The School Network Management page enables you to manage your school connections efficiently, as well as discover new schools to connect with from our 1000+ partner schools.
Features available only to Premium partners are indicated by an asterisk(*). For more information, please check out this resource.
Permission to recruit at each school is maintained at a company-to-school level. This means:
- If you'd like to recruit from a specific school(s), you must request each school individually. The request is reviewed by each school. If you are approved, you can begin to post jobs to the school.
- If your company is declined at a school, you will not be able to recruit there unless the school changes your connection status.
Access School Network Management
To access School Network Management, click Schools from the left navigation bar in Handshake.
The page contains 3 tabs for Core employers, and 4 for Premium partners.
All employers have access to the following tabs:
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Favorites
- Premium partners have access to School Lists, where their Favorites will be listed.
- Your Employer's Schools (all schools your employer is approved with that are not on your Favorites)
- More Schools on Handshake (all schools your employer is not currently approved with, where you can choose to add more schools)
*Premium partners have access to the additional tab:
- School Explorer
Core employers:
Premium partners:
Each tab is described in detail below. Click on each header as applicable.
Favorites (*School Lists)
*If you're a Premium partner, refer to How to Use School Lists.
The Favorites tab includes all schools that have been added as "Favorites" from both the Your Employer's Schools and the More Schools on Handshake tab.
You may select any school from the Favorites list to post a job to, host an event or on-campus interview, and register for and attend an event or fair.
Page Filters
Use the filters on the left sidebar to narrow and customize your search results.
Core employers have access to the following filters:
- Keyword search
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Permissions
- This defines how you are able to interact with the school in Handshake. For example, if you do not have permission to post a job, you will not see that school as an option to post to.
- Location
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Handshake Open
- Students in the Handshake Open Network attend 4-year accredited institutions in the United States who have not directly purchased and partnered with Handshake.
- Community and Technical Colleges
- Ranking
- Size
- Region
Removing schools from Favorites
Remove a single school
1. Click the gray button Remove to the far right of the school name.
2. In the pop-up modal, confirm the action by clicking the red button Remove.
Remove multiple schools
1. Check the box to the left of each school name you'd like to remove.
2. Click the hyperlinked text "Remove Selected" in the upper-right corner of the table.
3. In the pop-up modal, confirm the action by clicking the red button Remove.
Your Employer's Schools
The Your Employer's Schools tab includes all the schools that your company is approved to recruit at.
You can add schools one at a time by clicking on Add To Favorites to the far right of the school name, or you can add multiple schools by selecting the checkbox to the left of each school name, then clicking Add to Favorites in the upper-right corner of the table.
*If you're a Premium partner, you also have the option to add the school(s) selected to a School List, or create a new list from the selected.
To add a school(s) to a School List, select the checkbox to the left of each school name, then click the hyperlinked text "Add to list".
To create a new list from the school(s) selected, click on More, then select New List from selected.
Page Filters
Use the filters on the left sidebar to narrow and customize your search results.
Core employers have access to the following filters:
- Keyword search
-
Permissions
- This defines how you are able to interact with the school in Handshake. For example, if you do not have permission to post a job, you will not see that school as an option to post to.
- Location
-
Handshake Open
- Students in the Handshake Open Network attend 4-year accredited institutions in the United States who have not directly purchased and partnered with Handshake.
- Community and Technical Colleges
- Ranking
- Size
- Region
*Premium partners have access to the additional tab:
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Institution Type
- Includes Minority-Serving Institutions (nationally recognized colleges and universities that educate students of color), and Women's Colleges (undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women).
More Schools on Handshake
The More Schools on Handshake tab includes schools that are currently pending connection with your company, schools that your company has not yet requested, and any schools that have previously declined to connect.
To request a new school, click on the gray button Request to the far right of the school name.
In the pop-up modal, select whether you'd like to add the school to your Favorites if approved.
If so, check the box for Add to Favorites list if approved, then click the green button Request.
From here, the approval request will be sent to the school for review. To learn more, refer to Understanding School Approvals.
Page filters
Use the filters on the left sidebar to narrow and customize your search results.
Core employers have access to the following filters:
- Keyword search
- Approval Status
- Location
- Community and Technical Colleges
- Ranking
- Size
- Region
*Premium partners have access to the additional filter:
- Institution Type
*School Explorer
If you are a Premium partner, refer to School Network Management: School Explorer.
Other actions
View and add notes
From any tab, click on a school to access their profile and view and add notes.
To view or add a note, click on the blue button View & Add Notes in the Actions section located to the left of the page.
To begin, enter your note in the Note field provided, then click on the blue button Add Note.
If you'd like to share the note with your staff, click the blue button Share with Staff. If you'd like for the note to only be visible to you, select Personal Note from the dropdown.
Add a comment
To contact Career Services at any school, click directly on their profile.
From here, add your comment in the field provided in the Discussion section, then click the blue button Add Comment.
The school will be notified and can reply if they wish. As long as your notifications are enabled, you will receive a notification if they respond. Learn more about our Default Notification Preferences (Employers).
View comment history
To the left of your company's approval status, a comment count will appear if you or Career Services have left comments.
Click on the hyperlinked text "(#) comment" to access and view the comment(s).