Handshake
Every St. Olaf student has access to this Piper Center online job platform
What is Handshake?
The largest words on your resume
What is your name?
A built in tool to find and network with St. Olaf alumni
What is the Alumni Database?
Career coach leading the Peer Advisor program for the 2023-24 year
Who is Zoe Davis?
The first point of contact for students visiting the Piper Center
Who are peer advisors?
Customizable section to help students get personalized job recommendations and possible contact with employers they are interested in
What is a handshake student profile?
First words to start each resume bullet point
What is an action verb?
A list of where other Oles have interned over the past five years
What is the internship database?
Piper Center coach that signs TES timecards and handles shift scheduling
Who is Marietta?
1. Attending or Minimal Encouragers
2. Open-Ended Questions
3. Paraphrasing
4. Reframing
5. Giving Information Simply
6. Minimal Self-Disclosure
7. Summarizing and Closing
What are the 7 basic coaching skills?
Shorter unscheduled meetings with career coaches and a lot of the visits peer advisors get
What are drop-in appointments?
A common concise length of a resume
What is a one-page resume?
A $2,500 grant available in the Piper Center
What is summer internship funding?
Space where peer advisors should request shift swaps or coverage
What is Google Space chat?
"Get Curious, Talk to People, & Try Stuff"
What is the Piper Center career exploration framework?
Navigate to the appointments tab, choose check-in kiosk, launch kiosk, enter email, select student, check in
What is the appointment check-in process
True or False: The resume review service is not available to first years
What is False? It is available to all students
Program that provides hands-on, skill-building opportunities for St. Olaf students and recent graduates to connect, learn, and accelerate their careers
What is the Ole Career Launcher?
St. Olaf resource for student employment questions
What is the Student Employment Handbook?
Humanistic concept that we embrace for work with students that encouraging the acceptance and support of a person regardless if they make a mistake
What is unconditional positive regard?
A furniture item in the Piper Center gifted for being an early adopter of the handshake platform
What is the yellow hand chair?
Typical first section on student resumes
What is an education section?
A platform that helps new and experienced job seekers find opportunities both at home and abroad
What is GoinGlobal?
Federal law protecting students’ privacy that coaches and peer advisors abide by
What is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
Theory that encourages people to embrace the twists and turns in life, recognising that unplanned or serendipitous events can create new knowledge and opportunities
What is planned happenstance?