Automatically invite candidates who meet your job qualifications to expand your talent pool with minimal effort.
This feature is available exclusively to Plus employers, as well as Tech Touch TES and Essentials partners. For more information, please check out this resource.
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Automate outreach
New job
After posting an eligible job, a modal will appear with the message: "Your job is now live. Now, get more applicants with automated outreach. We'll automatically reach out to qualified candidates and invite them to apply. No extra effort from you required!"
Click the button Review automation to automate your outreach for the newly created job.
Existing job
1. Click Jobs from the left navigation bar, then select the job you want to automate outreach for.
2. On the job posting Overview tab, click the button Manage outreach in the information panel.
Note: If this feature is unavailable, the job is ineligible for automated outreach.
- Alternatively, you may click the Automated Outreach tab on the job posting page.
Automate your recruitment
1. On the automated job promotion page, ensure the 'Automatically send automated outreach' toggle is switched to the right.
2. In the Message section, an AI-generated personalized message is automatically provided, using all available context about your company and the job being promoted.
Note: The "Write with AI" feature is currently available to a limited number of Plus employers and will be gradually rolled out to all Plus employers in stages.
- To regenerate the draft, click the text Write with AI in the lower-left corner of the the message composer.
- Note: You can regenerate the draft as many times as needed until you find a message that fits your needs.
- To make the message more effective, customize it to highlight what makes your employer and the role unique.
3. Once your message and selections are complete, click the button Save changes in the lower-right corner of the page.
Handshake will identify a target audience of candidates who are likely to apply for your role. It will then automatically schedule and send a targeted campaign, inviting them to apply.
Note: Automated campaign messages are exempt from your message limits.
Campaign status
To view the campaign status, click the Overview tab of the job posting page.
The page displays varying messages depending on the status:
In progress
When in progress, the message "Your Handshake outreach is in progress. Next automated message: [Date, Time, Timezone]." is displayed.
No new candidates
When there are no new candidates, the message "We've run out of new candidates. Expand your audience by posting your job to new schools. We will try to send again on [Date, Time, Timezone]" is displayed.
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- To expand your audience, click the button Post to more schools.
Outreach is off
When outreach is disabled, the message "Your Handshake outreach is off" is displayed.
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- To enable automatic outreach, click the button Manage outreach.
Campaign recurrence
The campaign will run in weekly batches as long as the job remains upgraded and there are still qualified candidates who haven't been contacted.
After we have reached out to all potential candidates, you will receive an email notification. This email will recommend that you use School Recommendations to post your job to broaden your candidate pool.
To post your job to schools that have been recommended, refer to School Network Management: School Recommendations.
Manage outreach
1. On the job posting Overview tab, click the button Manage outreach in the information panel.
- Alternatively, you may click the Automated Outreach tab on the job posting.
2. On the automated job promotion page, select which activities you want to automate or disable.
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Automatically send automated outreach
- Get your job in front of more great candidates. Handshake will reach out to qualified matches and invite them to apply.
- Note: If you disable this feature, Handshake will no longer reach out to qualified candidates to apply, and you will not be able to allow candidates to skip the application and book an interview.
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Automatically book interviews with top candidates
- Allow candidates to skip the application and book an interview right away.
- Learn more about how to Automate Candidate Interviews.
3. Toggle the button to automate or disable an activity:
- To automate an activity: Toggle the button to the right.
- To disable an activity: Toggle the button to the left.
Note: Activities displayed in black are enabled, while those in gray are disabled.
4. Once your selections are complete, click the black button Save changes in the lower-right corner of the page.