If your institution has distributed campuses, or several career development offices, you can build Career Centres to manage everything in Handshake. This article walks through the different pieces involved in configuring multiple Career Centres.
For best practices as you implement multiple Career Centres in Handshake, refer to Best Practices: Implementation for Distributed Campuses.
Topics:
- What are Career Centres
- Does my institution have multiple Career Centres?
- How do I set up Interview Schedule Timelines and Templates for my Career Centre
- How do I set up Event Preferences for a Career Centre?
- How do I edit the Branding Page for a Career Centre?
- How do I set up saved searches for a Career Centre?
- How do I connect with other distributed institutions using the Career Centres model?
What are Career Centres?
Career Centres serve as a tool to help enable Career Services staff to manage the processes and procedures for multiple departments or locations within a single institution.
Setting up this feature allows you to configure separate settings for each office, specifically for:
- Events (includes both Career Fairs & Events)
- Interview Schedules
- Individual Branding pages
By enabling these options per Career Centre, employers can specifically choose which Career Centre they select when requesting events and interview schedules in Handshake. This allows Career Services users to quickly sort events, fairs, and interview schedules by Career Centre, making it easier to view and manage requests for a particular office.
💡Note: while students can filter by Career Centre, the information they access in Handshake is available across the entire institution instance — not just limited to a particular office.
Does my institution have multiple Career Centres?
To confirm if your institution has multiple Career Centres configured, click on your name in the upper-right corner of the page, then select Institution Settings from the dropdown.
Click Career Centres from the left menu — all Career Centres will be listed on the page.
If this option is not available to you, your school does not have Career Centres configured. If you would like to set up a Career Centre, check out the next section, "How do I set up a Career Centre?"
How do I set up a Career Centre?
To configure Career Centres at your institution, you'll need to contact our Support Team and let them know the following information:
1. The list of names for each Career Centre that should be added
2. Indicate if each Career Centre should have:
- A branding page
- Availability for events
- Availability for on-campus interviews
Important: once a Career Centre is created in Handshake, it cannot be deleted. If necessary, it can be archived (which will hide it from employers), but it will not be removed completely.
How do I set up Interview Schedule Timelines and Templates for my Career Centre?
To configure Interview Schedule Timelines for a specific Career Centre, refer to Managing Interview Schedule Timelines and Templates for Distributed Career Centres.
💡Note: employers will only have access to the Career Centres that you have listed in the school settings that have Yes selected for Available for Interviews.
How do I set up Event Preferences for a Career Centre?
To configure event preferences, refer to Institution Settings: Event Preferences.
If you have more than one Career Centre available for events, all Career Centres will show as an option on the main Event Preferences page, and employers can request events at each of the listed Career Centres.
💡Note: employers will only be able to view the Career Centres that you have listed in your institution settings that have Yes selected for Available for Events. Below is an example image from the employers view.
How do I edit the Branding Page for a Career Centre?
To edit the branding page for a specific Career Centre, refer to Editing a Career Centre Branding Page.
How do I set up saved searches for a Career Centre?
Saved searches will enable you to review only the information you want to access. You can create a saved search for the following:
- Interviews
- Events
- Career Fairs
- Students
- Employers
- Jobs
To learn more about creating saved searches, refer to Adding Saved Searches for Your Career Centres.