Reviews in Handshake

We want to help students:

• Explore careers and make decisions with more information.
• Get advice specific to the companies and roles they’re interested in.
• Gain insight into company culture, mentorship, and learning, which is often harder to gauge.

We want to help employers:

• Engage all students by giving them an authentic look into the company from their peers.
• Tell your brand story by activating former interns as brand ambassadors.  
• Get authentic feedback by giving you access to thoughtful, nuanced, reviews written by students from all backgrounds and moderated by us.

Follow the prompts to complete and submit your review in Handshake!

Page 1 - What did you do? 

• What kind of experience did you have? (choose one) 
  • Internship
  • Summer Job
  • Research
  • Volunteering
• What was your job? 
  • Job Title *
  • Employer *
  • Location *
  • Start Date *
  • End Date *
    • Check box for ongoing
  • Yes, I want to add this experience to my profile
    • Check box to add the above information to your profile
• What was your salary?
  • Salary (Enter a number)
  • Pay schedule
    • Unpaid
    • Hourly wage
    • Annual Salary
    • Monthly Stipend
• Did you receive a return offer? 
  • Yes
  • No
  • Still waiting to hear back
  • Not applicable
• Which of these resources did you use to find your job?
  • Job Posting on Handshake
  • Career Centre Resources
  • Career Fair
  • Career Centre Events
  • On-Campus Interview
  • Personal Network
  • Other Job Posting Source
  • Other

*Indicates that the field is required

Click the blue button Next in the bottom right corner to proceed.

Page 2 - What was your role? 

• What did you like?
• What do you wish had been different?
• What's one piece of advice you would share about this experience?

Review our Privacy Settings, and choose how you would like your review to be visible to others. 

• Full Name, Level of Study, Course, and Institution
• Level of Study, Course, and Institution only
• Anonymous (only visible for career services centre)

Click the blue button Next in the bottom right corner to proceed.

Page 3 - Rate your experience

• How was your experience?
• What attributes best describe the employer culture?
  
• What type of employer was this?
  
• What perks and benefits were there?
  
• Which identity(ies) have dedicated resources available to them at your employer?
  
• Which identity(ies) are represented in leadership at your employer?
  
• What were the mentorship and development opportunities like?
  
• What was your work like?
  
• Who did you get to work with?

Click the blue button Submit in the bottom right corner to complete.

If you have a “pending approval” notice above your review, it means that Handshake’s moderators haven't approved it. Reviews shouldn't take more than 5 business days for moderators to approve a review.  

Handshake moderators read every review before they are published to ensure they comply with our guidelines:

• Authoritative: the reviewer must have worked for the employer they've reviewed.
• Unique: only one review per internship or job experience.
• Original: all reviews should be original.
• Comprehensible: all reviews should be literate and comprehensible.
• Not Personal: no negative reviews that identify individuals or contact info.
• Not Profane: no profanities, threats of violence or discriminatory language.
• Not Confidential: cannot reveal confidential company information.
• Not Spam: no advertisements or irrelevant content.

For more information on our Content Guidelines, check out Reviews - Content Guidelines.

If you've received an alert that your review was declined, our moderators will have included an explanation about why it was declined in relation to our Content Guidelines.

We strongly encourage you to edit your review according to that feedback and resubmit it for re-moderation. We want to make sure other students can read and learn about your experience!

What are the privacy options for my review?

You have three options for privacy settings on your review:

• Public: your Full Name, Profile Picture, Level of Study, Course and Institution are visible to your career centre, students at your institution, students at other institutions, and employers.
• Hidden Name and Profile Picture: your Full Name and Profile Picture are hidden. Your Level of Study, Course and Institution are visible to your career centre, students at your institution, students at other institutions, and employers.
• Not Visible to Students or Employers: your review is not published. Only your Career Centre have access to your review.

Will the employer have access to my review?

Yes, the employer will have access to your review if it is “Public” or “Hidden Name and Profile Picture.”

How can I edit or delete my review?

Click on your icon in the upper-right corner of the screen, then click My Reviews from the dropdown. 

All reviews are listed on the page. Locate the review you'd like to edit/delete, then click the pencil icon in the upper-right corner of the box. 

• If you'd like to edit, update the information you'd like to change, then click the green button Save. 
• If you'd like to delete, scroll to the bottom of the page, then click the red button Delete.

How'll reviews appear in Handshake?

When reviews are published, they'll appear on company pages in Handshake. 

Can an employer flag a review for removal?

Yes. If a student leaves a review that the employer believes violates Handshake’s Content Guidelines, they may flag the post for moderation. Our content moderators will check that review and, based on the Content Guidelines, determine whether to keep the review up or remove the review from public view. In most cases, we'll notify the student of the complaint and provide an opportunity for you to correct the issue.