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Receiving Applicant Package Emails

Jennifer
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As a member of the hiring team for a job, you may receive various email notifications based on the notification settings specified for you in the Your hiring team section of the job posting.

Want to change which applicant emails you receive? Refer to Job Applicant Notification Preferences.

Basic employers must log in to their Handshake account to view applications and access application documents. 

 

 

Types of emails you may receive

  • Job application summary email: Sent when the job closes.

  • New applicant email: Sent each time a candidate applies.

  • New qualified applicant email: Sent each time a candidate who meets the posting’s qualifications applies.

 

 

Job application summary email

The email will read: 

From: Handshake <handshake@m.joinhandshake.com 

Subject: Job application summary for [JOB TITLE]


Body:
"Your application summary for [JOB TITLE] is ready, now that the job has closed.
This job received [NUMBER] applications and [NUMBER] qualified applicants.

[Candidate cards with name, school, major, graduation date, application date]

Review all applicants (button) 

To download applicant information, resumes, and other required documents, log in to your account."

 

For on-campus employers, as well as Essentials and Enterprise (formerly TES) customers, the email also includes a Download applicant details section, which offers a ZIP file containing individual applicant packages or a single PDF that compiles all packages.

 
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New applicant and new qualified applicant emails 

The email will read:

From: Handshake <handshake@m.joinhandshake.com 

Subject: You have a new applicant or You have a new qualified applicant for [JOB TITLE]
Body:
[STUDENT NAME] just applied for your job, [JOB TITLE].

[Candidate's card with name, school, major, graduation date, application date]

View applicants (button) 

To download applicant information, resumes, and other required documents, log in to your account."

 

For on-campus employers as well as Essentials and Enterprise (formerly TES) customers,, the email also includes a Download applicant details section, with options to access a ZIP of applicant packages or a PDF compiling all packages.

 

New applicant email.png

 

Reviewing applicants 

To view or review all applicants, your Handshake account must be connected to your company profile.

  • In the job application summary email, the button is labeled Review all applicants.

  • In the new applicant and new qualified applicant emails, the button is labeled View all applicants.

If your account is not connected, you will receive the error: "You do not have permission to do that. Please contact the Handshake team or your local administrator."

*If you are an on-campus employer or an Essentials or Enterprise customer and do not have a connected Handshake account, you can still access applicant information through the Download applicant details section as a ZIP file or PDF.

Note: Applicant packages only include documents that were marked as required in the job posting.