Create school lists on Handshake to efficiently manage your school connections, discover new schools to connect with, and enhance your school engagement strategy.
Learn more about School Network Management: Requesting, Adding, and Removing Schools.
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You can create school lists on various tabs of the Schools page.
School Lists (tab)
1. Click Schools from the left navigation bar. The page will load with the School Lists tab selected by default, showing all school lists created by you and your 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, then choose the schools you want to add to the list from the dropdown.
4. When finished, click the green button Create.
Your Employer's Schools (tab)
All schools that have approved your company will be listed. Use the filters on the left side of the page to refine your search.
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, then choose the schools you want to add to the list from the dropdown.
3. When finished, click the green button Create.
School Explorer (tab)
The School Explorer module enables Premium partners to more efficiently partner with schools based on growth needs.
Use the filters on the left side of the page to find schools with students who meet their criteria.
Tip: apply the filter Exclude schools you’re not approved at above the table to view only 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.
- Schools in your Favorites list can only be removed individually, and the list cannot be renamed or deleted.
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 Name field, 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 of the job form, you can either post the job to the full network, which includes all schools in your school lists, or select specific schools to post the job to.
- To post the job only to schools in your school lists, choose Post to specific schools.
2. Click the white button Lists to select the school lists you want to post your job to, then choose the desired 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. After selecting the school list(s), click the button Continue in the lower-left corner of the page and complete the job posting.
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 upper-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. On the new event form, click the hyperlinked text Add School List below the field Invite schools to promote your event, then select the preferred school list(s).
Note: school lists can only be added to events hosted off-campus or virtually.
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 in the lower-right corner of the page to create your event.
Add a school list to a segment
1. On the Segments page, locate the segment to which you want to add a school list, then click the pencil icon.
- To add a school list to a new segment, click the black button Create segment in the upper right corner. Learn more about How to Build a Segment.
2. Click the hyperlinked text Add School List below the field +Add Schools in the Academics & Extracurriculars 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.