Handshake notifications are completely customisable to your preference! You have the option to choose how you'd like to be notified about various activities across the system.
For a full list of notifications, and which are enabled by default, refer to Default Notification Preferences.
Topics:
- Receiving Notifications
- Accessing your Notifications in Handshake
- Updating Your Notification Preferences
Receiving Notifications
There are two ways you can receive notifications from Handshake:
- In-app
- Email
- Note: email notifications will be sent directly to the email address associated with your account.
You can choose to be notified by one, both, or neither of these options.
Accessing your Notification in Handshake
If you've chosen to receive notifications in-app, you'll receive a notification badge above the globe icon in Handshake, located in the upper-right corner of your screen, to the left of your name.
All Unread notifications are listed on the notifications overview page by default.
To view notifications from a specific Category, click the on the Category from the menu on the left of the page:
- All
- Applications
- Appointments
- Two-Way Calendars
- Employers
- Events
- Interviews
- Jobs
- Notes
- Career Fair Registrations
- Surveys
- Comments
- Drop Ins
- Interview Slot Swaps
- Institution
- Users
Updating Your Notification Preferences
1. Access your notifications preferences from one of these methods:
- On the Notifications page, click Edit Notification Preferences in the upper-middle of the page
- Click your name in the upper right corner of the screen, click User Settings from the dropdown menu, then click Notification Preferences from the menu on the left side of the page.
2. Choose what and how you want to be notified for the various activities listed on the page.
- To add a notification, click the blank space, located to the right of the activity you want to receive and below the notification preference of your choice (Notification or Email). This will add a checkmark.
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To remove a notification, click the checkmark, located to the right of the activity and below the notification preference you no longer want to receive. This will remove the checkmark.
3. Changes are saved immediately when adding or removing a checkmark. A green pop-up will appear in the lower-right corner of the screen confirming Preferences Saved.