typing. This is such a huge oversight and I cannot be descriptive about my experiences which is troubling as potential employers won’t know what I did/do in my past or current experiences which defeats the purpose of HandshakeJobsNewCareers. Please fix this blatant and critical issue.

Trash Garbage – Less Than One Star

2022-09-03

HandshakeJobsNewCareers infuriates me. Hopefully this scathing review gets the attention of the devs because using this stupid app should not be this frustrating. I download HandshakeJobsNewCareers and it asks for me email. I type in my school .edu email and wait for the temp password email from this piece of garbage, but because HandshakeJobsNewCareers is trash, I never receive an email! How the hell am I supposed to take advantage of handshake as an iOS app the same way other students can if I can't even ACCESS IT. There are no options to ask for help, connect with customer service, or any other avenue to be able to get access to my account on HandshakeJobsNewCareers . Such a shameful design decision.

Terrible app

2022-10-05

I received an email for a virtual interview on handshake. When I click the link handshake opens and tells me that I don’t have permission to do “that”. It doesn’t tell me what “that” is and they don’t have a customer support number either. You have to fish around HandshakeJobsNewCareers until you manage to find where you can send an email to them. I still haven’t heard back from Handshake since I’ve sent an email. Employers please do not use HandshakeJobsNewCareers for interviews etc. customer support is trash and the links they provide won’t allow everyone to open it.

One Star

2022-11-05

I downloaded HandshakeJobsNewCareers with the hopes of finding a better career move. However, upon having HandshakeJobsNewCareers for over a year, I have been unable to use HandshakeJobsNewCareers as to what it is intended to be used for. When I first downloaded HandshakeJobsNewCareers, it worked well, gave a lot of insight on the jobs to come. I was happy. Few months into HandshakeJobsNewCareers , it started slowing up, crashing, etc. so I checked for an update. If there was an update, I would update immediately. Then, few days later same issues, this time on top of the crashing and slowing up, I would click on an interested job and it would freeze on that particular job and only way to unfreeze HandshakeJobsNewCareers is to close out the entire app. To this day, I’m annoyed with HandshakeJobsNewCareers and deleted it completely from my phone. Would I re-download it? Maybe 🤷🏾‍♀️ hopefully it will be less crashing and freezing.

Fix messages and notifications!

2022-12-07

Messages in HandshakeJobsNewCareers are archaic - you can’t delete them, can’t flag those you want to follow up with... rendering this area useless and making it an overwhelming mess. Also, the red flag for notifications on your iPhone will go haywire- reporting unread messages with obnoxious numbers even though they’re read. The purpose of that feature in apps is to alert you to business that needs attention - very annoying that it stays there once reviewed!

Internship Prefs & App Crashes

2023-01-07

HandshakeJobsNewCareers is okay in the idea, but the execution is not there. I dislike the fact that internships won’t specify what year in school they are looking for on the details page of the job. I have applied and then gotten turned down because I didn’t fit the graduation date requirements (as many were never openly listed). My app also keeps crashing when I try to change the job preferences. If I try to deselect the roles, the Handshake app will crash and close up. I have logged out, deleted HandshakeJobsNewCareers , and restarted my phone a few times and it’s still doing this. Very frustrating overall and will be a bit useless if I can’t actually get it to stop crashing.

Needs work done

2023-02-08

HandshakeJobsNewCareers needs allot of work still. First off there isn’t a log off button anywhere so if you signed up with the wrong email then good luck on fixing that. There are many things the website has that cannot be accessed through HandshakeJobsNewCareers such as viewing other students in your school. As for the actual job searching tool it is far too wide. I live in Texas. Denton to be exact yet I’m seeing jobs in other states. HandshakeJobsNewCareers has potential but I’m honestly surprised that it seems as if it wasn’t tested thoroughly. What I recommend for you all to do is ask various students all the problems we are having with your website. A simple survey email should suffice.

App freezes

2023-03-12

The website on mobile is incredibly slow and keeps asking you if you want to view the website or get HandshakeJobsNewCareers so I caved and got HandshakeJobsNewCareers as the site would freeze up whenever the pop up loaded. HandshakeJobsNewCareers also freezes- every single time I click on a job posting. It’s a bit of a bummer because on desktop, I find the job listings of the site pretty good and usually contain jobs that are actually related to my career.

Stop logging us out

2023-04-10

For the most part I absolutely love this platform. But the fact that it logs me out pretty much every single time without me asking is getting really annoying. It really hurts usability when I just wanna go check a message and I have to go through my entire university’s SSO. This is a problem both on the web app and the actual app. Just leave me logged in like LinkedIn I don’t think there’s data private enough to warrant logging me out each time and if there is then use Face ID.

Not very useful as the desktop

2023-05-12

Unfortunately HandshakeJobsNewCareers lacks a lot of stuff the desktop website includes. For example, a lot of the profile sections (such as work experience and GPA) are gone and are blank. You can’t add documents or at least view them. The mobile browser is way better than HandshakeJobsNewCareers . I only use HandshakeJobsNewCareers when I’m not home and try to get some applications in while I’m not busy. But unless the application only requires a resume, it’s not worth it.

Good but missing needed features

2023-06-12

My school uses handshake to connect students with jobs so I got HandshakeJobsNewCareers because I’m a senior and am actively looking for jobs. HandshakeJobsNewCareers is good but you can’t delete messages and there is no setting that allows you to only allow a certain type of messages. I keep getting messages from irrelevant jobs that have nothing to do with my major and barely require a degree. HandshakeJobsNewCareers just needs better functionality. Otherwise, it’s a decent tool for job searching.

Great concept and communication but no follow through

2023-07-14

I really enjoy the different aspects of HandshakeJobsNewCareers however I find when messaging one on one with employers or talent acquisition managers that I can’t click in the chat the links that you’re trying to send to me it always sends a message saying there’s an error and to try again and every time I do it repeats the same message. Then end up having to ask the employer or the person I’m talking to on chat to send me the link separately.

Really Good Could Be Better

2023-08-14

I find HandshakeJobsNewCareers helpful, and it connects me through my current college too. I would really like to see some changes though. Such as giving the option to sort by location where it’s decreasing in how far away from your current location (or where you say you live at).

Good app, but missing features

2023-09-15

HandshakeJobsNewCareers is well designed and easy to use. It could use an iPad version.

The search tool is useful, but a way to filter by only work-study jobs, and filter by “quick apply” jobs.

MANY jobs posted aren’t real, and you actually have to apply separately after finishing your Handshake one. I wish I could filter those out.

Too wide search results

2023-10-17

HandshakeJobsNewCareers is ok, and the results do match well for search terms unlike some other job apps. My complaint is that the search area is way too wide. I’m north of Baltimore and my results are for DC and northern VA. The website lets you narrow it by distance but HandshakeJobsNewCareers does not. I hope this changes because otherwise I can see this being a good, useful app. I just don’t have time to look through all these jobs I’d never apply to.

Problem with Saved Jobs

2023-11-17

Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with HandshakeJobsNewCareers .
One problem I’ve run into is that the saved jobs that have expired cannot be unfavorited and removed from my saved jobs list.
I’m wondering if that’s a bug with the Handshake app?

“Something went wrong, please try again.”

2023-12-19

I keep getting this message pop up everytime I’m in HandshakeJobsNewCareers and it can’t find my school in search anymore. I deleted HandshakeJobsNewCareers and re-downloaded it again and the issue persists stil.
HandshakeJobsNewCareers was working FINE all this time and then this issue idk what’s wrong with it.

May 20,2021

Login doesn’t work

2024-01-19

Used to be pretty good, but now it just asks me to create a new account even though I already have a .edu with my university.

Update: Apparently, my university changed the email to be used with Handshake. It is still the same for receiving emails, but with some added characters for Handshake...some sort of alias perhaps? I don’t know the reason of this, but now it works.

App saying my phone is jail broken??

2024-12-04

I just recently clicked on HandshakeJobsNewCareers to check out some job openings. However it will not let me use HandshakeJobsNewCareers because it is saying my iphone is Jailbroken, which it is not and never has been. There was recently an update 3 days ago, so I’m not sure if this is a flaw in their new software? I also tried to find someone to contact about the problem and they have no customer service contact outlets, so I decided to comment on here to hopefully bring the issue to attention.

Could be better

2024-12-04

I think HandshakeJobsNewCareers could be much better for the following reasons. First and foremost, allowing ( a college)counselor to decline a resume because they feel they can improve it is just wrong. I uploaded a resume that a VP of an oil company helped me write and it was declined by said counselor. Take that power away from them. Second, way too many crashes. This is obviously an ongoing problem that other reviewers have mentioned.

Still Useless

2024-12-04

HandshakeJobsNewCareers is a complete BS and so is the support. A year ago I told them about the sign up link they are emailing, which the link most of the time is broken. After one year still the same issue. And i don’t understand why you need to send a link dude. If you cannot develop a proper app i know people who can teach you. This is one of simplest app platforms and if you cannot figure this out to work sufficiently then you need to go another job, just saying 😉

Worst Job App Ever Created

2024-12-04

HandshakeJobsNewCareers crashed the first 6 times I tried to post a job. It continually loses my data. The University took over a week to review my posting and then once the posting was approved HandshakeJobsNewCareers didn’t automatically post the job and now the posting is lost and has to be done again. Additionally, HandshakeJobsNewCareers needs some serious streamlining. It shouldn’t require so many steps to post a job. Incredibly frustrating.

Won’t let me even sign into the app

2024-12-04

As soon as you open HandshakeJobsNewCareers it only gives you the option to log in with a valid school email to receive a temporary passcode or asks if you already have a temporary passcode. But I already have an account so why can’t it just let me sign in like any other app. When I try to use my email that already has a handshake account it says it’s invalid but how’s that possible if I already have an account.

Good app

2024-12-04

Good app but did have some glitching and problems with my data not being saved but has yet been resolved and I have received an e-mail about it! I updated HandshakeJobsNewCareers and had worked well for me since then. Would definitely recommend!

Pretty good thus far

2024-12-04

Pretty cool app and very user friendly I feel like I am in a deluxe express line ! I do wish they had more listings in my major though. They have some good ones in there just have to search harder . They do have a recommended listing which helped me a lot :).

Easy to use

2024-12-04

This is a great app. It is easy to use and not overwhelming to look at. I love how they organize jobs in different categories such as by location and category. If you feel you are limited, their filters can help you narrow your search.

Crashes on adding location filter

2024-12-04

When adding location filter when searching for jobs, HandshakeJobsNewCareers crashes and closes.

I enjoy using it. Easy to use and smooth

2024-12-04

Only concern is notifications, they won’t load when I click a particular notification.

Doesn’t work

2024-12-04

I’m job hunting as an alumni and I still have and use my edu email it never sends the link for the mobile app but I had no problem setting up my profile on the regular computer site. Faulty!



Is Handshake Jobs New Careers Safe? 🤗🙏


No. Handshake Jobs & New Careers does not seem very safe to us. This is based on our NLP (Natural language processing) analysis of over 95,227 User Reviews sourced from the Appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.8/5 . Justuseapp Safety Score for Handshake Jobs New Careers Is 17.3/100.


Is Handshake Jobs New Careers Legit? 💯


No. Handshake Jobs & New Careers does not seem legit based on our analysis. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 95,227 Handshake Jobs & New Careers User Reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, Justuseapp Legitimacy Score for Handshake Jobs New Careers Is 35.6/100..


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Handshake Jobs & New Careers works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or Contact Support.



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