SHAKING THINGS UP HAND
SHAKE UP PLATFORM DESIGNED TO
CONNECT COLLEGE STUDENTS TO
JOBS HAS RATE 80 MILLION
DOLLARS IN A SERIES D FUNDING
ROUND. THE LATEST CAPITAL COMES
AS COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WE'RE TRYING TO FIND
THEIR NEXT STOP AMID A PANDEMIC
THAT HAS SEEN MILLIONS OF JOB
CUTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
MONTHS JOINING US NOW GARRETT,
LORD CEO AND
CO-FOUNDER AT HANDSHAKE AND
WELCOME TO THE SHOW WAS SO
EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THIS ESPECIALLY DURING THIS
TIME. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEW
CHALLENGES, YOUR COMPANY IS
SEEING WHEN IT COMES TO COLLEGE
STUDENTS LOOKING FOR THEIR
FIRST JOB OUT
OF SCHOOL AND HOW THE CHANGE
THE HIRING ECONOMY AMID A
PANDEMIC.
>> 2020 THANKS FOR HAVING ME
2020 HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED
YEAR. I MEAN FROM CLASSROOMS TO
OFFICE SPACE. EVERYONE'S HAD TO
MAKE A HUGE IS IT WE MAKE
DECISIONS VIRTUAL SCHOOLS ARE
CLOSING AND PORSCHE ARE
SCRAMBLING TO WORK
AND STUDENTS REALLY STRUGGLING
WITH REMOTE INTERNSHIPS BEING
RESCINDED SO WE HAVEN'T REACHED
OUR ENTIRE COMPANY'S
ROAD MAP TO BUILD A SET OF
VIRTUAL SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT
OUR NETWORK WHICH CONSISTS OF
500,000 EMPLOYERS RECRUITING
COLLEGE STUDENTS AROUND 1100
UNIVERSITIES WHO TURNED
HANDSHAKE TO HELP THEIR
STUDENTS FIND OUT AND THEN
ABOUT 14 MILLION STUDENTS AND
YOUNG
ALONG NOW I BETTER ACTIVE ON
THE NETWORK SEARCHING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES, SO YOU KNOW WE
KIND OF TRY
TO RIP WE STILL WANT THE
INTERNET EXPERIENCES THAT
HAPPENED IN PERSON ON CAMPUS
WITH VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES LIKE
COFFEE CHATS A FEW INTERVIEWS
IN BOTH SESSIONS AND I WANT TO
KIND OF DID DROP REBEL KINDS OF
WHAT USED TO HAPPEN
IN TRANSPIRE.
>> I'M CAMPUS HANDSHAKE
PROVIDES A SIMILAR SERVICE AS
LINCOLN BUT HOW DO YOU GUYS
KIND OF SEPARATE YOURSELF FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS LINKED IN
FORMAT.
YEAH I THINK THE WAY THAT HE
JUST PURPOSE BUILT FOR DICK
COLLEGE JOB SEARCH.
>> PROCESS AND FINDING A FIRST
IN YOUR CHECKED AND FOUND THE
FIRST JOB LINKED IN IS
GENERALLY ABOUT A LOT OF YOUR
HISTORY AND HANDSHAKES A LOT
ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. SO WE'RE
TRYING
TO YOU YOU KNOW, I'M HANDSHAKE
YOU REALLY DON'T NEED A NET
WORK TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON
HAND SHAKING LEARN FROM YOUR
PEERS HELP NETWORK WITH YOUNG
ALUMNI CHECK WITH COMPANIES
READ ABOUT WHAT OTHER STUDENTS
ARE DOING
LIKE YOU. AND DISCOVER AND FIND
UNIQUE INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS
ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> YOU MENTIONED HOW SO MANY
INTERVIEWS AND MEETINGS HAVE
TURNED TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT.
I LOVE THAT COFFEE IDEA COFFEE
CHATTING RITUALLY HOUSE
HANDSHAKE HELPING RICK HOOTERS
MEET POTENTIAL APPLICANTS OR
EMPLOYEES.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE
FASCINATING TRENDS WE'VE SEEN
IN THE NETWORK AS WE LOOK
ACROSS OUR EMPLOYER POPULATION
IS THEM BASICALLY
GOING PROACTIVE GOING TO
STUDENTS OF THE STUDENTS ARE
ALMOST GETTING RECRUITED SO TO
SPEAK STUDENTS, BILL PROFILES
OF YOUR NEW
THE NETWORK. YOU BUILD A
PROFILE THAT HAS YOUR CLASSES,
YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE, YOUR
SKILLS OR EXTRACURRICULARS
ON CAMPUS AND FROM THERE WE YOU
KNOW WE CROSSED ABOUT A MILLION
MESSAGES A MONTH A FEW
MONTHS AGO FROM EMPLOYERS
ACTUALLY REACHING OUT
PROACTIVELY TO STUDENTS AT ANY
SCHOOL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND THAT'S WHAT A BIG THING
WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS THAT
COMPANIES ARE NOT ONLY
RECRUITING. IN A HISTORICAL
WORLD WHEN YOU'RE QUITTING ONCE
OR TWICE
A YEAR. THERES NO COMPANIES ARE
GOING PRO ACTIVE ALL YEAR ROUND
SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LARGE
COMPANIES TALK ABOUT LIKE AN
ALWAYS ON
TALENT ENGINE WHERE THEY'RE
TALKING TO STUDENTS ALL YEAR
ROUND FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR
YEAR. CULTIVATING A
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND FOR
MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS IT MOST
PEOPLE HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF THE
INSURED ONCE YOU'RE IN COLLEGE.
BUT IF YOU'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT
INJURED JUST NUMBER I MEAN
MOST STUDENTS ARE GETTING
MESSAGES FROM COMPANIES AND
IT'S KIND YOU KNOW TO INTERPRET
A PROFILE YOU NEED
TO HAVE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO
FIND YOUR FIRST INJURED
CHEPUR JOB.
>> AS I WAS RESEARCHING YOUR
COMPANY HERE GARRETT, ONE THING
STUCK OUT TO ME I DO LOVE THIS
IS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT
YOUR TEAM IS WORKING ON IS
HELPING CONNECT COMMUNITY.
COLLEGE STUDENTS TO QUOTE NEW
COLLAR JOBS, WHAT IS A NEW
COLLAR JOB.
>> YEAH SO A NEW COLOR JOB IF
YOU LOOK A LOT
OF THE WORKFORCE TRENDS FOR
WISE FOR TREVOR COMPANIES,
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND MORE
DATA SCIENCE TALENT MORE
TECHNICAL TALENT OR I T TALENT.
PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE SKILLS
READY TO ENTER THE WORKPLACE.
BUT LOOK YOU LOOK DIFFERENT
THAN A BACHELOR, A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE. SO WHEN YOU
LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE NEW
COLLAR JOBS TODAY HANDSHAKE
SPURNING WITH OVER 70 COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. AND GROWING QUITE
QUICKLY IN THAT SEGMENT AND
WILL BE A KEY HIRING SEGMENTS
WE SEE EMPLOYERS TRYING TO
RECRUIT STUDENTS FOR IS A LOT
OF THESE I T
AND NO WORK TYPE OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> YOUR COMPANY JUST ANNOUNCED
80 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW
FUNDING CONGRATULATIONS HOW ARE
YOU PLANNING TO ALLOCATE
CAPITAL.
>> IT'S GROWING THE TODAY
HANDSHAKES IT IS VERY DOMINANT
FOR BACHELOR DEGREE SEEKING
ITS STUDENTS TRYING TO FIND
KNOWLEDGE WORKER JOBS, WE'RE
EXPANDING THE NETWORKING TO
BOOT CAMPS
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WORKS MEAN
THE UK WE JUST ANNOUNCED WE
LAUNCHED WITH 8 UNIVERSITIES,
INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE OVER IN THE
UK ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
GROWTH
IN NET AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING
TO MEET THE IS UNPRECEDENTED
TIME FOR OUR UNIVERSITY
PARTNERS, WE'RE STRUGGLING
TO ADAPT YOU KNOW GIVEN THE
RESOURCE CONSTRAINT MENTION
BUDGET CUTS THEY'VE BEEN SEEING
WE'RE REALLY TRY TO HELP OUR
IMPORTANT PART GIVEN YOU KNOW
THAT THEY'VE ALSO SEEN RESOURCE
CONSTRAINED AND BUDGET CUTS IN
THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THEN
ULTIMATELY THIS WERE REALLY
SAYS THIS MISSION OF BRINGING
MORE EQUALITY AND HELPING
COLLEGE STUDENTS GRADUATING
FIND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES
AND JOBS.
>> ONE OF THE MANY THINGS I
LOVE THAT YOU SAID IS LINKED IN
IS LOOKING AT YOU'RE PAST YOUR
HISTORY AND HANDSHAKE IS