Managing your Handshake notifications helps you stay informed about activity that matters to your work. You can choose how you want to be notified about different activities in Handshake.
For a complete list of notification options, including which are enabled by default, refer to Career Services User Settings: Default Notification Preferences.
Ways you can receive notifications
Career services users can receive Handshake notifications in two ways:
- In-app notifications
- Email notifications
Notes:
- Email notifications are sent to the email address associated with your Handshake account.
- For each activity, you can choose to receive notifications via in-app, email, both, or neither (when options are available).
Access your notifications in Handshake
If you receive in-app notifications, a notification badge appears above the globe icon in Handshake, located in the upper-right corner of your screen, to the left of your name.
On the Notifications page:
- All Unread notifications are listed by default.
- To focus on a specific type of activity, use the menu on the left and select a Category, such as:
- All
- Applications
- Appointments
- Two-Way Calendars
- Employers
- Events
- Interviews
- Jobs
- Notes
- Career Fair Registrations
- Surveys
- Flagged Employers
Update your notification preferences
You can update your notification preferences at any time.
- Open Notification Preferences using one of these options:
- From the Notifications page, select Edit Notification Preferences at the top of the page, or
- Click your name in the upper-right corner, choose User Settings, then select Notification Preferences from the menu on the left.
- Choose how you want to be notified for each activity listed:
- To add a notification, click the blank space to the right of the activity under your preferred notification type (Notification or Email). A checkmark appears.
- To remove a notification, click the checkmark for the activity under the notification type you no longer want. The checkmark is removed.
- Confirm your changes:
- Changes are saved immediately when you add or remove a checkmark.
- A green pop-up message appears in the lower-right corner of the screen confirming Preferences Saved.