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Job Matches

Tawnya
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Employers can use Job Matches to find qualified talent who are a match for their job postings. 

Premium partners have access to additional filters and customized segments to view and engage with more candidates.

Features available to Premium partners only are indicated by an asterisk (*). For more information, please check out this resource.

 

Access Job Matches

Click Jobs from the left navigation bar, select the job you want to find matches for, then click the Matches tab. 

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Basic employers can view up to 100 matches per job. Premium partners can view an unlimited number of matches per job.

 

Explore Job Matches

Matches displays all active, public student profiles from the schools where the job is currently posted and approved, and whose education aligns with the job candidate's qualifications or chosen segment.

Note: profiles set to private (hidden from employers) are not displayed. 

The center of the page displays top matches, which are the most relevant candidates based on the job's qualifications and candidates' interests. Candidates highlighted in this section are likely to respond to your outreach. 

  • Top matches only appear for jobs for which you've specified candidate qualifications for: 
    • Major
    • Graduation date
    • School year 

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  • If your job posting does not already have candidate qualifications, you are prompted to add them.

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To match candidates based on qualifications, Handshake considers all the education details that students have provided on their profiles, including their current educational goals and any past education.
  • For example, if you're seeking BA candidates who majored in Business, the results may display candidates who have completed a B.A degree in that specific degree, and are in pursuit of a higher degree, e.g., Masters. 

 

The profile card displayed for each top match will include the following information: 

  • Profile photo (only displays if available) 
  • Name
  • Major
  • Grad month/year
  • College
  • 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.

  • To message any top match, click the white button Message within their profile card. Learn How to Send a Student a Message.
  • To message all top matches, click the black button Invite to apply in the upper-right corner of the page. 

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Below Top Matches, you will find More matches, which are candidates that meet all job qualifications. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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Matches will update to display candidates that match the filters of 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 upper-right corner to:
    • Manage Segments: to change or remove applied segment(s), OR
    • Create Segment: to create a new segment 

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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:

  • Candidate Engagement

    • Followed you
    • Applied to a job
    • RSVP'd to an event
    • Checked into an event
    • 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": 

    • Followed you
    • Applied to a job
    • RSVP'd to an event
    • Checked into an event
    • RSVP'd to a fair
    • Checked into a fair
    •  
  • Recruiter activity
    • Employer hasn't invited to apply to this job (checked by default)  
      • If checked, candidates 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 candidates 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 connected with your company profile. 
  • *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, candidates with at least one of the locations chosen as an interest are counted as a match
      • Note: only displays if the job is on-site or hybrid. 
  •  *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 and Job Role Groups (Employers).
  • *Industry interest - identifies matches that are interested in your company's industry 
  • Labels
  • Exclude labels

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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.