Handshake Talent Engagement Suite vs. symplr Talent Management Solutions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Handshake Talent Engagement Suite (TES) helps employers source, engage, manage, and build their brand with early talent at scale. Tell an impactful story and build a strong employer brand using rich media, candidate reviews, employee testimonials, and more.N/A
symplr Talent Management Solutions
Score 7.2 out of 10
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symplr acquired HealthcareSource in July, 2021. The former HealthcareSource now forms the foundation fo the symplr talent management suite.N/A
Pricing
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Community Pulse
Handshake Talent Engagement Suitesymplr Talent Management Solutions
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Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Handshake and Untapped both have their pros and cons. The campaign features in Handshake are really unparalleled and allow you to reach a relevant and diverse set of students quickly and efficiently. Untapped has the ability to go through the profiles of individual students to …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
SO much better than Symplicity. Compared to other platforms for university/school recruiting efforts, Handshake is unmatchable and has been the best option out of all systems.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
I have nothing to compare. But so far Handshake leads any other pack out there.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
I like Handshake Talent Engagement Suite much better than this platform as it is much easier to identify talent and find exactly what we are looking for to use as a repository for what we need and the time we need it in. We selected this because we needed to make new hires …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
I think Handshake is similar to LinkedIn Recruiter in a lot of ways. The main differentiator for me/our company is who we are trying to reach or target. LinkedIn is not an easy platform to find early careers talent on, so Handshake has been the best way for us to connect with …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
In terms of overall application experience, I think the other companies do a better job with richer features. Where Handshake shines, however, is in how it 1. is mainly focused on new grads and internships, making filtering less necessary, and 2. its suite of other features …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite is similar to indeed in the ease of communication, but we prefer to use Indeed in our organization because the connection with a school can be declined. Some of our recruitment team members have experienced a long delay of making connections …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Handshake provides direct to university connection for professional recruiting. It is better then indeed for direct to university candidate searches.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Our company uses HireEZ and LinkedIn Recruiter as well, but Handshake Talent Engagement Suite makes the most sense for our University Relations team due to the focus on college students and recent grads. HireEZ is the opposite and isn't very effective at targeting college …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
I have only used Handshake as I am new to recruiting.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
We use ADP Recruitment function with our account. It works for posting on job sites outside of school and universities but doesn't hit those though its channels. I have to use Handshake in order to achieve my needs.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
We have used other sites to help with our recruiting needs, such as Indeed, LinkedIn and Craigslist. I would say Handshake and Indeed are at the top of our go-to list open positions.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Schools used to use Symplicity as opposed to Handshake but for every school you had to make a new username and password for every one. This gives you one login where you can post to many. It makes it much easier and is a huge time saver.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
I am not aware of the competitors to Handshake. However, Handshake is so awful that I think I might even write my own Web application that does what Handshake can do and do it better. In fact, I think that I made a "Bob Board" application back in the 1990's and it did just fine.
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Lever is more of an ATS, while Handshake is a candidate database. It is also essential to be using good ATS when you have Handshake. You can organize your candidates and not forget about any of them. I do wish that Lever and Handshake worked together so that I can automatically …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Outside of personal relationships and Facebook groups, I use Handshake as well as Internships.com to find interns. While I sometimes like the easier format of Internships.com, I don't like the fact that I can't target schools. It's worldwide, so I rarely get the candidates I'm …
Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
We have not found a comparable product to Handshake. It is one-of-a-kind in a league of its own.
symplr Talent Management Solutions
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
both work hand-in-hand to track the recruiting process (position manager) and then to track employee progress (performance manager)
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
Both Health Stream and Healthcare Source have to-do lists, completion lists, and tracking. However, the functionality of Healthcare Source is far superior to HealthStream. The notifications are much better and helpful. The tracking on Healthcare Source is easy to use and see. …
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
We selected Position Manager years ago because they specialized in Healthcare and the price.
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
It's been 4-5 years since our last RFP but at the time we considered Halogen, Lawson Talent Management, Success Factors and Taleo. Some of those vendors were out of the running if they did not offer both a Performance Manager and an Applicant Tracking system. We ideally wanted …
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
We are preparing to go to RFP within our organization.
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
I have used HealthStream to manage classes for another hospital, but find that NetLearning has many more options and ability to go above and beyond with educating our employees.
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
I have seem other products such as Success Factors and Softscape, we went with HealthcareSource because we really like PerformanceManager but also because we planned to expand our use of their products for other areas of the talent management spectrum and eventually started …
Features
Handshake Talent Engagement Suitesymplr Talent Management Solutions
Recruitment Marketing
Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
8.0
Ratings
12% above category average
symplr Talent Management Solutions
-
Ratings
Passive Recruitment Advertising8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Active Recruitment Advertising8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Employer Branding Tools7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
-
Ratings
symplr Talent Management Solutions
9.2
Ratings
23% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
-
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symplr Talent Management Solutions
8.1
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13% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
-
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symplr Talent Management Solutions
9.0
Ratings
31% above category average
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
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symplr Talent Management Solutions
6.5
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6% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
-
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symplr Talent Management Solutions
6.8
Ratings
6% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
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symplr Talent Management Solutions
8.4
Ratings
17% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Handshake Talent Engagement Suitesymplr Talent Management Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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6.1
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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7.3
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Usability
10.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
9.6
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7.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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User Testimonials
Handshake Talent Engagement Suitesymplr Talent Management Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
Compared to bulk messaging students who are listed as 'matches' on the job listing page, the segments & campaigns I created were so helpful in identifying leads & helping to convert those leads to applicants without me having to continually follow-up with students (thank you- follow-up email feature!) For roles that require a lot of applicant flow, or for positions that require a large cohort of hires at one time, these features are perfect.
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It really is the best solution to any organization that needs to provide and track employees continued learning or learning of policies and procedures. The tracking is great on all ends. The interface is simple and easy to navigate. It may not be suitable for an organization with under 10 people as it is quite extensive and may be a bit over the top.
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Pros
  • Connects us with our target audience (current college students and recent graduates).
  • Connects us with a variety of career services offices, building trust in our organization.
  • It provides capacity to our recruiters while also allowing us to balance volume and personalization in recruitment.
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  • Customer service is available via email and phone when needed.
  • Individualized training sessions available for project challenges.
  • Provide personable service from all aspects of the organization.
  • When we had issues with compatibility of third party courses, the staff focused on our need and made it work.
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Cons
  • I would love if there were a better way to filter by experience. Currently, it's based on graduation date but a lot of my talent segments pick up people with 10+ years of experience that recently started or completed another degree. This is frustrating for the candidate who receives a bunch of misplaced messages and for recruiters who have to explain why they received a message about an internship they are clearly overqualified for. Can we separate grad year from years of experience in the segmentation somehow?
  • I wish there were an easier way to "blacklist" candidates who were rude or expressed a sentiment of never wanting to hear from me or my company again. These are people that I don't want to accidentally include in a campaign message 6 months later.
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  • To allow our team members choice, we offer training as either/or. The current system does not record either/or completions
  • To end enrollment of new hires for training at a set date, requires also ending the training of all those not yet completed.
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Likelihood to Renew
It works and has been a valuable tool for recruitment and talent engagement
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Looking back we can say that every year we used Performance Manager and other products too like HeathcareSource's Compensation and Position Manager we saw the ease of use for employees and HR staff members increase, we saw employees getting more comfortable with the product and HR Staff getting better at expressing their needs to the HealthcareSource team and this made us want to stay with the same company, when things are getting better each year we know we are in the right place.
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Usability
It is intuitive
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The product is very intuitive to the end users and our online documentation seems sufficient to train our new employees.
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Support Rating
Becca always responds very quickly to my questions. We had an issue where I couldn't register for a fair because another division of my company had already registered and this problem was fixed the next day. I feel like the team at Handshake Talent Engagement Suite actually cares about my experience. Not all companies do once the contract is signed! They definitely treat their customers well. I literally feel like I am their only customer.
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On the previous rating scale, I kept thinking "it depends". If I know it's an easy question or easy fix, the response is super fast. If I know I am asking something complex, custom or I just know it's not going to be able to be answered by 1st tier, it can take some time. I have worked on these issues with them (they are all very nice) I do now have avenues for finding things out from one person. We had one issue where we had a major problem and it required a software patch and their support team worked throughout the weekend to create, QA, and deliver the patch as promised. I was very impressed
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Implementation Rating
It is a great product and valuable tool for recruitment and sourcing of talent
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Alternatives Considered
Handshake and Untapped both have their pros and cons. The campaign features in Handshake are really unparalleled and allow you to reach a relevant and diverse set of students quickly and efficiently. Untapped has the ability to go through the profiles of individual students to really source specific people (which Handshake doesn't allow), but the filtering features needed work and it was tougher to reach a lot of students at once.
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I have seem other products such as Success Factors and Softscape, we went with HealthcareSource because we really like PerformanceManager but also because we planned to expand our use of their products for other areas of the talent management spectrum and eventually started using their Compensation and Position Manager products too.
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Return on Investment
  • Handshake has definitely positively impacted our business objectives. Handshake pulled some data for us and we found out that 39% of our hired interns & new grads thus far followed up with us, received a message, or RSVP'd to an event on Handshake so far this year.
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  • NetLearning has increased our nursing CEU credits with the most efficiency. Now nurses can take courses on NetLearning and have it track their hours.
  • On a compliance standpoint, NetLearning has benefited us when we are being audited and we have to show what trainings or classes an employee has made. Also, to make sure that their certifications are up to date.
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