Campus Profiles are an integral part of the peer-to peer learning and sharing experience. A Campus Profile is a student or alumni profile that is visible to other Handshake students.
To learn more about the privacy options for your profile, refer to Profile Privacy Options in Handshake.
To access the Student Community page, navigate to your homepage, then type "/students" at the end of URL, or click on this link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/students
Click on the expandable headers to learn more!
Why are Campus Profiles important?
How do Campus Profiles work?
All students on Handshake have a profile and can view the Explore Students page. However, only students that have their privacy settings set to Community can engage with other peers on the Explore Students page. Without this privacy setting, one cannot view full profiles or send peer messages.
Campus Profiles display the following fields:
- Profile Picture
- *Pronouns - only if they have chosen to share their pronouns with peers
- My Journey
- School Year and Grad Date
- Education
- Work & Volunteer Experience
- Organizations/Extracurriculars
- Courses
- Projects
- Skills
- A Message button
Important: certain fields cannot be viewed by other students - these include your GPA, Work Authorization, Email address, Ethnicity, Gender, Hometown, or any documents you've uploaded.
Access and explore the Student Community page
To access the Explore students page, you can either navigate to your homepage and type "/students" at the end of URL, or click on this link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/students
On the Explore Students page, a list of students/alumni that have a Campus Profile in Handshake will appear. A summary of the profile is displayed, including their name, school, school year, major, two most recent employers, and two most recent organizations.
Use the filters on the left of the page to identify interesting peers:
- Name search (keyword)
- Your school only - all participating students & alumni will be listed by default, so you can use this filter if you'd like to only view peers connected to your current school
- Alumni Only
- School Years
- Majors
- Previous Employers
- Student Organizations
If your profile privacy is currently set to Employers or Private
If your privacy setting is presently on Employers or Private, you can view the Explore Students page and use the search filters. However, you won't be able to initiate a message to other students or view their full profiles.
If you click on their name, a pop-up will appear, prompting you to update your privacy setting to Community.
- Click Join to update your selection OR
- Click Not Now to cancel and keep your current privacy selection.
- If you click Not Now, you will be taken back to the Explore Students page and unable to view the profile you clicked on.
If you choose to Join, a confirmation will appear in the lower-right corner, and you'll be taken to the profile you clicked on, which will include an option to send them a message.
For more information on sending messages, refer to Peer Messaging in Handshake.
When your profile privacy is set to Community
When your privacy is set to Community, you'll have the same view of the Explore Students page, with the addition of a message icon to the far right of each student or alumni name.
Click:
- on a students name to view their full profile
- the message icon to send a message
For more information on sending messages, refer to Peer Messaging in Handshake.
Additional Resources
To complete your profile in Handshake, refer to How to Drive Profile Completion or Build Profile from Resume.
To edit the information on your profile, check out How to Edit Education Information on Your Profile, Update Personal Information on Your Profile, and How to Edit Bio/My Journey on Profile.