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Profile Insights: Track Views and Engagement

Jaci
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Profile Insights reveals how many times your profile has been viewed—and on the web, even who viewed it. Whether you're job hunting, networking, or just getting started, these insights keep you informed and improve your chances of connecting with the right people and opportunities.

Profile Insights can help you:

  • Recognize employer interest – Know when your background is attracting attention.

  • Stay proactive – Use this insight as a signal to update and improve your profile.

  • Stay motivated – Engagement can be a great push to continue building connections.

Maintaining a complete and up-to-date profile makes it easier for the right opportunities to find you.

Learn how to update and finish your profile in Completing your Profile in Handshake.

 

How to Access Profile Insights

On Web:

  1. Log into your Handshake account.

  2. Click your profile icon in the upper-right corner.

  3. From the dropdown, select My Profile.

  4. On your profile page, click the Profile Viewers tab (located to the right of Posts).

On iOS:

  1. Open the Handshake app and click your profile icon in the upper-left corner.

  2. Tap on your name.

  3. On your profile page, tap the Insights tab (located to the right of Posts).

 

What You’ll Find in Profile Insights

On the web, you'll have access to a list of users who have viewed your profile in the past 90 days. This includes employers, peers, and other members of the Handshake community. The total number of views is displayed in the bottom left corner of the page. If a user has a private profile, they will be listed as "private profile".

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On iOS, you’ll have access to the total number of profile views over the past 90 days, along with a graph showing view activity over time. 

 

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Tips to boost engagement directly from iOS:

  • Leave a comment on a post

  • Attend an event

  • Follow peers or employers directly from the page

You'll also have access to a profile completion bar—click it to track your progress and update your profile!

Note: On both web and iOS, profile views are updated once daily (not in real time) and appear in order from most recent to oldest. 

 

Privacy Settings

To allow others to view your profile, your visibility must be set to Community. If you haven’t updated your settings yet, you can do so directly from the Profile Insights tab by clicking the Visibility link—it will take you to your settings page to make changes.

If you switch your privacy setting to Employer or Private, you’ll still be able to access profile views collected while your profile was set to Community.

To learn more about privacy options on Handshake, check out Profile Privacy Options in Handshake.