Handshake for Employers Reviews & Product Details

As a K-12 school district, we faced unique challenges in utilizing Handshake effectively. However, the Handshake team provided exceptional support and guidance, helping us optimize the platform to meet our specific needs. Their valuable feedback and assistance ensured a smooth implementation process. We particularly appreciate Handshake's ability to connect us with students both locally and beyond California, expanding our reach significantly. Moreover, they were instrumental in helping us develop robust student pipelines, offering creative strategies and practical advice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Handshake has been a valuable tool, there's room for improvement to better address the unique needs of K-12 districts. We've communicated our suggestions to the customer support team, who are actively exploring ways to enhance the platform for both K-12 and other employer users. We are confident that Handshake is committed to meeting our evolving needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a recruiter, I've found Handshake to be an excellent tool for reaching top talent, especially graduate talent in a more competitive market. The platform is intuitive, and the access to a wide array of candidates is invaluable. Not to mention, the support you'll recieve from your account reps is unmatched. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I wish for is a premium membership option tailored to small and mid-sized companies. Such a feature would be perfect for those with less aggressive hiring targets who only need one representative to manage recruitment efforts. Overall, it's a great resource, and a more flexible membership plan would make it even better! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to create campaigns and reach students directly and engage in productive conversations while building our brand. This feature has also increase our engagement at in person and virtual career fairs.

Also and most importantly is our Handshake team, I can't say enough good things about them. Shout out to Taylor, McKenzie and Bryan, they are the best to work with. Not only do we meet monthly, but they are available whenever I have a question or need assistance. They pro-actively monitor our account and activity so that when we meet they give us real non-generic suggestions based on our needs. We have had this team almost since day one, which is huge, this allows us to build a great working relationship and not waste time explaining our needs and business to new staff monthly, as we have had to do on other sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only minor thing I have found is that we have to add labels to student profiles individually vs. a group at a time.

Again this is a very minor thing in the scheme of our recruiting efforts. Overall we love Handshake and the results we have seen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have access to students from schools that we never would have reached in the past, and in some cases, have been able to decrease our travel costs as we're able to do more recruiting online for certain positions. Some of our campus recruiters now use Handshake on a nearly daily basis, and it has been easy to implement and use for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Handshake is still working on fleshing out it's platform in several areas (interview schedules, event management, etc), and while it isn't perfect, I appreciate that I am listened to whenever I have suggestions for improvements to the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Handshake for Employers campaign feature is definitely my favorite. I appreciate the ability to organize the schools we recruit from and connect with them regarding opportunities, internships, and early career positions. Additionally, we can precisely search for students based on their majors and interests, which has significantly refined our candidate pool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't run across any challenges. It is an easy to use tool and produces results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to engage with students through multiple features is amazing! I appreciate that you can create campaigns for career fairs weeks to months advance. The new "feed" feature is a great way to establish your company brand and give individuals an inside look to the culture of the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish the app was more user-friendly for recruiters. I want to be able to message students on the go and not have to open up a computer every time to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to hyper target students in Handshake is a marketer's dream. The open rates and engagement we receive on Handshake are the highest we have seen on any platform for connecting with our target audience. Handshake is the expected and preferred way our target hears about jobs so it's a perfect match for us to promote our opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our ATS is not integrated with Handshake so every job we post has to be done manually and we cannot see a clean line through the recruitment funnel from attraction to hire. We can follow attraction to interest when a person leaves Handshake and clicks on to apply, then we can come to our ATS to track who came from Handshake as a source, but it's an imperfect science and more difficult to execute than I'd like. But even still, we know confidently we could not be as successful with our digital- first approach recruyiting students without Handshake so the imperfection here is worth the effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Handshake is incredibly valuable- if not only for the data and insights provided about the emerging talent population and our company-specific engagement/sourcing efforts/attractiveness, it has also proven to be a strategic partnership and collaboration. The Handshake reps that support us are like extended team members and we have consulted them on a variety of ideas relating to Early Career recruitment and more.

To name a few examples: We have evolved our DEI strategy based on Handshake data, updated our target university list, and started hosting virtual info sessions on the Handshake platform that attract 1,000+ candidates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not every univeristy uses Handshake and it is frustrating to have to engage with multiple platforms. However, the vast majority do use Handshake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Handshake Premium for Employers is the premier tool in the campus talent attraction marketplace to get your internships and full-time job opportunities in front of millions of college students.

As a university recruiter, I have used Handshake for nearly 7 years with multiple employers. I would not want to do university recruiting without it, as it allows my team to work smarter, not harder. Connecting with the right kinds of candidates early and often is the name of the game to convert prospects into applicants. My Handshake Premium license allows me to search for candidates, create targeted outreach messaging campaigns, register for school-hosted events like career fairs, create my own virtual info session events, manage on-campus interview schedules, chat with students 1:1, and so much more.

The Handshake team does a phenomenal job of listening to it's customers (both employers and universities) as well as getting student user feedback. Their team is constantly updating the platform to enhance the user experience and help students find jobs. I love that their mission is to "democratize access to opportunity" and can confidently say that I have hired hundreds of candidates because of the Handshake platform.

Keep up the great work, Handshake team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only downside I've found is the steep cost for employers to use Handshake Pemium features. In my opinion though, Handshake Premium allows employers' university recruiting teams to have a consistent funnel of highly-qualified candidates and is well worth the cost, espeically for larger employers hiring hundreds of interns and entry-level professionals annually.

Handshake has really spoiled me though, as some of the schools I recruit at are not yet using Handshake, doubling my efforts to post jobs and engage with those schools. I appreciate being able to reach so many students at so many schools all at once or target my communciations to candidates at specific schools and other "job board" platforms aren't nearly as user-friendly or widely used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Handshake is obviously the #1 platform for upcoming and recent college graduates. There are thousands of engaged job seekers on the platform and all easily accessible. I work with Buddy Genika, Cody Nelson and Tyler Handley from the Handshake team and have been in contact with them since early 2023. They deliver excellent customer service and are always quick to assist with any need my company may have. Highly recommend them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've seen so many great improvements in the three years I have been involved with the platform, I don't really have any complains. I guess maybe having a good mobile app interface for employers could be beneficial, but im sure it's something that is already in the works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.