On Handshake, you can easily download applicant CVs, often referred to as a 'CV book'.
To help manage your job applicants in Handshake, check out our Job Applicant Management Guide.
Access applications
To access your applicants' applications, navigate to the relevant job or interview, then click the Applicants tab.
- For a job, the Applicants tab is to the right of the Matches tab.
- For an interview, the Applicants tab is in the upper-right corner of the page.
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- Alternatively, you may click the blue button Review Applicants in the center of the page.
Download applications
Job
1. To download a CV for one or more candidates, check the box to the left of each name, or check the box in the upper-left corner of the table to select all candidates. Then, click the More button.
2. From the More dropdown, select either Download applicant packages (PDF) or (ZIP).
3. The message "We are processing your request and will be emailing you a link to download the results." appears in a black banner at the top of the page, followed by "Download complete".
4. Open the file, or access it later via your account email.
On-campus interview
1. To download a CV for one or more candidates, check the box to the left of each name, or check the box in the upper-left corner of the table to select all candidates.
2. Click the blue button Export Documents or the hyperlinked text Download Applicant Packages.
3. In the pop-up modal, select which documents you want to download, then click the blue button Next....
Note: non-required documents may not be available for every candidate. For example, if you choose to download "cover letters" and they were not required, they might not be included in your PDF packet.
4. Click the green button Confirm to confirm that you want to perform this action on the selected results.
5. Handshake will prepare your download. Once it's ready, click the hyperlinked text Your download is ready. Click here to retrieve the file to review it immediately, or access it later via your email inbox.
Email notification
The applicant package file is sent to the email address on your Handshake account.
The email will read:
From: Handshake
Subject: Handshake download: JOB TITLE Applications
Body:
"Hello NAME,
The bulk download you recently requested has completed. You can access the file below.
Thank you,
The Handshake Team"
Note: if there are issues converting PDF documents for some students, the email will include the following message: "Please note the following: there were issues converting PDF documents for some students. Please try downloading this package as a ZIP."