Handshake
501-1000 employees
About Handshake
Handshake is the college career network of the future, built to transform the recruiting experience for college students, career centers and employers. Our mission is to democratize access to opportunity:To help every college student find the right job for them, no matter where they go to school, what they're majoring in, or who they know. We do this by connecting college students and young alumni to a comprehensive national network, all built on a fast, scalable, mobile infrastructure. Handshake's network gives students access to more career opportunities and insights, provides employers with more comprehensive and efficient access to talent, and gives colleges more tools to drive student engagement and increase student employment. Launched in 2014, Handshake is the ultimate career network and recruiting platform for college students and young alumni. With over 500 U. S. universities, 8 million students, and 200,000 companies (including 95% of the Fortune 500), Handshake is designed to transform the recruiting experience for students, recruiters, and career centers. Handshake, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, has raised $34 million in funding from Spark Capital, KPCB, Lightspeed Ventures, True Ventures, and Lowercase Capital. Read more about Handshake at www.joinhandshake.com.
5 months ago
Training and Development Specialist - AI Trainer
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Description
- Handshake is recruiting Training and Development Specialists to contribute to an hourly, temporary AI research project — no prior AI experience required. In this program, you’ll use your professional expertise in learning and development to evaluate AI-generated content related to employee training, leadership development, and instructional design. You’ll assess responses, provide clear, structured feedback, and help improve how AI understands workforce training, skill development, and organizational learning practices.
- The Handshake AI opportunity runs year-round, with project openings periodically across various industries and professional specialties.
- The position is remote and asynchronous — work independently from wherever you are.
- Flexible hours, no minimum commitment (most participants average 5–20 hours per week).
- Work includes developing prompts related to learning and development topics and evaluating AI-generated responses for accuracy, clarity, and contextual understanding.
- Learn new skills and help shape how AI is applied in professional training and education.
- Placement into a project will depend on availability — if you apply now and this project is full, future opportunities will open soon.
- Qualifications include at least 4 years of professional experience as a Training and Development Specialist, Learning and Development (L&D) professional, Instructional Designer, or in a related role. Relevant experience involves presenting information with various instructional techniques, developing training materials, evaluating training delivery modes, offering training programs, assessing training needs, monitoring training activities, designing training programs, developing alternative methods, evaluating training materials, monitoring costs, creating development programs, staying current with industry developments, attending meetings, coordinating recruitment, selecting instructors, negotiating contracts, supervising instructors, scheduling classes, referring trainees, and developing environmental training programs.
- You should be a strong communicator, organized, detail-oriented, independent, and excited to help shape AI understanding of real-world training.
- Application involves creating a Handshake account, uploading your resume, verifying identity, getting matched to projects, and starting work.
- Work authorization info notes that F-1 students eligible for CPT or OPT may qualify, but STEM OPT is not supported.
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Benefits
- Flexible, remote work environment.
- Opportunity to learn new skills and influence AI training applications.
- Work on a year-round project with periodic openings.
- No prior AI experience required.