Handshake’s division model allows multiple business units or teams to operate independently while using the same platform.
Divisions help you organise users, job postings, and career fair registrations, ensuring that teams can collaborate effectively without overlapping or interfering with one another's recruiting efforts.
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Teams can scale their recruiting efforts using divisions across different areas of the platform, as outlined below.
Jobs
Companies with multiple divisions can streamline job postings by assigning each job to the appropriate division.
- Learn how to add a division when posting a job by referring to How to Post a Job.
Teammates can also filter the Jobs page to view only jobs within their division, ensuring clarity and reducing overlap between teams
- Learn more about Navigating the Jobs Page.
Career fairs
When registering for a career fair, you can register a specific division of your company instead of the entire organisation.
On the registration form, navigate to the Basic Information section, then select the division from the Which division of the organisation are you registering? dropdown.
- Delve into the specifics for Registering for a Fair (Employers).
*Institution lists
Institution lists allow you to keep teams and outreach efforts separate by targeting specific institutions or geographic regions.
Each division can create customised lists to target candidates based on various criteria, such as:
- Named institution lists: Teams can target candidates from specific institutions that align with their divisions recruiting goals.
- Geographic regions: Divisions can recruit from institutions in certain locations to meet local hiring needs.
This approach helps divisions manage their outreach independently, avoiding overlap with other teams and improving the efficiency of recruiting efforts.
- Learn How to Use Institution Lists.
Outreach
To provide a seamless candidate experience, teams should use templates that specify both the division and recruiting team.
When candidates may be contacted by multiple teams, it’s essential to clearly state the roles being hired for and the division represented to ensure clear and professional communication.
- Find out more about Creating and Managing Templates.
- Discover How to Send a Student a Message.
*Using exclusions to avoid over-messaging candidates
To avoid unintentionally sending multiple messages to the same candidate, campaign exclusions can be applied to your messaging campaigns.
This is particularly helpful for large teams who do not have the opportunity to communicate with each other regularly.
- Unlock more information about Campaigns: Exclusions.
*Insights
One of the key benefits of Handshake is the valuable data that can be extracted both from the platform and through our partnership with the Insights team.
The Applicants tab on the Analytics page is designed to help teams understand the ROI from campaigns and their impact on job applications, career fair RSVPs, and event registrations.
- Dive deeper into Talent Analytics: Applicants.
Additional resources
- Ready to optimise your recruiting efforts with company divisions? Learn How to Add Divisions to Your Company.