Invite colleagues to create an account and join your company profile on Handshake using a unique invitation link.
For Career Services users: To invite staff to an on-campus employer account from your Career Services account, refer to On-Campus Employers: Invite Staff to Join an OCE Account.
How do I invite staff members?
1. Click your name in the upper-right corner of the page, then select Teammates from the dropdown.
2. Click the gray Copy Invite Link button in the upper-right corner of the page.
3. In the pop-up window, follow the instructions for your account type:
On-campus, Basic, and Pro employers
Copy the invitation link and share it with your colleagues.
Essentials and Enterprise customers
Select the appropriate role from the dropdown, then copy the invitation link and share it with your colleagues.
How long is the invitation link valid?
The invitation link is valid for 48 hours. After it expires, generate and send a new link.
What happens when a colleague uses the invitation link?
Your colleague is automatically connected to your company profile with the assigned role.
What if my colleague cannot use the invitation link?
If your colleague encounters a permission error or cannot complete signup, they may already have a Handshake account.
If they already have an employer account
The next step depends on their connection to a company profile:
Connected to another company
If they do not intend to remain with that company, they must disconnect from its profile and request to join the intended company.
To remain connected to both companies, they must create a separate employer account using an email address with the domain of the company they want to join.
Pending approval at another company
They must cancel the pending request before submitting a request to join the intended company.
Not connected to a company
They should log in and request to join the appropriate company profile.
What if I am an on-campus employer inviting a current or former student with an account?
A current or former student who opens the invitation link while logged in to their student account may be redirected to that account and receive the error: “You do not have permission to do that. Please contact the Handshake team or your local administrator.”
Ask them to:
- Log out of their student account, then open the invitation link again.
- If the browser automatically logs them back into their student account, open the invitation link in a private or incognito browser window instead.
Alternatively, you can select Add Teammate Manually from the Teammates page in your employer account instead of sending an invitation link. For instructions, refer to How to Manually Add Teammates to your Company's Profile.