Create School Lists on Handshake to manage your institution connections efficiently, discover new universities to connect with, and leverage your school strategy.
Learn more about School Network Management: Requesting, Adding, and Removing Schools.
Premium features are for Handshake Premium accounts only. For more information, please check out this resource.
You can create School Lists on various tabs of the Schools page.
School Lists (tab)
1. Click Schools from the left navigation bar. This will load School Network Management, which defaults to your School Lists. The page will display all School Lists created by teammates.
2. Click the plus (+) icon to create a new School List.
3. In the pop-up modal, enter the name of the new School List in the Name field, and then choose the schools you want to add to the list from the dropdown (optional).
4. Click the green button Create in the lower-right of the pop-up to save the new list.
Your Employer's Schools (tab)
All schools that your company is approved by will be listed. Use the filters on the left side of the page to narrow your results.
1. Check the box next to each desired school, click More from the header bar, then select New List from selected.
2. In the pop-up modal, enter the name of the new School List in the Name field, and then choose the schools you want to add to the list from the dropdown (optional).
3. Click the green button Create to save your School List.
School Explorer (tab)
The School Explorer module enables Premium partners to more efficiently partner with schools based on growth needs.
Employers can use the filters on the left of the page to identify schools with students that meet their criteria.
Tip: apply the filter Exclude schools you’re not approved at to only view approved schools.
Check the box next to each desired school name, then click Add to List from the header bar.
Delete and Manage Lists
On the School Lists tab, click the list that needs to be managed or deleted, then click the three hashmarks to the right of the gray button Start Segment to Delete or Rename the list.
When deleting a School List, confirm the action in the pop-up modal, then click the green button Delete.
When renaming a School List, enter the name new in the field provided, then click the green button Save.
Employers can easily use their School Lists in their Jobs, Events, and Segments as preferred.
Add a School List to a Job
New Job
1. In the Choose schools section, you may choose to post the job to all schools, which include all of the schools in your School Lists, or choose to post the job to specific schools.
- To only post the job to the schools in your School Lists, select Post to specific schools.
2. Click the white button Lists to select the School Lists to which you want to post your job to, then select the School Lists.
3. Schools in the School List(s) selected will appear below the Search by school name or location field.
- To remove a single school from the School List selected, click the X to the right of the school name.
- To remove all schools from the School List click the X to the right of the School List name.
4. Once the School List(s) is selected, click the blue button Continue in the lower-left corner of the page, then complete the job post.
Existing Job
1. Click Jobs from the left navigation bar, select the relevant job, then click the Schools tab.
2. On the Schools tab, navigate to the Post to more schools section, then click the white button Lists.
3. Select the preferred School List(s).
4. Schools in the School List(s) selected will appear below the Search by school name or location field.
- To remove a single school from the School List selected, click the X to the right of the school name.
- To remove all schools from the School List click the X to the right of the School List name.
5. Once the School List(s) is selected, click the blue button Post in the top-right corner of the page.
6. The message "Jobs sent to schools. Your Requested schools list will update shortly" will display in a green banner at the top of the page, and schools will display in the Schools table in the Requested schools section.
Add a School List to an Event
1. Click Add School List below the field Invite schools to promote your event, then select the preferred School List(s).
- School Lists can only be added to events hosted off-campus or virtually. For additional details, refer to How to Request an Event.
2. Schools in the School List(s) selected will automatically appear in the field.
3. Edit the remaining details, then click the blue button Save at the bottom of the page to request your event.
Add a School List to a Segment
1. Locate the existing segment, then click the pencil icon to add a School List(s), or click the blue button Create Segment in the top-right corner of the page to add a School List(s) to a new segment.
- For additional guidance, refer to How to Build a Segment.
2. Click Add School List below the field +Add Schools in the Schools section, then select the preferred School List(s).
3. Edit the remaining details as desired, then click the blue button Save Segment in the upper-right corner of the page.