Getting Started With Handshake: Employers

To access Handshake, a user account is required.

• If you have received an invitation from an institution or colleague, you can create an account by clicking the link provided in the invitation email.
• If you haven't received an invitation, you can register at https://app.joinhandshake.co.uk/employer_registrations/new. 
  • Learn how to Create an Employer User Account, Join a Company, and Connect with Institutions.

After you confirm your email, you are prompted to search for your company and request to join their company profile or create a new company profile if your company is not already on Handshake.

If your company is already on Handshake, your company will populate as an option to select from. If it is not, you will have the option to create a new company profile. Learn How to Create a New Company Profile. 

Tips: 

• Use your corporate email address if you have one. This will not only ensure that your company profile displays as an option to connect with if the company is on Handshake, but it can expedite the approval process.
• Request to join your company rather than an institution you want to recruit from. On-campus employers are the exception to this rule. Example: if you want to recruit from UCLan, don't select UCLan as your company. Instead, choose to post a job to Uclan once you have access to your account and can select institutions to post your job to.

Employers who create a new company profile are manually reviewed and validated by our Trust and Safety team.

Users who are joining an existing company profile will either automatically connect with their company profile, or wait to be approved by the owner of their company's profile on Handshake. The approval process is dependent upon the company's profile settings.

Once your new employer account is validated, or you connect with your existing company profile, you can customise your user profile.

A well-crafted user and company profile plays a vital role in shaping your brand and building rapport and trust with our students and institution partners. Put your best foot forward with a complete user and company profile. 

• Configure your Employer Account User Settings
• Learn How to Edit Your Company Profile Settings
• Discover how to Create a High Quality Employer Profile

While there are default notification settings enabled, you may customise how and when you receive communication from Handshake. Review your Default Notification Preferences (Employers).

To connect with institutions, you must either post a job to the desired institution(s) and receive job approval, or contact the desired institution(s) and ask to be proactively approved if you do not have a job to post.

• Learn how to How to Post a Job
• Find How to Contact an Institution 

Pathfinders arms you with the latest strategies and tools to achieve your recruitment goals, and provides you with the opportunity to earn professional development credits. Learn How to build your early talent recruiting skills with Pathfinders.

Note: to access Pathfinders, click on your name in the upper-right corner of any page in Handshake, then click Courses from the dropdown. 

Access exclusive on-demand webinars with employers, students, and Handshake product experts, and receive recruitment insights, the most recent Handshake Network Trends research report, and additional resources. Explore and Unlock your resources. 

When onboarding to Handshake, Premium partners may follow our Premium Employer Implementation Guide.

Premium partners also have access to additional features through Handshake. Examples include:

• Customising your Brand Page
• Segments & Campaigns
• Talent Analytics
• Integrations & SSO

For more information, please check out this resource.