All career services accounts are automatically assigned default notification preferences. If a user does not change their notification preferences after logging into their account, they will automatically receive these default notifications in-app and/or via email.
Below is a list of all the activities you can choose to be notified for in Handshake. Items with an asterisk (*) are enabled by default for new staff accounts.
To learn more about accessing and managing notifications, refer to Manage Your Notifications.
Events
- An event is created (email, notification)
- An event that I joined is updated (email, notification)
- An employer updates an approved event (email, notification)
- An event posting is approved (email, notification)
- An event posting is declined (email, notification)
- Upcoming Event I've joined (email, notification)
- Someone comments on an event that I organise (email, notification)
Interview Schedules
- An interview schedule is updated (email, notification)
- An interview schedule is created (email, notification*)
- An interview schedule posting is approved (email, notification)
- An interview schedule posting is declined (email, notification)
- A student requests to swap interview schedule slots (email*, notification*)
- Someone comments on one of my interview schedules (email*, notification*)
Employers
- Weekly digest for newly created contacts (email only, notifications not available)
- An employer user is waiting for approval (email, notification)
- An employer requests approval at my institution (email, notification)
- Someone comments on an employer profile (email*, notification*)
Jobs
- A co-worker posts a job to a institution (email, notification)
- A institution declines a job posting (email, notification)
- Someone comments on one of my postings (email*, notification*)
- A institution approves a job posting (email, notification)
Career Fairs
- An employer registers for a career fair I follow (email, notification*)
- Someone comments on one of my career fair registrations (email*, notification*)
Appointments
- A student requests an appointment with me (email, notification)
- A student checks into an appointment with me (email, notification*)
- Someone comments on one of my appointments (email*, notification*)
- An appointment I am a part of is cancelled (email, notification*)
- Upcoming appointments (email, notification)
- When I am viewing the waiting room page, notify me when a student checks in for a drop-in appointment (email*, notification*)
Students
- A student from my institution has registered and needs approval (email, notification)
- A deactivated student from my institution has requested to be reactivated (email, notification)
Notes
- You are mentioned in a note (email*, notification*)
- A note that you are a part of has reminder triggered. (email*, notification*)
Messages
- I am added to a conversation (email* only) - Notifications not available
- I am sent a new message (email* only) - Notifications not available
Documents
- Someone comments on one of my documents (email*, notification*)
Experiences
- Someone comments on one of my experiences (email*, notification*)
Two-Way Calendar Sync
- There is a problem with my two-way calendar sync (email, notification)
Questions and Answers
- New answers are added by students at my institution (email, notification*)
General
- An employer, job, or employer user my institution has approved is removed for a violation of Handshake's Terms of Service (email, notification*)
- A student at my institution flagged an employer or job and opted to notify career services (email, notification*)