Create Institution Lists on Handshake to manage your institution connections efficiently, discover new universities to connect with, and leverage your institution strategy.
Learn more about Institution Network Management: Requesting, Adding, and Removing Institutions.
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You can create Institution Lists on various tabs of the Institutions page.
Institution Lists (tab)
1. Click Institutions from the left navigation bar. This will load Institution Network Management, which defaults to your Institution Lists. The page will display all Institution Lists created by teammates.
2. Click the plus (+) icon to create a new Institution List.
3. In the pop-up modal, enter the name of the new Institution List in the Name field, and then choose the institutions you want to add to the list from the dropdown (optional).
4. Click the green button Create in the lower-right of the pop-up to save the new list.
Your Employer's Institutions (tab)
All institutions that your company is approved by will be listed. Use the filters on the left side of the page to narrow your results.
1. Check the box next to each desired institution, click More from the header bar, then select New List from selected.
2. In the pop-up modal, enter the name of the new Institution List in the Name field, and then choose the institutions you want to add to the list from the dropdown (optional).
3. Click the green button Create to save your Institution List.
Institution Explorer (tab)
The Institution Explorer module enables Premium partners to more efficiently partner with institutions based on growth needs.
Employers can use the filters on the left of the page to identify institutions with students that meet their criteria.
Tip: apply the filter Exclude institutions you’re not approved at to only view approved institutions.
Check the box next to each desired institution name, then click Add to List from the header bar.
Delete and Manage Lists
On the Institution Lists tab, click the list that needs to be managed or deleted, then click the three hashmarks to the right of the gray button Start Segment to Delete or Rename the list.
When deleting an Institution List, confirm the action in the pop-up modal, then click the green button Delete.
When renaming an Institution List, enter the name new in the field provided, then click the green button Save.
Employers can easily use their Institution Lists in their Jobs, Events, and Segments as preferred.
Add an Institution List to a Job
New Job
1. In the Choose institutions section, you may choose to post the job to all institutions, which include all of the institutions in your Institution Lists, or choose to post the job to specific institutions.
- To only post the job to the institutions in your Institution Lists, select Post to specific institutions.
2. Click the white button Lists to select the Institution Lists to which you want to post your job to, then select the Institution Lists.
3. Institutions in the Institution List(s) selected will appear below the Search by institution name or location field.
- To remove a single institution from the Institution List selected, click the X to the right of the institution name.
- To remove all institutions from the Institution List click the X to the right of the Institution List name.
4. Once the Institution List(s) is selected, click the blue button Continue in the lower-left corner of the page, then complete the job post.
Existing Job
1. Click Jobs from the left navigation bar, select the relevant job, then click the Institutions tab.
2. On the Institutions tab, navigate to the Post to more institutions section, then click the white button Lists.
3. Select the preferred Institution List(s).
4. Institutions in the Institution List(s) selected will appear below the Search by institution name or location field.
- To remove a single institution from the Institution List selected, click the X to the right of the institution name.
- To remove all institutions from the Institution List click the X to the right of the Institution List name.
5. Once the Institution List(s) is selected, click the blue button Post in the top-right corner of the page.
6. The message "Jobs sent to institutions. Your Requested institutions list will update shortly" will display in a green banner at the top of the page, and institutions will display in the Institutions table in the Requested institutions section.
Add an Institution List to an Event
1. Click Add Institution List below the field Invite institutions to promote your event, then select the preferred Institution List(s).
- Institution Lists can only be added to events hosted off-campus or virtually. For additional details, refer to How to Request an Event.
2. Institutions in the Institution List(s) selected will automatically appear in the field.
3. Edit the remaining details, then click the blue button Save at the bottom of the page to request your event.
Add an Institution List to a Segment
1. Locate the existing segment, then click the pencil icon to add an Institution List(s), or click the blue button Create Segment in the top-right corner of the page to add an Institution List(s) to a new segment.
- For additional guidance, refer to How to Build a Segment.
2. Click Add Institution List below the field +Add Institutions in the Institutions section, then select the preferred Institution List(s).
3. Edit the remaining details as desired, then click the blue button Save Segment in the upper-right corner of the page.