In Handshake, you can access Job Matches, a resource that enables you to discover candidates who are a match for your job postings.
Handshake Premium partners have access to additional filters and customized segments to view and engage with more candidates.
Premium features are for Handshake Premium accounts only. For more information, please check out this resource.
Matches identifies active student profiles that meet all of the criteria below:
- active at a school the job is currently posted to
- set to public (visible to employers)
- Profiles set to private (hidden from employers) are not included in this list
- education aligns with the job qualifications for the specific job or chosen segment
Access Job Matches
Click Jobs from the left navigation bar, select the job, then click the Matches tab.
Core employers can view up to 100 matches per job. Premium partners can view an unlimited number of matches per job.
Job Matches
Matches displays all active, public student profiles from the schools where the job is currently posted and approved.
The center of the page displays Top Matches, which are the most relevant candidates based on the job's qualifications and candidates' interests. Students highlighted in this section are likely to respond to your outreach.
Note: Top Matches only appear for jobs for which you've specified candidate qualifications for (major, graduation date, or school year). If your job posting does not already have candidate qualifications, you are prompted to add them.
The profile card displayed for each Top Match will include the following information:
- Profile photo (only displays if available)
- Name
- College
- Major
- Grad month/year
- Matching interests (only displays if candidate has any relevant job qualifications and interests)
Top matches updates daily to display candidates with similar interests that match your job qualifications.
Below Top Matches, you will find All Matches, which are candidates that meet all job qualifications.
The candidate table includes the following information for each match:
- Name
- Last Engaged (only visible to Premium partners)
- Interests
In the Match Criteria section, Premium partners can find more details about how matches display.
Click directly on the name of the student to view their profile. For additional details, refer to Viewing Student Profiles.
*Add Segment
Note: segments are only available to Essentials (with the Segment module) and TES partners.
To add a segment, click the gray button Add Segment in the Match Criteria section.
In the pop-up modal, select up to 5 segments from the dropdown menu, or click the hyperlinked text create a new one to create a new segment, then click the blue button Apply Changes.
Matches will update to display candidates that match the filters on the segment(s) applied.
To change how matches display, select the radio button for the segment created or added or Qualifications.
- Click the ellipsis icon in the top-right corner to:
- Manage Segments: to change or remove applied segment(s), OR
- Create Segment: to create a new segment
Search Filters
Below the Match Criteria section are search filters to update the list of matches.
All employers can use the following filters:
- Keyword Search
- Recruiter activity
- Labels
- Exclude labels
The following filters are also available to Premium partners:
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Candidate Engagement
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Followed you
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Applied to a job
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RSVP'd to an event
- Checked into an event
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RSVP'd to a fair
- Checked into a fair
- Click the blue text Select Exclusions to further refine the shown matches by "and have not,":
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Followed you
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Applied to a job
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RSVP'd to an event
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Checked into an event
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RSVP'd to a fair
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Checked into a fair
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Recruiter Activity
- Employer hasn't invited to apply to this job (checked by default)
- If checked, students who have received any type of message with this job attached, will be excluded.
- Tip: apply this filter to make sure you aren't messaging the same students multiple times.
- You haven't messaged
- Matches have not yet been messaged by you, the (individual user).
- Employer hasn't messaged
- Matches have not been messaged by any user in the employer account.
- Employer hasn't invited to apply to this job (checked by default)
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Industry Interests (student interests)
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Location Interest - identifies matches interested in working near the job locations
- Choose from a radius of 5, 15, 30, 50, 75, and 100 miles
- For postings with multiple locations, students with at least one of the locations chosen as an interest are counted as a match
- Job Role Interest - identifies matches that are interested in at least one of the job roles included in the job posting. Learn more About Job Roles (Employers).
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Industry Interest - identifies matches that are interested in your company's industry
- Confirm or change your company's selected industry in your company settings. Learn How to Edit Your Company Profile Settings.
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Location Interest - identifies matches interested in working near the job locations
- Labels
Invite to Apply
To invite matches to apply for your job, refer to Invite Students to Apply to a Job Posting.
If you are not receiving any matches for your job, refer to No Matches Found.