Handshake for Educational Providers

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12 Reviews and Ratings

What is Handshake for Educational Providers?

Handshake for Educational Providers is a college-to-career network that partners with institutions of higher education to provide students access to reputable job postings, set up appointments, manage virtual and in-person events, and track student outcomes.

Categories & Use Cases

Dale Austin View profile

Associate Dean, Career Center at Hope College (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Handshake is the core of our student, alumni, and employer interface, providing event information, internship and job postings, email communication with our constituents, and recordkeeping needs. It provides in one platform the ability to address a wide range of operational needs for today's college and university career services' operation. Handshake's customer support provides timely assistance that facilitates the effective use of its platform.

Pros

Internship and job postings.
Targeted email communication.
Effective employer relations tool.
Effective event management and communication.
Effective record keeping with key constituents.

Cons

Timeliness of customer service response.
Timeliness of customization of platform.
Customization of record keeping feature.
Customization of resume review feature.

Most Important Features

Internship and job postings.
Targeted students engagement through email.
Effective employer engagement.
Effective event management and communication.
Effective record keeping.

Return on Investment

Exceptional high student usage rates.
High employer engagement rates in contrast to prior tools used.
Exceptional open rates for targeted email communication, sometimes exceeding 80%.

Alternatives Considered

GradLeaders

Other Software Used

PeopleGrove

Verified User

Director (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I currently use Handshake to post summer internship positions for students at my university. We have about 200 unique positions, with their own descriptions, and all link to an external application. I use this in order to best reach as many students as possible at the university, as well as to easily post the positions for a set duration of time.

Pros

Easy to create posts.
Tracks applications.
Clear preview of how the page will look.

Cons

Ability to ask demographic information of applicants for data purposes.
Personalized links for each posting to share out.

Most Important Features

Copying positions.
Multiple users accessing positions.

Return on Investment

Easily able to post positions in a central location.
Access to a pool of potential applicants.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Handshake allows the college to get information out to students about career fairs, informational events, and mock interviews. It also allows companies to connect with students and post job opportunities. The Office of Career Planning also uses this platform to schedule meeting with students and alumnae.

Pros

Nice design aesthetic.
Good search features/filters.
Provides tips to job seekers.

Cons

Jobs tend to be for recent graduates only.
More content to support alums.

Most Important Features

One location for career information.
Employer communications.

Return on Investment

Allows students to track internship and co-op experiences.
Provides a space for informational resources specifically uploaded by the college's career center.

Alternatives Considered

PeopleGrove

Other Software Used

Ellucian Colleague, PaperCut, Canva

Verified User

Director (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Handshake helps provide a mission to opportunity. They do help students find jobs in an easy, accessible way. We use Handshake across campus to post job opportunities, job fairs, career experiences, internships, etc., for all students. If students are looking for a job in particular, we aim to help provide that resource through Handshake. Handshake solves problems with students looking for jobs by making access to what's available accessible for students to find.

Pros

Accessible to students.
Easy for Educational Providers to post jobs.
Easy to share needs of jobs and skill set.
Cross-campus use is easy and consistent.

Cons

Handshake might be hard to use for students who have never used the service before.
Handshake might be hard to use for education providers who are not the most tech-savvy.
Handshake for work-study positions separate from paid jobs is something that may need to be addressed differently.

Most Important Features

Accessible
Little barriers.
Accurate job related information.
Easy to manage behind the scenes.

Return on Investment

Increase in filled student positions.
Increased community partners.
Increased access to student jobs.

Alternatives Considered

Indeed.com and Indeed Hiring Platform

Other Software Used

Indeed.com, Canva, LinkedIn Premium Career

Verified User

Administrator (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Handshake to recruit student workers and to connect students to potential jobs after graduation. I have used it as both a student and a recruiter.

Pros

Allows students to upload their resume information
Allows students to set their interests for job openings
Allows recruiters to connect with potential applicants

Cons

The quality of jobs available for graduates is lacking
There should be more information available about the jobs, specifically salary and work modality for every job.
Students do not often seem to use it because of the aforementioned issues.

Most Important Features

communication with students
job board

Return on Investment

I cannot really speak to the full ROI as a limited user.

Other Software Used

LinkedIn Jobs