Summer 2025: KU Moving to Handshake

The University of Kansas is now partnering with Handshake, your new career management platform, to help you discover new career paths and find amazing jobs and internships.

24/7 Career Tools, Right at Your Fingertips

As a graduate student, you have completed advanced coursework, research, teaching, presentations, and collaborative projects. Now you are ready to showcase these skills. Create professional application materials, prepare for interviews, gain relevant experience, connect with KU alumni, explore career options and job search strategies, and apply for opportunities.
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  • Handshake

    Apply for jobs and internships posted by over a million employers from a wide range of industries, sizes, and locations, including opportunities exclusively for KU applicants. Upload your resume, view employer profiles, review career fair information, and engage directly with recruiters.

  • SkillsFirst

    Create a polished resume, LinkedIn profile, or cover letter with AI-powered feedback. Tailor your application materials for a specific job. Create a pitch for networking. Practice interviewing using realistic simulations and get actionable insights anytime, day or night.

  • Interstride

    Discover jobs and internships for international and globally minded students, access employer’s historical record of H-1B sponsorship, and explore global opportunities in 160+ countries. Attend webinars and courses on job search strategy, employment options, and U.S. immigration pathways. 

  • KU Mentoring+

    Connect with KU alumni from various career fields and locations to learn about their career paths and receive advice on a variety of topics including changing careers, internships, job shadowing, resumes/CVs, interviewing, and networking. Participate in affinity groups based on your interests, such as Jayhawks in Government, Jayhawks in Nonprofit, Jayhawks in Higher Education, Jayhawks in Tech, MPA Network for MPA Students & Alumni, and others.

  • Parker Dewey Micro-Internships

    Gain hands-on experience, try various roles, and expand your network through short-term, paid, typically remote, professional projects in marketing, sales, technology, HR, or finance posted by companies of all sizes, from Fortune 100 corporations to emerging startups.

  • Forage

    Build skills for real-world roles, gain employer insights, and enhance your resume by completing free work simulations from top global companies such as Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, KPMG, Deloitte, and Accenture. Forage virtual experience programs are self-paced, typically 4-8 hours long, allowing you to fit these projects flexibly around other commitments.

  • Beyond Graduate School and Beyond the Professoriate

    Explore career options and job search strategies for graduate students with on-demand digital training platforms. Access video lessons, workbooks, assessments, expert webinars, and interviews with employed master’s and PhD graduates.

  • Indeed Job Search Academy

    Master key areas, including job searching, resume writing, interview preparation, offer evaluation, and career direction through free on-demand workshops and live webinars.