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Handshake

Brand

3.3

Company overview

Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshake’s network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforce—from Fortune 500 to federal agencies, school districts to startups, healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where you’re going, not where you’ve been.
Founded in 2014
San Francisco, California, USA
2.9K employees (151 in marketing)
joinhandshake.com
52% recommend to a friend
49% positive business outlook

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People

Founders and leadership

Alex Lindsay
Alex Lindsay
Co-founder & CEO
At the company for 1 year 8 months
Ben Christensen
Ben Christensen
Co-Founder
At the company for 12 years 9 months

Marketing leadership

Veronika Zatulovskaya 🇺🇦
Veronika Zatulovskaya 🇺🇦
VP of Marketing
At the company for 6 years 6 months
Kerry Haring
Kerry Haring
Director of B2B Marketing
At the company for 2 years 1 month
Alexis Romano
Alexis Romano
Director, Growth Marketing
At the company for 7 years
Beth Marrier Leggett
Beth Marrier Leggett
Senior Director, Brand Experience & Operations
At the company for 4 years 8 months

Hiring contacts

Susan Biancani
Susan Biancani
Head of People Programs & Analytics | Lead HR Business Partner, Corporate Functions
At the company for 1 year 4 months
Julia Lawton
Julia Lawton
Director, People
At the company for 1 year 6 months

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

13 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +233.5% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$434M

Last raise

$200M

Series F, 4 years ago

Funding history

Jan 2022

Series F Handshake · $200M

May 2021

Series E Handshake · $80M

Oct 2020

Series D Handshake · $80M

Oct 2018

Series C Handshake · $40M

Nov 2016

Series B Handshake · $20M

Feb 2016

Series A Handshake · $10.5M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
11.3M
Month over month-24.2%
Quarter over quarter-14.8%
Top sourceDirect (69.3%)
Ad budget per month$135.9K
Average search rank44
Traffic source mix
Direct
69.3%
Search
24.8%
Referral
5.1%
Paid referral
0.4%
Social
0.3%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

150.1K

12-mo growth

+46%

Monthly growth

+3.9%

News

Links

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