Messaging Students: Attach a Teammate

Premium partners with Talent Engagement Suite can introduce a teammate to a candidate via direct messaging.

Discover How to Send a Student a Message.

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

Permissions

To access this feature, your user account role type must be set to any of the following roles:

• Recruiter (Advanced)
• Recruiter (Sourcer)
• Owner
• Administrator

If you do not have access, reach out to your company's Owner or Admin to request a role change or permission. For more information, refer to Who is the Owner of My Company's Profile?

Teammates attached to your account:

• Must have the role type of Advocate, Recruiter (Sourcer), Recruiter (Advanced), or Admin.
• Should be enabled to send and receive messages from candidates even without a Handshake profile.

Attach (introduce) a teammate

1. Click Talent from the left navigation bar. A teammate can be introduced in either a 1:1 or bulk message. 

• To introduce a teammate in a bulk message, check the box to the left of each relevant student, or the box for “[Number] of [Number] selected”, then click the blue button Message. 

• To introduce a teammate in a single message, click the blue button Message located to the far right of the student's row.

2. When the message recipient(s) are selected, and the blue button Message is clicked, the message composer will open. 

3. Compose your message, then click the blue text Include... in the lower-right corner. From here, select Teammate introduction. 

4. In the pop-up modal, click inside the text field to select from a list of eligible team members, or begin typing to search.

5. After selecting the team member, click Attach to add them to your message. 

6. Next, click the blue button Preview message to finalise and send your message. 

7. Review your message in the Message Preview modal, then click the green button Send message.