If your school has distributed campuses, or several career development offices, you can build Career Centers to manage everything in Handshake. This article walks through the different pieces involved in configuring multiple Career Centers.
For best practices as you implement multiple Career Centers in Handshake, refer to Best Practices: Implementation for Distributed Campuses.
Topics:
- What are Career Centers
- Does my institution have multiple Career Centers?
- How do I set up Interview Schedule Timelines and Templates for my Career Center
- How do I set up Event Preferences for a Career Center?
- How do I edit the Branding Page for a Career Center?
- How do I set up saved searches for a Career Center?
- How do I connect with other distributed institutions using the Career Centers model?
What are Career Centers?
Career Centers serve as a tool to help enable Career Services staff to manage the processes and procedures for multiple departments or locations within a single institution.
Setting up this feature allows you to configure separate settings for each office, specifically for:
- Events (includes both Career Fairs & Events)
- Interview Schedules
- Individual Branding pages
By enabling these options per Career Center, employers can specifically choose which Career Center they select when requesting events and interview schedules in Handshake. This allows Career Services users to quickly sort events, fairs, and interview schedules by Career Center, making it easier to view and manage requests for a particular office.
💡Note: while students can filter by Career Center, the information they access in Handshake is available across the entire school instance — not just limited to a particular office.
Does my institution have multiple Career Centers?
To confirm if your institution has multiple Career Centers configured, click on your name in the upper-right corner of the page, then select School Settings from the dropdown.
Click Career Centers from the left menu — all Career Centers will be listed on the page.
If this option is not available to you, your school does not have Career Centers configured. If you would like to set up a Career Center, check out the next section, "How do I set up a Career Center?"
How do I set up a Career Center?
To configure Career Centers at your institution, you'll need to contact our Support Team and let them know the following information:
1. The list of names for each Career Center that should be added
2. Indicate if each Career Center should have:
- A branding page
- Availability for events
- Availability for on-campus interviews
Important: once a Career Center is created in Handshake, it cannot be deleted. If necessary, it can be archived (which will hide it from employers), but it will not be removed completely.
How do I set up Interview Schedule Timelines and Templates for my Career Center?
To configure Interview Schedule Timelines for a specific Career Center, refer to Managing Interview Schedule Timelines and Templates for Distributed Career Centers.
💡Note: employers will only have access to the Career Centers that you have listed in the school settings that have Yes selected for Available for Interviews.
How do I set up Event Preferences for a Career Center?
To configure event preferences, refer to School Settings: Event Preferences.
If you have more than one Career Center available for events, all Career Centers will show as an option on the main Event Preferences page, and employers can request events at each of the listed Career Centers.
💡Note: employers will only be able to view the Career Centers that you have listed in your school settings that have Yes selected for Available for Events. Below is an example image from the employers view.
How do I edit the Branding Page for a Career Center?
To edit the branding page for a specific Career Center, refer to Editing a Career Center Branding Page.
How do I set up saved searches for a Career Center?
Saved searches will enable you to review only the information you want to access. You can create a saved search for the following:
- Interviews
- Events
- Career Fairs
- Students
- Employers
- Jobs
To learn more about creating saved searches, refer to Adding Saved Searches for Your Career Centers.
How do I connect with other distributed institutions using the Career Centers model?
Check out the Handshake Community! This is a place for you and your team to connect with other institutions to share best practices and learn from each other on how to make the most out of Handshake.