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Institution Network Management: Institution Explorer

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The Institution Explorer module helps Premium partners identify and connect with institutions based on their growth goals and student engagement criteria.

Premium features are for Handshake Premium accounts only. For more information, please check out this resource.

 

Access Institution Explorer

1. Click Institutions from the left navigation bar in Handshake, then click the Institution Explorer tab. 

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Applicant filters 

Use the filters on the left sidebar to find institutions with the largest number of students who meet your selected criteria.

Available filters include:

  • Keyword Search
  • Location Interests
  • Level of Study
  • Course Category
  • Institution Type
  • Graduation date
  • Courses
  • Past Companies
  • Past Job titles
  • Organisations / Extracurriculars
  • Skills
Tip:  Filters with a blue circle and "i" icon include additional context. Hover over the icon to learn more.

 

Suggested institutions

Once you've selected at least one filter, a Suggested Institutions section will appear at the top of the page. It shows:

  • The top recommended institutions
  • The total number of institutions that match your filters

Note: Only institutions partnered with Handshake will appear.

You can further narrow your results using these additional filters:

  • Exclude institutions already in Favourites
  • Exclude institutions you're approved at
  • Exclude institutions you're not approved at

Institutions are listed in order of how many students match all selected filters.

Your company's connection status with each institution is displayed to the far right of the institution’s name:

  • Favourite and request – You're not yet connected. Click the white button Favourite and request to add the institution to your Favourites and request to join their network.
    • This button only appears if you have not posted a job to the institution or requested to connect with them.
  • In favourites – You're connected and the institution is already in your Favourites list.
  • Add to favourites – You're connected but haven't favourited the institution. Click the white button Add to Favourites to do so.

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Bulk actions 

To take action on multiple institutions:

  1. Check the box next to the name of each desired institution.
  2. Once selected, the following bulk actions will appear:

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