Job Matches

Click Jobs from the left navigation bar in Handshake, click on the desired job title, then click the Matches tab. 

Core employers and Essentials partners can view up to 100 matches for the selected job. 

Matches displays all active, public student profiles from the schools where the job is currently posted and approved. 

On the left of the page, Match Criteria provides more information on how matches are displayed.

The image below represents the view for Core employers, with matches based on selected preferences. Core employers can also click the blue hyperlinked text Learn more to learn more about Premium.

Premium partners can filter their matches based on their selected job preferences or for up to 5 selected segments. Segments are used as a saved set of filters to help define your match criteria. 

• Note: if your company is a Premium partner and you're unable to filter by Segments, reach out to your company's Owner to request access. Refer to Who is the Owner of my Company's Profile?.

Below Match Criteria are search filters to update listed matches. 

All employers can use these filters: 

• Keyword Search
• Recruiter activity 
• Labels
• Exclude labels

Premium partners can also filter based on the following:

• Applied Segments- view by specific segment (up to 5) or by job preferences 
  • If a segment hasn't been added, click Add Segment to choose one.

• Candidate Engagement

  • Follows you

  • Applied to job

  • RSVPd to event

  • Checked into an event

  • RSVPd to a fair

  • Checked into a fair
  • Click Select Exclusions to further refine the shown matches by "and have not,": 
    

    • Followed you

    • Applied to a job

    • RSVPed to an event

    • Checked into an event

    • RSVPed to a fair

    • Checked into a fair

• 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: use 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. 
• Industry Interests (student interests)
  • 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 tagged on the job posting. Learn more About Job Roles (Employers).
  • 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. 
• Labels

If you'd like to invite candidates to apply, check the box to the left of the student name(s), then click Invite to Apply in the upper-right of the page.

• Note: messaging limits apply when sending a bulk message. For more information, refer to Messaging Limits in Handshake.

When the bulk message is generated, a message will load below the Subject line indicating how many messages are remaining this hiring season with the option to upgrade, as shown in the example below:

Compose your message, and then click the blue Preview message button to preview the message. 

Check out How to write a recruiting message to students (plus 7 templates).

In the Message Preview popup modal, click the green button Send message to send your message.