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Success After Graduating

Handshake

Handshake is a modern and social media-friendly platform for career development! In addition to having a sleek and easy-to-use design, Handshake lets you find jobs, internships, and work study opportunities as well as register for events, connect with employers and make appointments with your Career Coach.   

  • A fully customizable profile which showcases your work experience and exciting parts of your portfolio
  • Personalized job recommendations based on your major and interests
  • Simple registration for career events.
  • Systems for tracking job applications and searching for on-campus interviews

Find a full collection of career-related Resources as well as personalized updates on opportunities to take advantage of and tasks to complete before graduating. Think of Handshake as your one-stop-shop for building your brand and engaging with employers!

First Destination Survey

Every year we ask our students for more information about their post-graduation plans. Pursuing a particular passion? Going to graduate school? Starting a new job? We want to know!

This survey should take no more than 2 minutes to complete. 

  • Why is it Important?

    Completing this short survey will help Radford University share our students' success stories and meet the needs of future Highlanders. The information from this survey is used for college rankings, recruiting new Highlanders, submitted as part of accreditation reports and shared with SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) and NACE (National Association for Colleges and Employers).  Additionally, completion of the survey will help identify students who need further support. 

  • How Faculty and Staff Can Help

    Encourage your students to take the survey.

    • Schedule the survey to be taken as part of your capstone or senior level classes
    • Integrate the survey in their advising appointments
    • Invite students to take the survey at social events, club meetings, athletic practices or other planned programming on campus
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