When a student or alum requests to connect (or link) their profile to your institution on Handshake, you can approve, reject, or download that request.
How do I access connection requests?
1. Click User Requests (the person icon) in the upper-right corner of Handshake.
2. Use the Decision, Date, and Request type filters to narrow the requests displayed.
By default, the page displays requests with a Decision of None. These requests have not been approved or rejected yet.
How do I approve or reject requests?
Important: Once you approve or reject a request, the decision cannot be undone. The Decision dropdown for that request grays out and can no longer be changed.
Approve or reject a single request
1. Locate the request you want to process.
2. In the Decision column, select Approve or Reject.
3. In the confirmation window, click Yes, approve or Yes, reject.
Approve or reject multiple requests at once
1. Select the checkbox next to each request you want to process.
- To select all requests displayed, select the checkbox in the table header.
- If additional results are available, click Select all [number] to include them.
2. Click Approve requests or Reject requests.
3. In the confirmation window, click Yes, approve or Yes, reject.
Note: If you reject a request by mistake, you can still add the student to your institution manually. To connect their account, use the steps in Add an Existing Student Account to Your Institution.
What happens when I reject a connection request?
The student or alum can continue using Handshake without being connected to your institution. They can submit another request by opening their profile menu and selecting School connections.
Handshake does not send the student or alum an email when their request is rejected. For more information about notifications sent during the connection process, refer to Notifications for Students Requesting to Connect to a School.
How do I download connection requests?
- Select the checkbox next to each request you want to download.
- To select all requests displayed, select the checkbox in the table header.
- If additional results are available, click Select all [number] to include them.
- Click More.
- Select Download.