Employers Page Overview

The Employers page in Handshake is designed to help provide information about employers that have been approved or declined at your school. It also provides you with the opportunity to discover employers on the platform that you're not connected with. 

To access this page, click Employers on the left navigation menu.

The Employers page consists of three tabs: 

• Search
  • Find any employer using the search function or utilize the discovery prompts and favorites to locate an employer.
  • Learn more in Employer Search Page
• [Your institution]'s network
  • Includes all approved and declined employers with your institution
• All Employers
  • Includes all employers on Handshake

Below are all the actions you can take from the page to help you make the most of this section in Handshake. 

Employer Approval Status

Employer approvals can be accessed via the [Your institution's] network tab.

To filter employers by approval status, click on the Filters button then select one of the following options to filter by:

• Approved 
• Declined
• All statuses (this includes both Approved and Declined)

Click the black button Apply to show the corresponding results or Clear to return back to your default status. 

To learn more about approving and declining employers, refer to Processing Employer Approval Requests using Job Based Approvals.

The Employer Overview Page

To review the employer's overview page, click on their name from the list displayed on the employers page, or use the search bar located in the upper-left corner to find a specific employer you want to view the overview page for. 

Once on the employer's overview page, you'll have access to the following information:

Basic

• Employer Name
• Industry
• Location/Address
• Number of employees and number of alumni from your institution working with this employer
• Number of student followers from your institution

Tip: to initiate further actions with the employer, select one of the options from the dropdown after clicking on the ellipsis icon. This will open a new tab.

• Edit (for on-campus employers only): Opens the Edit Employer page. Learn more, under steps 4 and 5, here: Acting on Behalf of Employers: Creating a Company Profile
• Favorite/Unfavorite employer: Select to automatically favorite or unfavorite this employer.
• View activity snapshot: Opens a report regarding this employer's activity with your institution.
• Create job for employer (posted to your school only): Opens a new page to create a job posting for this employer. Learn more here: Job Details Page
• Flag employer: Opens the prompt to flag the employer. To learn more about flagging an employer, refer to Handshake's Flagging System
• Create contact: Directs to a form to create a new contact. You can follow the steps in Add a Contact to learn more about adding a new contact.

Activity tab

If you select Activity, the page will display actions taken by your staff, in relation to this employer. When, and who approved this employers, as well as comments provided by staff will be available on this tab.

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People tab

The people tab is home to all information regarding the people associated with this employer account. You will be able to access information about users connected to this company as well as contacts associated with this company.

Use the filters on this page to either search exclusively for Contacts, or search for users and contacts. You can also filter on Last login date, the Role the user has, and open Filters to access more options.

Check the box on the upper left corner of the list to select every contact/user. You can use the buttons on the upper left to Archive contacts, Manage contact labels, and Assign to (under more tab).

For actions on individual contacts or users, click the three dots on the right of the table. Identify whether they have the Contact designation. You can Archive contact, Edit contact, Send email, or Manage assigned staff .

If the user does not have a Contact designation, the three dots will open a menu that allows you to Create a contact or Send an email.

Jobs tab

This tab is helpful for jobs that are posted to your school! 

First, you'll notice the insights information about job postings. This information is relevant for the last 365 days Here, you'll have access to:

• Job posts: Active job posts, the average amount of days they've been posted on Handshake, when the first and latest jobs have been posted
• Recent pay: Positions and their specific pay/pay range
• Job locations: Locations selected for the job postings
• Job role groups: Job roles selected for the job postings
• Position types: Job types selected for the job postings
• Location requirements: If the job postings were on-site, hybrid, or remote
• Time requirements: If the job postings were full-time or part-time

The default filter shows active job postings, but this filter can be modified to show expired job postings instead.

You can also use the Status and Filters buttons to narrow your search.

Events tab

The Events tab includes insights at the top of the page. This information is relevant for the last 365 days Here, you'll have access to:

• On-campus events: The number of on-campus events that this employer participated in.
• Total events: The number of on-campus and off-campus events that this employer participated in.
• Average number of attendees: The average number of student attendees for events that included this employer.
• Total event attendees: The total number of student attendees for events that included this employer.
• Event medium: A graph highlighting which number of events were hosted on a virtual, in-person, or hybrid medium.
• Most common majors of attendees: Lists the top 5 most common majors of student attendees.

Any events associated with this employer, and posted by your institution will be provided in the Events tab. You'll be able to quickly identify the start date, amount of students registered, amount of students checked in, the creator, status, and number of schools invited to participate in the event.

Use the Format and Filters buttons to narrow your search.

Fairs tab

The Fairs tab includes insights at the top of the page. This information is relevant for the last 365 days. Here, you'll have access to:

• Fairs attended: The number of fairs this employer attended.
• Total fair revenue: The accumulation of the amount of money this employer spent while registering for fairs.
  • Note: Selecting this will show the annual revenue trend over the last 5 years
• Booth check-ins: How many times students have checked-in to this employer's booth.
• Fair types attended: A chart showing which fair types that this employer attended. Virtual or in-person.
• Most common major of attendees: Lists the top 5 most common majors of student attendees.

Registrations for fairs hosted by your school are listed below the insights. 

If your school has hosted fairs in Handshake and this employer is registered for them, their registrations are listed here. You'll have access to the name of the fair, the first session this employer hosted or will be hosting, the date they registered, the status of their registration, and the number of students who checked in with this employer.

Hires tab

The information from this tab is based on what students enter when responding to a First Destination Survey. The student's name, major, graduation date (if applicable), start date, and the position they were hired for is available on this tab.

Selecting a student will redirect you to their FDS response (if applicable). 

Overview sections

The remainder of the overview sections are outlined below:

• About: The description used for this company
• Recent notes: The latest notes will be provided. You can add a new note by selecting Add note
  • Add note: If selected, you can update visibility options and reminder notifications. Type in your note and include an attachment before clicking Add.
    
• Active jobs: Active job postings will be listed. Select View all jobs to view more
• Events: If the employer has upcoming events, they will be listed here. Select View all events to view more
• Career fairs: If the employer is registered for career fairs, they will be listed here. Select View all career fairs to view more
• Interview schedules: If the employer has upcoming interview schedules, they will be listed here. Select View all interview schedules to view more
• Collections: If the employer is assigned to specific employer collections, they will be listed here.
• Account information
  • Status: Whether this employer is pending approval, approved, or declined
  • Assigned to: If the employer is assigned to a career services staff member, their name will appear here
  • Employer permissions: The permissions provided to this employer by your institution
  • Auto approvals: The permissions that are auto approved for this employer by your institution
• Approval activity: Actions that career services staff members have taken regarding this employer
• Employer contact information: The company contact information and the company website
  • Main employer contact: The owner of the company account, and their contact information.
  • Permissions link: A link to the company settings page where the owner or administrator on the account can update school permissions. Provide this link to employers if you'd like to edit or add jobs on their behalf but you do not have current permissions to do so. Select copy link and send the link to the owner or administrator.
• Staff: The staff most active with your institution
• Labels: Any labels provided by your staff for this employer
• Attachments: Any attachments your staff added to this employer for your use

Search Filters

Filters are available under Filters on each tab:

• Favorites
• In collection(s)
• Assigned to
• Status
  • Approved
  • Declined
  • All Statuses
• Label
• Not label
• Size
• Company type
• Employer tags
• Industry
• Location
• Auto approve permissions
• Posting permissions

"Other" Filters

The Employers page includes special filters to help you more easily find employers. These filters are available on the [your institution]'s network tab and All employers tab. They  can be found under "Other": 

• Has document download permission: (resource linked below)
• Premium employer
• *System approved: this filter will only show on the Approved tab, and will indicate which employers have been approved via the auto-approve process
• Alumni work at employer
• On-campus employer
• Fortune 500 Employer

For more information on document download permission, please refer to this employer resource: How to Download Public Resumes.

Create a Saved Search

Handshake makes it easy to save search criteria so the search can be run again in the future. If you would like to setup a saved search, please review the Create a Saved Search article to enable and apply saved search filters.

Once created, a new filter called "My Saved Filters" will appear below "Save These Filters" on the left column of the Employer Approvals page.