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School Network Management: School Recommendations

Tawnya
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On Handshake, School Recommendations matches employer jobs with the schools that have the highest number of candidates who meet the job's location and qualifications criteria. 

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

 

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Access School Recommendations

1. Click Jobs from the left navigation bar in Handshake, then select the relevant job. 

2. Click the Schools tab on the job overview page.

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3. The page displays Recommended schools at the top of the page, and features a blue button Customize recommendations in the upper-right corner of the section.

The section displays a school card for each recommended school, and includes the following information:

  • The school's name and location
  • A count of Qualified candidates, based on your job's candidate qualifications
  • a green button Post job here now

To view additional school recommendations, up to 25 schools max, click the hyperlinked text Load more. 

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  • The message "To get school recommendations, change your customizations. We’ll need to know what type of students you’re looking for in order to recommend appropriate schools. Tell us by customizing your recommendations." appears in a gray banner at the top of the page if candidate qualifications were not added.
    • To add candidate qualifications, click the blue button Customize recommendations. 

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School Recommendations filters

Employers will be shown schools that have a significant number of students based on either or any of the following filters related to a job:

  • Location: radius based on schools within 250 miles of job's primary location
    • Note: if there is more than one location on the job, the first location listed is used. You can change this by customizing your recommendations as outlined in Customize recommendations.
    • For Premium partners: if "various locations" is indicated instead, no geo-filter is applied.
  • Candidate qualifications:
    • Work authorization 
    • School year
    • Graduation date 
    • Major groups

 

Post job to recommended schools 

Post job (optional) 

This option displays if you have not posted a job to a school you are not connected with yet.

1. Click the green button Post job here now within the school card of the school you want to post the job to. 

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2. In the pop-up modal, choose the application's open and close date, then click the blue button Post Job. 

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3. Once the job is posted, the message "Job posted. You'll be able to track approval status below" will appear in a green banner within the school card. 

  • Track the approval status in the Requested Schools section in the Schools tab. 

 

4. The job selected will be automatically sent to the school for review, and will be in Pending status until the school makes a decision. Learn more about Understanding Job Posting Approvals.

Note: schools that have declined to connect will not display in the Recommended schools section. 

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Customize recommendations 

School recommendations are based on existing job preferences and the primary location by default. 

1. Click Customize recommendations in the upper-right of the School Recommendations section to change the applied filters.

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2. A sidesheet will open to the right of the page.

All employers can customize recommendations based on preferences and location: 

  • They meet your job's qualifications 
    • Your current preferences are displayed. To edit your current qualifications, click the hyperlinked text "Edit qualifications". 
  • Their school is near your job location(s)
    • The location(s) selected is listed with the range of 250 miles. Edit the job post to change the location. 
    • If the checkbox is grayed out and disabled, this indicates that the location type is remote. 
    • Note: only Premium partners can select the mile radius for each location. 

*Premium partners can customize recommendations based on students' selected interests: 

  • They want to work near your job's location 
    • Choose from a radius of 5, 15, 30, 50, 75, 100, and 250 miles.
    • For postings with multiple locations, students who have chosen one of the locations as an interest are counted as a match.
  • They're interested in roles like this one  
  • They're interested in your industry 

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