Company Settings: Global Settings

The options below allow employers to control how new teammates are added to their company profile and what access they are granted by default.

The settings that are available and visible on this page depend on your employer account type.

Allow Recruiters to create new teammates

When enabled, users with the Recruiter (Sourcer) or Recruiter (Advanced) role can add new teammates. Owners always retain this permission.

Auto-approve new users who sign up with a valid email that matches your company domain

When enabled, users signing up with a matching email domain (e.g., @yourcompany.com) are automatically approved. This option is available only if your domain is associated with a single company profile in Handshake.

Default new teammates to Representative

When checked, new teammates are assigned the Representative role by default. If left unchecked, they are assigned the Recruiter (Standard) role instead.

Disable "Apply on Handshake" option for all jobs

Available to all employers regardless of account plan, this setting directs students to apply in your Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for all newly created jobs. 

Note: This setting is disabled by default. 

If enabled, the job form will not show the "On Handshake" option under "How will candidates submit applications?"

Allow candidates without Handshake profiles to reply to employee email addresses

Available to all employers regardless of account plan, this setting allows teammates to send messages to candidates who do not have a public Handshake profile but have RSVPed to or checked in at events or career fairs.

Candidates receive the message as an email and can respond directly. Learn more about Messaging Candidates without Handshake Profiles.

To learn more about receiving messages from students, and what guidelines to follow, refer to Receiving Messages from Students in Handshake. 

Only schools that have approved your company profile can be selected and granted permissions. These schools appear in the available dropdown menus. 

• If you are an on campus employer, permissions cannot be removed for the school where you're based.
• If the listed school is incorrect, update it in the Details section. For instructions, refer to How to Edit Your Company Profile Settings.

Select which schools can manage your profile.

• Use the dropdown menu to select a school, or type to search.

• To remove a school, click the X next to the school name.

Select which schools can post and edit jobs on your behalf.

• Use the dropdown menu to select a school, or type to search.
• To remove a school, click the X next to the school name.
• Schools selected in this section will have permission to post and edit jobs on your behalf.

Allow users to change default "External Apply" URLs

Available to all employers regardless of account plan, this setting allows teammates to manage job postings and edit the default "External Apply" URLs used for external applications. 

Read more about How to Use Direct ATS. 

Allow Public Pages - SEO

Available to all employers regardless of account plan, this setting allows your Handshake company profile to appear in relevant search engine results. People who are not signed in to Handshake will be able to view a summarized version of your company profile.

The public view will include  

• Company name, logo, banner image, and About section
• Location, type, size, industry
• Reviews
• Questions & Answers for your company
• A list of Related Employers (other employers within the same industry)

Learn more about Publicly Searchable Pages.