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    Handshake Talent Engagement Suite

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHandshake Talent Engagement Suite (TES) helps employers source, engage, manage, and build their brand with early talent at scale. Tell an impactful story and build a strong employer brand using rich media, candidate reviews, employee testimonials, and more.N/A

    LinkedIn Jobs

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ALinkedIn Jobs allows employers to post listings, and boasts personalized targeting, screening questions, and matching algorithms as well.N/A
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    Handshake Talent Engagement SuiteLinkedIn Jobs
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    Handshake
    Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
    In terms of overall application experience, I think the other companies do a better job with richer features. Where Handshake shines, however, is in how it 1. is mainly focused on new grads and internships, making filtering less necessary, and 2. its suite of other features …
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    Handshake is not friendly user
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    Chose Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
    We have used other sites to help with our recruiting needs, such as Indeed, LinkedIn and Craigslist. I would say Handshake and Indeed are at the top of our go-to list open positions.
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    LinkedIn
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    LinkedIn Jobs is comparable to indeed in regards to communication and tools. I believe that Indeed provides a more diverse and inclusive pool of candidates by eliminating such personal information being shared with recruiters. I will consistently use LinkedIn Jobs for …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Recruitment Marketing
    Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Handshake Talent Engagement Suite and LinkedIn Jobs
    Feature
    Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
    8.0
    11 Ratings
    24% above category average
    LinkedIn Jobs
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    32% above category average
    Passive Recruitment Advertising8.07 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    Active Recruitment Advertising8.39 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Employer Branding Tools7.610 Ratings9.32 Ratings
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    LinkedIn Jobs
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Score7.2 out of 10
    Glassdoor
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Snagajob
    Score6.2 out of 10
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    Score6.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Handshake Talent Engagement SuiteLinkedIn Jobs
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    8.2
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (25 ratings)
    6.9
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Handshake Talent Engagement SuiteLinkedIn Jobs
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Handshake
    Compared to bulk messaging students who are listed as 'matches' on the job listing page, the segments & campaigns I created were so helpful in identifying leads & helping to convert those leads to applicants without me having to continually follow-up with students (thank you- follow-up email feature!) For roles that require a lot of applicant flow, or for positions that require a large cohort of hires at one time, these features are perfect.
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    LinkedIn
    I can't think of any reason why anybody looking for a job opportunity would not be involved with LinkedIn Jobs. It's one of the more active social media job sites and if you are active on LinkedIn (which you should be) you have a great opportunity to show your achievements and talent to job posters. The "Easy Apply" link, although great for companies hiring large groups of people may not be for somebody who is looking for a specialized role as that would take a more personal approach.
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    Pros
    Handshake
    • Connects us with our target audience (current college students and recent graduates).
    • Connects us with a variety of career services offices, building trust in our organization.
    • It provides capacity to our recruiters while also allowing us to balance volume and personalization in recruitment.
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    LinkedIn
    • The job offers board is one of the things that stands out most positively on LinkedIn Jobs, since I can know all the job offers that are open for all sectors of my company and I can also see the candidates that are in each offer of employment.
    • Interview scheduling is one of the best features of LinkedIn Jobs. It allows you to schedule exact time and exact day for face-to-face meetings in order to carry out a more consolidated interview, in addition, it sends notifications to the candidate so that they can appear for the interview at the right time.
    • I can have access to the CV of each candidate. LinkedIn Jobs offers me a very detailed CV of each of the candidates and this allows me to quickly know the qualities that each candidate has.
    • I can handle job applications much better. It was a very tedious job when we did this manually and we did a lot of paperwork to organize the received requests. LinkedIn Jobs has made that manual work is avoided, thanks to the automated system to organize the requests.
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    Cons
    Handshake
    • Ability to directly source and reach out to specific candidates (rather than just a whole pool with campaigns)
    • More flexibility over the way postings look to allow for creativity
    • More details about students on their profiles to make it easier to source the right candidates
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    LinkedIn
    • We have found to get the reach that we want, LinkedIn Jobs has been an expensive endeavor. The free postings do not get very far on LinkedIn Jobs.
    • For Large scale hired, LinkedIn Jobs is not beneficial at all. It does not do a good job at keeping a large influx of candidates coming through.
    • Some of the candidates end up being in other locations and therefore some have been unwilling to relocate or to fulfill job descriptions. In some ways, the wide reach works to a disadvantage when reaching candidates that do not even realize where the position is located. LinkedIn Jobs needs to do a better job with location based searches.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Handshake
    It works and has been a valuable tool for recruitment and talent engagement
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    LinkedIn
    Asking price really versus quality. Not a bad thing, but budget can be a problem.
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    Usability
    Handshake
    It is intuitive
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    LinkedIn
    Overall the LinkedIn Jobs are very very useful product for job seeking candidates, posting their requirements, posting the advertisement, communicating the job looking candidates and finding the good companies job vacancies so mostly the LinkedIn Jobs are very genuine useful for employees. It used for our knowledge, company growth and carrier improvement also.
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    Support Rating
    Handshake
    Becca always responds very quickly to my questions. We had an issue where I couldn't register for a fair because another division of my company had already registered and this problem was fixed the next day. I feel like the team at Handshake Talent Engagement Suite actually cares about my experience. Not all companies do once the contract is signed! They definitely treat their customers well. I literally feel like I am their only customer.
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    LinkedIn
    There are many complaints that there is no way to contact their support. There is no phone number, nor chat and people aren't receiving responses on social media. I have used "Feedback" to report on the job description page the flaw in incorrect locations.
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    Implementation Rating
    Handshake
    It is a great product and valuable tool for recruitment and sourcing of talent
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    LinkedIn
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    Alternatives Considered
    Handshake
    I think Handshake is similar to Linkedin Recruiter in a lot of ways. The main differentiator for me/our company is who we are trying to reach or target. LinkedIn is not an easy platform to find early careers talent on, so Handshake has been the best way for us to connect with schools, register for events easily, advertise to college students and reach them where they are!
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    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn has better integration with its existing social media platform, allowing for the recruiter to accurately view a client's history. Furthermore, it shows reviews and work done by the potential recruit. In contrast, ZipRecruiter does not show as much insight into a client which can lead to time wasted with phone calls and other communication.
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    Return on Investment
    Handshake
    • Summer internship recruiting for hard to fill roles has grown to be much easier. Without Handshake Talent Engagement Suite, we would be left scrambling to specific school job boards.
    • Hosting a simple one-hour informative event and reaching a large audience has helped with brand awareness. We don't necessarily see immediate obvious results but have been content with our ability to connect with underclassmen, getting them excited to apply for internships in a year or two.
    • Creating a talent segment and sending campaign messages is much more efficient and effective than reaching out to individual candidates with cold calls/emails.
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    LinkedIn
    • Able to reach and tap a more diverse talent pool directly
    • Makes it easy for candidates to apply with just one click rather than filling long forms which is a big deterrent for passive job seekers
    • Makes the hiring process more efficient as candidates not matching the pre defined criteria get rejected automatically
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