# Handshake

Handshake is a career network that connects students, recent graduates and job seekers with employers and educational institutions. It offers job matching, a free AI skills learning hub, project-based courses, and paid remote work on AI training projects. The company describes itself as a three-sided marketplace linking knowledge workers, educational institutions and employers.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/handshake · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2014
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Employees: 501–1,000
- Company type: Private, venture-backed
- Latest funding: Series F
- Best for: College students, recent graduates and early-career job seekers, and the employers hiring them.
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, TX-RAMP, UK Cyber Essentials, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, FERPA

## Products

- Handshake: Career network for job matching, hiring and networking between students, employers and career centers.
- Handshake AI: Paid, flexible remote work for experts who help train and evaluate AI systems.
- AI Skills Studio: Free learning hub that prepares job seekers for the AI economy.
- Insights: Analytics tool built on Omni.
- Experiences: Tool for tracking internship programs.
- Handshake for Employers: Employer-side recruiting product for reaching students and early-career talent.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recruiting | 53 of 83 | 1.1 | 1 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 3.1 | 3.7% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| perplexity | 0.0 | 0.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Handshake AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/handshake, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).