Career Tools
Career Tools to Get Started
- Review our Resume and Cover Letter Guide to learn how to make a strong impression on employers.
- Github is a platform to develop, maintain and ship your software. Make sure your Github page is stellar by reviewing the Introduction to Github for Data Scientists.
- Check out the GitHub Student Developer Pack, which has information about AWS Cloud resources, GitHub Pro, Azure and Heroku Dyno.
- Practice your interviewing skills with GW Interview Stream.
- Head over to GW Career Connect to watch a 5-minute video to learn how to connect with GW alumni.
GW Handshake and Career Advising
Handshake is an online career management tool for jobs, internships, and on-campus recruiting. Students should use their gwmail email address as their username to log into Handshake for one-on-one appointments. Alumni usernames are initially set to their current email address. Email handshakehelp@gwu.edu if you have difficulty logging in.
Career Advising Appointments in Handshake
Appointments (45 minutes) with Melissa Feuer, data science career coach, are available via Handshake. You can schedule sessions on a bi-weekly basis.
To access the advisement schedule:
- Select ‘Schedule a New Appointment’
- Select ‘CCAS – Graduate’
- Select ‘Student & Alumni Advisement Appointment’
- Select ‘Data Science – CCAS’