Handshake Talent Engagement Suite Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a campus recruiter, so I use the Talent Engagement Suite to create segments and campaigns to attract and source top talent for our entry-level roles & internship positions. While I am out on campus during our busy season, I can easily connect & engage with the best students at big career fairs. However, there are several other schools that have the exact kind of student we are looking to hire, and I can't always engage at every university during a busy recruiting season. The Talent Engagement products help me to passively source new students at different schools to reach a broader audience than I could manage on my own. It saves me time and helps me find the best students- win win!

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use the Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to recruit university level talent. I use it source candidates, post jobs, manage and seek out events, and send campaign messages to many students at once.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well-Suited: reaching large groups of students at once, finding applicant matches to job postings, managing events, hosting office hours via video meetings with candidates

Less Appropriate: sourcing candidate resumes

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Handshake to advertise our university jobs and events to a diverse set of students. The ability to run campaigns allows us to first post jobs and events and then run campaigns to target specific students to encourage them to apply to our posted jobs or attend our posted events.

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake is well suites to times when you want to drive a larger (and/or more diverse) pool to your job postings and events. You can send out a campaign to target the types of students you want to target and these campaigns have been proven to increase the engagement with our events and jobs. For example, before hosting an in-person campus event, I run a campaign to invite relevant students at that school to my event and I've seen an increase in event attendance. Handshake is not the tool, however, for looking through and contacting individual candidates as there is no way to look through individual profiles - you have to run a campaign first for a general job or posting and then individuals can respond to your outreach and that is when you are able to view their individual profile and contact them.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I love it for being able to reach fresh talent and open the door to educate students on our company.

Likelihood to Recommend

We have found some great talent through Handshake

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I work specifically in University Talent Recruiting so Handshake Talent Engagement Suite has been a great help in targeting the right audience. It can be hard getting the right demographic to apply using other job boards such as Indeed, so we are grateful to have a platform that is just for students and recent graduates. I have been able to source hundreds and hundreds of top talent candidates to fill out roles which would not have been possible without Handshake Talent Engagement Suite.

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite is great for recruiters who sole purpose is to fill internships and entry level roles. Having a platform is made for the demographics we look for helps us weed out a lot of candidates who apply who are not a fit for these early career type roles.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite has been a phenomenal addition to our Early Careers team's acumen. Before, we had to travel to every school and career center to get access to the students, but with Handshake Talent Engagement Suite we are able to interact with a diverse set of students from all over! Also, we can promote jobs and events with the tool. We can see the analytics behind interactions as well, so it helps when strategizing if our recruitment and engagement techniques are working or if we have to pivot. In a non-traditional technical field like my company, we may not be the first brand that students think of, so having Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to get into the forefront has been a lifesaver.

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite has been well suited for Early Careers and entry-level recruiting, but less appropriate for professional recruiting and for our EMEA counterparts.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Handshake for all of our campus recruiting efforts. We send campaigns to students to drive attendance at career fairs and encourage them to apply to specific jobs. We also use Handshake to garner insights into where our efforts are paying off.

Likelihood to Recommend

We are able to reach thousands of students in the click of a button and stay engaged/drive applicants to meet our recruiting needs

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Handshake Talent Engagement Suite for mainly two purposes: 1. College recruiting - I register my company for college fairs. Then I make a segment (a select group of students) who I send a campaign (message) to announce that we are attending the college fair so that they will come visit us at our booth. Its a way that I can funnel more students to my colleagues when they are attending a fair. 2. Salaried and hourly roles - when the position that we are recruiting for can accept a new grad or recent grad, then I can post positions on Handshake Talent Engagement Suite and send campaigns out based by major/background. I do this to better advertise a role and I funnel those candidates to the job posting on our corporate website. I do this for myself and other recruiters that do not have Handshake Talent Engagement Suite access.

Likelihood to Recommend

Excellent for:

Internships

Part-time roles

Developmental programs for new graduates with 4-year degrees

Roles where the person just needs to have 1-2 years of experience plus a degree

Diversity recruiting

Not as good for:

highly technical roles that don't require 4-year degrees (ie electricians)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I manage the company profile/brand as well as search for career fairs to attend. I research the students the recruiters would like to engage with at the fairs to confirm what organization should attend the fairs. Handshake helps us to reach a much broader candidate pool throughout the nation and attend career fairs we might not have been able to find on our own.

Likelihood to Recommend

Without Handshake, my team would have a hard time searching and registering for career fairs. It is an amazing tool to reach fresh candidates and build brand awareness. The ability to connect with students across the nation all in one platform has made a positive impact on our recruitment strategy.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use HS to create campaigns for virtual career fairs.

I also use HS to create and invite college students all over the nation for career webinars.

The metrics/data analytics from HS are used to gauge the return on investments in college relationships, internships, and hiring of students into Mayo Clinic.

Likelihood to Recommend

Creating campaigns for college webinars for graduating students.