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Invite Students to Apply to a Job Posting

Jennifer
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Expand your reach by messaging students directly in Handshake about jobs that align with their skills and qualifications.

  • Basic employers: Can invite students to apply only from the Jobs page.
  • On-campus employers, Pro, Essentials, and Enterprise customers: Can invite students to apply from the Jobs page and the Talent page.

 

Jobs

1. Click Jobs from the left navigation bar and select the job you want to invite students to apply for.

2. Click the Matches tab. Handshake uses your job description to generate hiring criteria and surface a curated list of strong-fit candidates. For more information, refer to How to Source Candidates.

3. Click a candidate card to load their profile in the right panel, then click Message [Name]. 

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4.  A message composer opens with an AI-generated message personalized based on your hiring criteria. To write your own message, remove the AI-generated message and type your own. To restore an AI-generated message, click Add AI Messaging. 

5. Click Send when ready.

Note: Bulk messaging to sourced candidates is not currently supported.

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*Talent

Note: The Talent page is available only to on-campus employers and Pro, Essentials, and Enterprise (formerly TES) customers.

1. Click Talent from the left navigation bar, then select the student(s) you want to invite to apply.

  • To invite a specific student, click the white Message button to the far right of their name.
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  • To select multiple students, check the boxes next to their names, then click Message in the header.
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To select all students on the page, check the box next to Candidate at the top of the table, then click Message in the header. 

  • To select all students across all pages, click Select all 10,000 in the header.
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2. In the message window, draft your message, then click the Handshake icon in the lower-left corner of the text box and select Job.

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3. In the pop-up modal, select the job from the dropdown, then click Attach. The attachment will appear at the bottom of your message.

Note: Employers can also attach a teammate to messages for added personalization. For more information, visit Messaging Students: Attach a Teammate.

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4. Review your message and click the black Send button. A confirmation banner will appear at the top of the page.

Upon receiving the message, students can choose to apply for the job if it aligns with their interests.

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