A Guide to Talent List

The Talent table has a set of filters at the top, allowing you to narrow your search.

Employers with access to Talent List can filter by:

• Major groups

• Schools

• School years

To further refine your search, click the button All filters. This opens a side sheet with additional filter options, such as:

• Segments

• Engagement 

  • Include candidates that 

    • Any engagement with my company 

    • Applied to a job 

      • Specify job

    • Followed your employer

    • RSVPed to an event 

      • Specify event 

    • Checked into an event (Handshake Events required)

      • Specify event

    • RSVPed to a career fair 

      • Specify career fair

    • Checked into a career fair (Handshake Events required) 

      • Specify career fair 

• Start date 

• End date 

   

• Exclude candidates that 

  • Any engagement with my company 

  • Applied to a job 

    • Specify job 

  • Followed your employer

  • RSVPed to an event 

    • Specify event 

  • Checked into an event (Handshake Events required)

    • Specify event 

  • RSVPed to a career fair 

  • Checked into a career fair (Handshake Events required) 

    • Specify career fair 

       

• Show candidates you haven’t messaged yet
• Show candidates employer hasn’t messaged yet

• Experience
  • Languages
  • Language proficiencies
  • Skills
  • Former job titles
    • Press 'Enter' to add a job title as a tag
  • Former employers
    • Press 'Enter' to add a job title as a tag
• Education
  • Major groups
  • Major keyword search
    • Press 'Enter' to add a major as a tag
  • Schools
  • School years
  • Type of school
  • Organizations/extracurricular
    • Press 'Enter' to add an organization or extracurricular as a tag
  • Diversity and inclusion-focused organizations
  • Graduation
    • Earliest (date)
    • Latest (date)
  • GPA
    • From (GPA must be between 0.0 - 5.0)
    • To (GPA must be between 0.0 - 5.0)
• Profile attributes
  • Location interests
  • Include labels
  • Exclude labels
• Handshake open network
  • Exclude Handshake Open Network candidates
• Resume
  • Candidate has public resume 

Applying filters 

When filters are set, the buttons that match the filter are highlighted in gray. Your search results will only show candidates that match the filters you have chosen.

Removing filters 

To remove filter(s), click the relevant button. Then, either click the 'X' next to each applied filter or the white button Clear to deselect all filters. Finally, click the black button Apply button to save your changes.

1. To save a search based on a unique set of filters, click the white button Save search in the upper-right corner of the page. 

2. In the modal, enter a name and a brief description for the search, then click the black button Save search. 

Note: To save a search, both fields must be completed. 

3. The confirmation message "Saved search successfully created" will appear in a banner at the top of the page. 

4. To apply the same set of filters in the future, click the downward arrow next to the button Save search, and select the saved search you would like to apply. Then, click the black button Apply search. 

The student table shows each student's historical interactions with your company, if any, displayed as buttons.

To view more information about a specific interaction, click the corresponding button.

Once clicked, the side sheet will open on the far right of the page to display the student's interactions.

To view the engagement history for a specific activity type, click the corresponding tab in the header bar.

• Messages
• Jobs
• Events

The main profile details of each student, such as their education and number of skills, are included in their respective row.

• For more information, click on their name to view their profile summary on the side sheet.
• To view their complete profile, select the blue View profile link in the upper-right corner of the side sheet.
• On the student’s profile, you can view and add notes, add or create a new label, and message them. Learn more about Viewing Student Profiles.

You can message students from either the student table or the student summary side sheet. 

Note: The Talent page currently displays a maximum of 100 students per page, and you can send up to 100 messages per page. For more information about your message limits, refer to Message Limits in Handshake.

Bulk messaging from the Talent page is not available to Recruiters (Standard) or Advocates.

• To send a message to a specific student from the student table, click the white button Message located on the far right of their row.

• To send a message from the side sheet, click the black button Message located in the upper-right corner.  

A pop-up message window will appear where you can type your message. Once complete, click the black button Send. 

• At the bottom of the message box, you can find options to format your message, insert web links, and access additional tools like templates and variables to personalize and enhance your communication.

Labels

Employers can add labels to multiple students at once from the student table. Read more about Using Labels to Manage Applicants.

1. Check the box to the left of Candidate in the header bar, then click the white button Manage labels.  

2. A pop-up modal will appear, and prompt you to click to add or remove a label from the student(s) selected.

• To create a label, click the button Add labels, then select New label. Enter the name for the new label in the Label field, then select what the label will be used for from the Used for dropdown.
• To add a label, click the button Add labels, then choose an existing label from the Add labels dropdown.
• To remove a label, click the button Remove label, then choose the label you want to remove from the Remove labels dropdown. 

3. Upon adding or removing a label, click the black button Apply in the lower right corner.

Message

Only users with appropriate permissions can send bulk messages from the Talent page. Recruiters (Standard) and Advocates do not have this access.

1. Check the box to the left of Candidate in the header bar, then click the white button Message.  
2. To complete your message, refer to the steps outlined for Message students.

Note: All bulk messaging at Handshake is capped at 500 recipients per message.