Search for a Job or Internship

As you conduct your job or internship search, remember that the Career Services Team and is here to help with a variety of resources and tips to guide your process.

Define Your Goals and Preferences. Outline your career goals, preferred industries, and types of roles you are interested in. Defining your goals will help target your search.
Utilize Resources. Take advantage of career services, job boards, alumni networks, and on-campus events. See below for resources that can provide valuable search platforms and networking opportunities.
Network Actively. Build and maintain professional relationships with professors, classmates, alumni, and professionals in your field of interest. Consider joining LinkedIn and other platforms for networking opportunities.

By defining your goals, utilizing these resources, customizing your application materials, and actively networking, you can conduct a targeted and successful job search.

Schedule an appointment with your Career Development Specialist through your Handshake account and let us assist you in achieving your goals. Log in using your WVU login credentials.

Schedule an Appointment

Next Steps

Update your Handshake profile to 100% complete.
Visit Jobs in Handshake and save your preferred filters.
Research and identify industries, employers or specific jobs that match your career goals and interests.
Identify individual companies and organizations whose reputations and expertise appeal to you using Handshake.
Network with alumni and personal contacts working in the field or the specific company you’re interested in.
Attend a Career Services hosted program in the area of networking, job search strategies, career fairs or other related topics searching in Handshake using your filters. You can also build and save your events search preferences in Handshake.

Here are some additional job search platforms available for WVU students!

CareerShift is a comprehensive job search management system. CareerShift was created to help job seekers access the 70% of jobs that are never published on public job boards. CareerShift is a comprehensive job search management system to find additional career opportunities. Group Code: wvsenior

CareerShift Login

The Job Search Academy is a virtual career development platform designed to help you excel in your job search. In partnership with Indeed and WVU Career Services, this program brings together expert-led, on-demand workshops and live webinars to help job seekers at all stages of their careers.

With the Job Search Academy, you’ll gain confidence in these five key areas of the job search process:

Job Search Strategies
Resume Writing Best Practices
Interview Preparation
Offer Evaluation
Career Direction

GoinGlobal International Job Search Tool

GoinGlobal provides job seekers of all nationalities with tools to fast-track their career explorations both at home and abroad, featuring pre-departure advice to ensure a positive study abroad, internship experience, or relocation, to identifying career and employment opportunities worldwide. Features include expert country and city career guides for living and working in more than 120 locations, cultural assessment and assimilation tools and certification courses, 16M+ job and internship opportunities, global employer directory with key contact information, H1B visa database search engine, and OPT resources.

Logging in from WVU’s campus

Step 1: GoinGlobal WVU Access
Step 2: On the home page scroll down and on the right side of the page, you will see “Personalize your GoinGlobal experience”
Step 3: Click on the little Globe icon on the far right and create your account.
Step 4: Familiarize yourself with the platform, the resources, and opportunities, explore your options, and feel free to schedule an appointment with your Career Development Specialist if you have any questions, and to discuss your journey and preparation.

Logging in from home and from WVU’s other campuses

Connect to GoinGlobal via Handshake; Handshake’s secure sign-in will also authenticate you for GoinGlobal.
- If the link does not take you directly to the GoinGlobal page on Handshake, then from the Handshake homepage follow these steps:
- Once logged into Handshake, click on Career Center, then Resources.
- On the resource page, click on GoinGlobal and select the external link.

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