COVID-19 has upended normal expectations when it comes to recruiting early talent, with universities and employers both rushing to meet the moment by shifting to digital strategies in their support of students (and in their own working environments).

As the largest network that includes all three sides of the early talent recruiting market—students, employers, and universities—Handshake is uniquely positioned to bring together experts, data, and trends from all stakeholders to help further the conversation on how to thrive in the COVID-19 era.

This upcoming webinar will feature a panel of experts from university career services and campus recruitment to discuss trends, student needs and sentiments, recent Handshake data, and what each side requires in this new landscape. 

Join us to learn:
  • Results of Handshake’s recent research and survey of student sentiments
  • Insight on student engagement from leaders in university career services
  • How employers are shifting to an all-digital recruiting strategy
Rose Nakamoto
Chief Career Development Officer at Santa Clara University

Rose is an enterprising leader with 15+ years leading and managing diverse higher education, career education, early talent, workforce development, HR, and nonprofit teams and programs with a successful track-record of taking organizations forward through complex culture and systems change. In 2018, she led a highly engaged reimagine process for SCU's Career Center which involved engaging the entire campus ecosystem, reinvesting existing resources, and building a new dynamic vision and operational priorities to move student career development at Santa Clara University in a bold new direction.

Walter Fellers
Global Head of University Relations at Goldman Sachs

Walter Fellers is the Global Head of University Relations at Goldman Sachs and is based in New York. In his role Walter is responsible for promoting the firm’s campus recruiting opportunities through partnerships with university career centers, faculty, student organizations and other stakeholders.
William Jones
Sr. Director of Career Exploration and Success at Rutgers University

William (Wil) Jones is the Senior Director of Career Exploration and Success at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. In his role, he provides senior executive leadership to the department, directly oversees the Operations & Strategic Initiatives unit (e.g., marketing, technology, assessment, budgeting, and administrative services), and works collaboratively to develop strategic roadmaps for the department. At Rutgers, Wil co-founded the industry-centric career cluster approach to service delivery that has become a national model.  Professional associations have recognized Wil as a rising star (NACE), a leader in innovation excellence (NACE and ACPA), and most recently, the Hire Big 10 Career Consortium bestowed him with the David S. Bechtel Outstanding Career Services Professional Award.

Christine Cruzvergara
VP of Higher Education and Student Success at Handshake

Christine Y. Cruzvergara currently serves as the VP of Higher Education and Student Success at Handshake, leading their efforts to deepen partnerships with the higher education community to ensure greater and more equitable student career success. She is recognized as a change agent within the field of career education and has diligently contributed thought pieces, led trainings, and consulted extensively with colleagues across the nation and internationally.