According to a recent Handshake survey, the majority of 2024 college graduates say student loans will influence their job decisions.

Handshake’s ChristineCruzvergara joins Yahoo Finance to discuss:

'... Because, quite frankly, they experienced the pandemic in the middle of some very formative years.' fortune.com/2023/08/29/cla…

As ChristineCruzvergara, chief education strategy officer at Handshake said, 'This particular generation and class of graduates recognize that there are so many components to living a purposeful and meaningful life...'

“I think this rise in etiquette offerings is an incredibly positive shift; we need to make the implicit explicit so that early talent in particular can know what to expect and how to be successful as they begin their career.” - ChristineCruzvergara told HR Brew ☕️

Got a surprise 30 mins back to eat lunch today! The perfect amount of time to catch up on the latest episode of Emily Chang’s newest show, The Circuit. If you haven’t watched, you’re missing out!!

Internships bring immense value to early talent & employers alike. Yet many remain unpaid. This must change.

In my latest op-ed for Forbes, I explore how paid internships unlock opportunities for early talent & strengthen employer talent brand.
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ChristineCruzvergara on what happened when institutions joined the Handshake platform youtube.com/shorts/I9Yz-cv… via YouTube

Listen in to my recent conversation with ChristineCruzvergara Chief Education Strategy Officer Handshake buzzsprout.com/2131269/129782…

Super excited to be co-delivering the 3rd session of our Gradconsult Emerging Leaders Programme today with to 25 talented senior careers professionals from 14 universities!

Feeling the pressure after awesome feedback from the sessions with Rebecca Fielding and Emma Moore 😅

The number of applications for the semiconductor industry is up 79% on Handshake. Students are paying attention to where the opportunities are 👀

Thrilled to have Adam Grant join us at #HandshakeAccess ! One of many highlights of his conversation with ChristineCruzvergara: learning why we need “disagreeable givers”—or in Adam’s words, “the Roy Kents of the world”—to help us rethink our assumptions.

After four years of COVID-19, watching #ChatGPT explode onto the scene, and seeing their parents’ lives disrupted by the financial crisis during elementary school, “they’re thinking ‘I don’t want any more instability,’ ” says Handshake Chief Education Officer ChristineCruzvergara.

It was a privilege to share the stage with Adam Grant at #HandshakeAccess . Adam gave us so much to think (and rethink) about—building “challenge networks,” anchoring on values vs. beliefs, and more. Thanks to all of our speakers and community for bringing this event to life!

“There’s a misconception that Gen Z doesn’t work hard … but really, they don’t want to wait decades before they’re able to live their lives.” ChristineCruzvergara says at Fortune MPW

“One of the biggest misconceptions about Gen Z at work is that they're lazy,” says ChristineCruzvergara, chief education strategy officer at Handshake, at #MPWNextGen . trib.al/xHEYQ6s

#MPWNextGen is excited to welcome Christine Cruzvergara (ChristineCruzvergara), chief education strategy officer at Handshake, to our conference May 16–17.

See our full list of speakers and join the MPW community here: trib.al/azJ8kxv

Layoffs and economic uncertainty have the class of 2023 reevaluating their job priorities. Handshake Chief Education Strategy Officer ChristineCruzvergara shared her perspective on this year’s grads in Forbes: “They’re thinking, ‘I don’t want any more instability.’” 🧵⤵️

Listening to none other than the one and only Jane Seymour Fonda dropping wisdom at the #ladieslunch ASU+GSV Summit #asugsv2023

Think you know about early talent? Think again. Join Adam Grant and ChristineCruzvergara for a frank conversation at #HandshakeAccess on preparing students for success and getting those recruiting wins.

Reserve your spot: bit.ly/Access-23

We’re proud to work with companies like Fidelity Investments who are not only committed to hiring Gen Z tech talent this year, but are providing the training to help them succeed.

ChristineCruzvergara explains why this is a winning strategy  in CIO Dive ⤵️

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