The Institution Network Management page allows you to view and organise your institution connections, discover new institutions to connect with, and access tools that support your recruitment strategy.
Features available exclusively to Premium partners are marked with an asterisk (*). For more information, please check out this resource.
Access the Institution Network Management page
Click Institutions from the left navigation bar in Handshake.
All employers have access to the following tabs:
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Favourites
- *For premium employers, this tab is labeled Institution Lists.
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Your Employer's Institutions
- Institutions your employer is approved by that have not yet been added to your Favourites list.
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More Institutions on Handshake
- Institutions your employer is not currently approved by, where you can request approval.
*Premium partners have access to the additional tab:
- Institution Explorer
Basic and Plus employers:
Premium partners:
Understanding the tabs on the Institution Network Management page
Each tab is described in detail below. Click on each header as applicable.
Favourites (*Institution Lists)
The Favourites tab includes all institutions you’ve added to your Favourites from the Your Employer’s Institutions and More Institutions on Handshake tabs.
- For Premium employers, this tab is labeled Institution Lists, which includes additional functionality to organise institutions into custom lists. Learn more in How to Use Institution Lists.
You can select any institution from your Favourites list to post a job, host an event or on-campus interview, and register for a fair.
Page filters
You may use the filters on the left sidebar to narrow your results.
Basic and Plus employers can filter by:
- Keyword search
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Permissions
- This defines how you can interact with the institution in Handshake. For example, if you do not have permission to post a job, you will not see that institution as an option to post to.
- Location
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Handshake Open
- Students in the Handshake Open Network attend institutions who have not directly purchased and partnered with Handshake.
- Ranking
- Size
- Region
Your Employer's Institutions
This tab includes all institutions where your company is currently approved to recruit.
Page filters
You may use the filters on the left sidebar to narrow your results.
Basic and Plus employers can filter by:
- Keyword search
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Permissions
- This defines how you can interact with the institution in Handshake. For example, if you do not have permission to post a job, you will not see that institution as an option to post to.
- Location
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Handshake Open
- Students in the Handshake Open Network attend institutions who have not directly purchased and partnered with Handshake.
- Ranking
- Size
- Region
More Institutions on Handshake
This tab includes:
- Institutions where your company has not requested approval or posted a job
- Institutions where either a connection request or a job posting is still pending approval
- Institutions that have declined your job posting or company approval
Page filters
Click the white button All Filters to open the side sheet, where you can select filters to narrow your results.
Basic and Plus employers can filter by:
- Keyword search
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Approval Status
- Pending
- Declined
- Available to post job
- Location
- Ranking
- Size
- Region
*Institution Explorer
*Only visible to Premium partners.
If you are a Premium partner, refer to Institution Network Management: Institution Explorer.
*Reports
Reports are an exclusive feature for Premium employers. Basic (free) employer accounts cannot generate or request a report of their favourite institutions or all connected institutions.
To learn how to connect with institutions, add or remove institutions from your favourites, and manage your connections, refer to Institution Network Management: Requesting, Adding, and Removing Institutions.