Seeking Employment

Drake’s Career Services offers several services which help you get noticed to land an internship, research project, or part- / full-time position.

Helpful Resources

Handshake is a comprehensive system providing both students and alumni access to employment opportunities, scheduling on-campus interviews and company profiles

Big Interview offers a variety of tools including:

• Challenging, virtual mock interviews for all experience levels and hundreds of industries
• A database of thousands of interview questions with tips on how to answer them
• The ability to rate and share your interview answers for feedback
• A comprehensive video training curriculum covering all aspects of landing a job
• A step-by-step interview Answer Builder for crafting answers to behavioral questions

HOW TO REGISTER

• STEP 1: Go to https://drake.biginterview.com/ and click "Register".
• STEP 2: Enter your Drake email address, name, and password, and click “Create my Account”
• STEP 3: Log in and start using Big Interview.

Here is a short video if you need help with registration.

Micro-internships - Parker Dewey offers micro-internships (short-term, paid, professional experiences) to college students. Visit their website to learn more. 

Privacy Policy

Career Services utilizes an on-line career system, Handshake. This system is a comprehensive, career management system. Student and alumni data will reside on Handshake servers.

Handshake is utilized by college career centers nationwide.  All information is used to assist users with career services.  This data is also utilized for administrative reports with all information reported in aggregate form.  Personal information is not used for any reports.

Students and alumni should use caution when applying for positions and are encouraged to research the employer to protect against fraudulent postings.  Students and alumni are strongly advised not to disclose Social Security numbers, credit card information or other financial records.  Jobs on Handshake are not necessarily screened.  

If you have questions about the privacy policy or Handshake, please contact Career Services staff.