{"id":13991,"date":"2025-10-21T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13991\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:43:09","slug":"fsw-launches-handshake-career-platform-to-connect-students-and-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13991\/","title":{"rendered":"FSW Launches Handshake Career Platform to Connect Students and Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/audio-articles\/player\/audio-article-1008629\" onclick=\"_paq.push([&#039;trackEvent&#039;, &#039;Article&#039;, &#039;Article Playlist&#039;, &#039;\/\/audio-articles\/player\/audio-article-1008629&#039;]);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Open Audio Article Player<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/author\/SPECIAL+TO+FLORIDA+WEEKLY\" onclick=\"_paq.push([&#039;trackEvent&#039;, &#039;Author Byline View&#039;, &#039;SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY&#039;]);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1008631\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1008631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_8402-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1008631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DAVID WISHTISCHIN \/ FLORIDA WEEKLY<\/p>\n<p>Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) is connecting students and recent graduates with enhanced career opportunities through Handshake, a leading online career platform that connects talented FSW students directly with employers seeking to hire early talent.\n<\/p>\n<p>Employers can post job and internship opportunities specifically for FSW students free of charge. Employers can search and filter student profiles based on major, skills, year of study and other key criteria, and engage early with emerging professionals by participating in on-campus events and career fairs.\n<\/p>\n<p>All FSW students receive a Handshake account upon acceptance to the college, providing immediate access to a personalized career hub designed to streamline the job search process. The platform uses intelligent matching technology to curate a customized feed of jobs, internships, and events based on each student\u2019s unique interests and skills.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHandshake serves as a powerful tool for our students, essentially doing the job searching for them,\u201d said Carrie Bohling, senior internship coordinator at FSW. \u201cOnce students complete their profiles, employers actively seeking FSW talent can discover and message them directly about opportunities.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Invitation to Employers:\n<\/p>\n<p>FSW is actively inviting employers in the region to join the Handshake platform to access the college\u2019s diverse student body across programs including accounting, business, computer science, digital arts, education, health professions, and public service.\n<\/p>\n<p>The streamlined recruitment process allows employers to:<br \/>\nPost job and internship opportunities<br \/>\nTarget candidates with specific skills and qualifications<br \/>\nConnect directly with motivated FSW students who bring fresh perspectives and practical skills<\/p>\n<p>Creating an employer account is quick and the Career Connection Center offers personalized support to help employers optimize their profiles and job postings.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open Audio Article Player SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY DAVID WISHTISCHIN \/ FLORIDA WEEKLY Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-13991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}