Handshake Talent Engagement Suite Reviews & Insights

Score8.1 out of 10

68 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Handshake Talent Engagement Suite are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Business Problems Solved

The Talent Engagement Suite offered by Handshake has been widely used by campus recruiters to attract and source top talent for entry-level roles and internships. Recruiters have found it easy to connect with the best students at big career fairs, saving time and reaching a broader audience. They have also utilized the platform to advertise university jobs and events to a diverse set of students, running campaigns to target specific students for job applications or event attendance. The Talent Engagement Suite has proven to be particularly effective for college recruiting, allowing recruiters to announce their attendance at college fairs and funnel more students to their colleagues. Additionally, Handshake has been used for summer internship recruiting and increasing brand awareness by hosting events and attending career fairs. Solopreneurs have also found Handshake helpful in finding interns and benefiting from their additional perspective in their business. Overall, users have praised Handshake for its ability to provide targeted sourcing and attraction approaches, consolidate recruiters under one account, organize and promote virtual and on-campus events, as well as offering valuable data analytics to gauge the return on investments in college relationships and hiring of students. However, some users have expressed frustration with signing up for the product and its lack of user-friendliness and support. Despite these challenges, Handshake remains a preferred platform for campus recruiting efforts due to its comprehensive features that help drive attendance at career fairs, encourage job applications, and provide insights into recruitment strategies.

Reviews

37 Reviews

Talent Engagement Suite saves time & helps source great talent for us

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 14, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a campus recruiter, so I use the Talent Engagement Suite to create segments and campaigns to attract and source top talent for our entry-level roles & internship positions. While I am out on campus during our busy season, I can easily connect & engage with the best students at big career fairs. However, there are several other schools that have the exact kind of student we are looking to hire, and I can't always engage at every university during a busy recruiting season. The Talent Engagement products help me to passively source new students at different schools to reach a broader audience than I could manage on my own. It saves me time and helps me find the best students- win win!

Pros

Ease of use
Saves me time
Helps me engage in meaningful ways with candidates virtually

Cons

More easily connect the segments into the campaign. I'd rather not have to start on the segment page for a campaign I'm hoping to create.
Analytics page could be broken down to show me specific analytics per job to compare and contract (instead of viewing 1 job at a time)

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.

Chrissy Lowery, SHRM-CP

Campus Recruiter in Human Resources at CoStar Group (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Handshake Talent Engagement Suite's Campaigns and Segments

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 11, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use the Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to recruit university level talent. I use it source candidates, post jobs, manage and seek out events, and send campaign messages to many students at once.

Pros

Campaign messaging functionality is very good.
Event registration process is easy to use.
The segments component is a great tool.

Cons

It would be great to have the ability to categorize messages into folders based similar to an email inbox.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well-Suited: reaching large groups of students at once, finding applicant matches to job postings, managing events, hosting office hours via video meetings with candidates
Less Appropriate: sourcing candidate resumes

Verified User

Employee in Human Resources (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Handshake Campaigns Allow for Efficient Sourcing

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 8, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Handshake to advertise our university jobs and events to a diverse set of students. The ability to run campaigns allows us to first post jobs and events and then run campaigns to target specific students to encourage them to apply to our posted jobs or attend our posted events.

Pros

Great customer service
Ability to source diverse candidates
Wide reach among students

Cons

Ability to directly source and reach out to specific candidates (rather than just a whole pool with campaigns)
More flexibility over the way postings look to allow for creativity
More details about students on their profiles to make it easier to source the right candidates

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake is well suites to times when you want to drive a larger (and/or more diverse) pool to your job postings and events. You can send out a campaign to target the types of students you want to target and these campaigns have been proven to increase the engagement with our events and jobs. For example, before hosting an in-person campus event, I run a campaign to invite relevant students at that school to my event and I've seen an increase in event attendance. Handshake is not the tool, however, for looking through and contacting individual candidates as there is no way to look through individual profiles - you have to run a campaign first for a general job or posting and then individuals can respond to your outreach and that is when you are able to view their individual profile and contact them.

Kasey Stricklin

Senior Talent Scout in Human Resources at Uber (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Worth checking out!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 8, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I love it for being able to reach fresh talent and open the door to educate students on our company.

Pros

Creates a great talent pool
Easy to navigate
Great tools to utilize

Cons

Message inbox is not the easiest to track messages
Being able to share saved searches

Likelihood to Recommend

We have found some great talent through Handshake

Kelly Kirkland

Global Recruiting Specialist at Circle K (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Handshake Talent Engagement Suite allows us to connect with and recruit great talent!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 8, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I work specifically in University Talent Recruiting so Handshake Talent Engagement Suite has been a great help in targeting the right audience. It can be hard getting the right demographic to apply using other job boards such as Indeed, so we are grateful to have a platform that is just for students and recent graduates. I have been able to source hundreds and hundreds of top talent candidates to fill out roles which would not have been possible without Handshake Talent Engagement Suite.

Pros

Being able to track who views a role, and being able to contact them if they didn't formally apply
The ability to properly label candidates who show interest in our roles, candidates we have reached out to, and candidates who are not interested in our roles. This helps us even more with targeting the right audience.

Cons

Being able to see all the students who are sent messages in a campaign, that way we can mark them as contacted for certain roles.
The ability to share a mailbox or delegate messages to other users.
The ability to see the job listing as students see it would be helpful as well.
Messages notification seems to be stuck on 13 whether I have more or less unread messages in my inbox.
A way to label private profiles that receive messages from us or view our jobs.
It would be nice to have a map that shows where the schools are located in the country. Sometimes we want to send out campaigns to schools in a certain region and it can be time consuming researching where all the universities are. Maybe even pre-made school lists by region.
It would be nice to have the ability to label candidates individually or in bulk from my inbox - similar to labeling applicants in the job listings.

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite is great for recruiters who sole purpose is to fill internships and entry level roles. Having a platform is made for the demographics we look for helps us weed out a lot of candidates who apply who are not a fit for these early career type roles.

Lona Williams

Recruiting Coordinator in Human Resources at Fidelity (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

In UR/Early Careers? You Need Handshake Talent Engagement Suite.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 8, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite has been a phenomenal addition to our Early Careers team's acumen. Before, we had to travel to every school and career center to get access to the students, but with Handshake Talent Engagement Suite we are able to interact with a diverse set of students from all over! Also, we can promote jobs and events with the tool. We can see the analytics behind interactions as well, so it helps when strategizing if our recruitment and engagement techniques are working or if we have to pivot. In a non-traditional technical field like my company, we may not be the first brand that students think of, so having Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to get into the forefront has been a lifesaver.

Pros

Analytics of Applicants and Campaigns
School Scope
Candidate Outreach and Management

Cons

AI matching of potential candidates for closed roles since right now the roles have to be posted
Integration with Workday Recruit and other ATS
Correct grad year for students because information can be outdated

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite has been well suited for Early Careers and entry-level recruiting, but less appropriate for professional recruiting and for our EMEA counterparts.

Verified User

Employee in Human Resources (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Handshake Review.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 7, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Handshake for all of our campus recruiting efforts. We send campaigns to students to drive attendance at career fairs and encourage them to apply to specific jobs. We also use Handshake to garner insights into where our efforts are paying off.

Pros

Support for Campaigns/Student Engagement to drive attendance and applicants
One platform with all schools and one hub for students

Cons

Insights reports are generic and hard to get "company specifics"

Likelihood to Recommend

We are able to reach thousands of students in the click of a button and stay engaged/drive applicants to meet our recruiting needs

Verified User

Consultant in Human Resources (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Great Bang for your Buck!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 1, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Handshake Talent Engagement Suite for mainly two purposes: 1. College recruiting - I register my company for college fairs. Then I make a segment (a select group of students) who I send a campaign (message) to announce that we are attending the college fair so that they will come visit us at our booth. Its a way that I can funnel more students to my colleagues when they are attending a fair. 2. Salaried and hourly roles - when the position that we are recruiting for can accept a new grad or recent grad, then I can post positions on Handshake Talent Engagement Suite and send campaigns out based by major/background. I do this to better advertise a role and I funnel those candidates to the job posting on our corporate website. I do this for myself and other recruiters that do not have Handshake Talent Engagement Suite access.

Pros

allows me to target specific majors and message them
allows me to target specific graduation years and message them
allows me to message an audience without a particular university affiliation and message them

Cons

add an "occupational health and safety" major
add an easier to read calendar so i can see all of the events we are attending company wide
allow us to save different company descriptions - CRH doesn't have any traction with career fairs. Ash Grove Cement does, so I find I am always having to delete the CRH description and put in the Ash Grove one.

Likelihood to Recommend

Excellent for:
Internships
Part-time roles
Developmental programs for new graduates with 4-year degrees
Roles where the person just needs to have 1-2 years of experience plus a degree
Diversity recruiting

Not as good for:
highly technical roles that don't require 4-year degrees (ie electricians)

Lilian Thompson

recruiting specialist at Ash Grove Cement Company (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Allows us to shake the hands of students across the nation from our desks

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 1, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I manage the company profile/brand as well as search for career fairs to attend. I research the students the recruiters would like to engage with at the fairs to confirm what organization should attend the fairs. Handshake helps us to reach a much broader candidate pool throughout the nation and attend career fairs we might not have been able to find on our own.

Pros

Provides relevant career fairs
Registration for career fairs is easy
Search bar - love being able to search for the types of fairs we are interested in

Cons

It would be great to get emails of recommended career fairs based on what we have already attended.

Likelihood to Recommend

Without Handshake, my team would have a hard time searching and registering for career fairs. It is an amazing tool to reach fresh candidates and build brand awareness. The ability to connect with students across the nation all in one platform has made a positive impact on our recruitment strategy.

Verified User

Strategist in Human Resources (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Talent Engagement Specialist

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 31, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use HS to create campaigns for virtual career fairs.
I also use HS to create and invite college students all over the nation for career webinars.
The metrics/data analytics from HS are used to gauge the return on investments in college relationships, internships, and hiring of students into Mayo Clinic.

Pros

Campaigns
Recruitment
Virtual webinars
Internship engagement

Likelihood to Recommend

Creating campaigns for college webinars for graduating students.

Eddy Ogbuji

Diversity Recruitment Specialist in Human Resources at Mayo Clinic Sourcing and College recruitment (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Handshake Talent Engagement Suite allows us to connect with and recruit great talent!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 8, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Being able to track who views a role, and being able to contact them if they didn't formally apply
The ability to properly label candidates who show interest in our roles, candidates we have reached out to, and candidates who are not interested in our roles. This helps us even more with targeting the right audience.

Cons

Being able to see all the students who are sent messages in a campaign, that way we can mark them as contacted for certain roles.
The ability to share a mailbox or delegate messages to other users.
The ability to see the job listing as students see it would be helpful as well.
Messages notification seems to be stuck on 13 whether I have more or less unread messages in my inbox.
A way to label private profiles that receive messages from us or view our jobs.
It would be nice to have a map that shows where the schools are located in the country. Sometimes we want to send out campaigns to schools in a certain region and it can be time consuming researching where all the universities are. Maybe even pre-made school lists by region.
It would be nice to have the ability to label candidates individually or in bulk from my inbox - similar to labeling applicants in the job listings.

Likelihood to Recommend

Lona Williams

Recruiting Coordinator in Human Resources at Fidelity (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience