To access all your school’s content and services on Handshake, you’ll need to connect your account to your school’s instance.
After confirming your email address, if you only have access to certain areas like Feed, Events, and Profile, and jobs is grayed out on the left navigation menu, this means your Handshake profile isn’t linked to your school, or you registered without a school
School Not Linked
If you requested to connect with a school, you can check the status of your request by clicking your account icon in the upper-right corner of the page, then selecting School Connections from the dropdown. If your request is still pending, you’ll have the message:
"Request sent! Hang tight while the school reviews it."
To follow up, click the Email the school link under Having issues?
If no contact information is listed, you can either reach out to your school’s Career Services (You can typically find contact info on the school website) or by contacting our Support team.
Tip: while waiting to be connected, you can begin filling out your profile on Handshake! To learn how, check out Completing your Profile in Handshake.
Registered Without a School
If you signed up for Handshake without a school, certain features—like job access—are not yet available. The good news is that our team is working on it, and we'll be rolling out these experiences in the next couple of months. We appreciate your patience!