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What are good Handshake alternatives for student and new grad analyst jobs?

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  1. What Handshake does well
  2. Where students look beyond it
  3. For international students on OPT
  4. Frequently asked

Short answer

Handshake is a free job network for students and recent grads that many school career centers partner with, with employer messages, career fairs and filters for OPT, CPT and visa sponsorship, so keep using it. For roles beyond your school's network, add LinkedIn, and Y Combinator's Work at a Startup for startups. For entry-level analyst roles read daily from career pages, with each employer's H-1B record, Real Analyst Jobs lists 929 entry-level roles today.

What Handshake does well

Students sign up free with a school email. If your school partners with Handshake, you also get its career center events and features. Alumni keep their account after graduation.

Employers can message you directly, and you can find career fairs and events. International students can filter jobs by work authorization: open to US visa sponsorship, open to OPT, open to CPT, no US work authorization required, or unknown. For on-campus recruiting, it is hard to beat.

Where students look beyond it

Handshake shows the employers recruiting through it. Many analyst roles, including entry-level ones, are posted only on a company's own careers page and filled from there. Those are worth finding early, because fewer students see them.

Real Analyst Jobs reads those career pages daily and keeps only analyst roles. It has 929 entry-level analyst roles today, across every country it covers.

For international students on OPT

A visa filter tells you what a posting says. An employer's history tells you what it has done. Check both. The USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub is the free, official record.

Real Analyst Jobs shows that record on each company page, and lists entry-level analyst roles at employers with H-1B approvals on record. {h1bUsRoles} US analyst roles are open today at companies with approved H-1B workers.

BoardBest forWatch out for
HandshakeYour school's employers, career fairs, employer messages and OPT, CPT and sponsorship filters. Free for students.Centred on employers recruiting through it and your school.
LinkedInRecruiters, alumni referrals and an experience-level filter for entry-level roles.Broad, so analyst searches need tight filters.
Work at a StartupRoles at Y Combinator-funded startups, including remote roles.YC companies only; some roles need a free account to see.
USCIS H-1B Employer Data HubThe official, free record of every employer's H-1B approvals and denials.Data only, no jobs.
Real Analyst JobsEntry-level analyst roles from company career pages, re-checked daily, with each employer's H-1B record.Analyst roles only, a smaller catalogue. Browsing is free; applying direct needs a one-time payment.

Handshake alternatives for students and new grads, and what each is good for.

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Frequently asked

Is Handshake free for students?

Yes. Students create a free account with their school email. Some features depend on whether the school partners with Handshake.

Can I use Handshake after I graduate?

Yes. Alumni keep their account and can keep searching for jobs on it.

How do I find entry-level analyst jobs that sponsor OPT or H-1B?

Filter by work authorization on Handshake, then check the employer's history on the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. Real Analyst Jobs lists entry-level analyst roles with each employer's H-1B record, free to browse.

Is Real Analyst Jobs free for students?

Browsing the whole board is free with no account, company names included. Paid plans are one payment that never renews: one pass with Apply direct, Autofill and every tool, $5 for 7 days, $10 for 30 days or $20 for lifetime access in higher-income regions, and $2 for 7 days, $4 for 30 days or $8 for lifetime access elsewhere.

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