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Handshake Talent Engagement Suite

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What is Handshake Talent Engagement Suite?

Handshake 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.

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The Talent Engagement Suite offered by Handshake has been widely used by campus recruiters to attract and source top talent for ā€¦
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Handshake Review.

9 out of 10
February 07, 2023
Incentivized
We use Handshake for all of our campus recruiting efforts. We send campaigns to students to drive attendance at career fairs and encourage ā€¦
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Popular Features

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  • Active Recruitment Advertising (9)
    8.3
    83%
  • Passive Recruitment Advertising (7)
    8.0
    80%
  • Employer Branding Tools (10)
    7.7
    77%

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What is Handshake Talent Engagement Suite?

Handshake 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.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Features

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Product Details

What is Handshake Talent Engagement Suite?

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite (TES) helps employers source, engage, manage, and build their brand with early talent at scale. Use 20+ criteria to target candidates that meet role preferences. Send unlimited customized messages in bulk to target populations. Tell a story and build a strong employer brand using rich media, candidate reviews, and employee testimonials. The Talent Engagement Suite can be enhanced with the following modules:

  1. Event Manager:
    Handshake Event Manager helps employers schedule, fill, host events, and connect with early talent. Create and host unlimited group events and 1:1 video chats using Handshake video or a different video platform. Manage scheduling, track RSVPs, and create targeted follow-ups based on candidate actions.

  2. Expert Assist:
    Handshake Expert Assist extends the impact of the recruiting team by partnering with Handshake's team of experts. Lean on experts to source more relevant candidates, design campaigns, and train up teams to get the most out of Handshake.

  3. Insights:
    Handshake Insights uses proprietary Handshake data across students, employers, and academic institutions to help hiring teams spotlight specific areas to more effectively recruit and hire on Handshake. Designed using consistent customer feedback, the Insights module includes detailed talent intelligence reports that supercharge recruitment planning with actionable analysis. Leverage job seeker trends, benchmarking analysis, and performance data across the recruiting funnel to improve brand resonance, increase quality applicants, and make more hires.

  4. ATS integration:
    Connect applicant tracking systems to Handshake for a full-funnel recruiting view. Connect activities to outcomes ā€“ track how many hired applicants were proactively recruited on Handshake through activities like campaign messaging, events, and career fairs.

  5. Advocates:
    Handshake Advocates helps employers accelerate interest from qualified candidates by connecting them to the people they want to speak with mostā€”employees in the same or similar role over recruiters. Make it easy for candidates to meet company representatives and form relationships all on Handshake.

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite Videos

This Entrepreneur Made A Job Site That College Students Are Using Instead Of LinkedIn | Forbes
Why do 10M+ early career job seekers use Handshake to start their careers? Hear from them: šŸ™Œ "It helped me find a lot more companies that I didn't know existed." šŸ‘‹ "I feel like there's another person on the side of the screen, rather than just someone who's gonna read t...
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Talent is everywhere, but access to opportunity is not. The Handshake mission is to help students and employers connect so everyone can launch the careers of their dreams. Handshake boasts a large, most diverse, and active early talent network.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Handshake 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.

RippleMatch, Yello, and Symplicity are common alternatives for Handshake Talent Engagement Suite.

Reviewers rate Active Recruitment Advertising highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of Handshake Talent Engagement Suite are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

The Talent Engagement Suite offered by Handshake has been widely used by campus recruiters to attract and source top talent for entry-level roles and internships. Recruiters have found it easy to connect with the best students at big career fairs, saving time and reaching a broader audience. They have also utilized the platform to advertise university jobs and events to a diverse set of students, running campaigns to target specific students for job applications or event attendance. The Talent Engagement Suite has proven to be particularly effective for college recruiting, allowing recruiters to announce their attendance at college fairs and funnel more students to their colleagues. Additionally, Handshake has been used for summer internship recruiting and increasing brand awareness by hosting events and attending career fairs. Solopreneurs have also found Handshake helpful in finding interns and benefiting from their additional perspective in their business. Overall, users have praised Handshake for its ability to provide targeted sourcing and attraction approaches, consolidate recruiters under one account, organize and promote virtual and on-campus events, as well as offering valuable data analytics to gauge the return on investments in college relationships and hiring of students. However, some users have expressed frustration with signing up for the product and its lack of user-friendliness and support. Despite these challenges, Handshake remains a preferred platform for campus recruiting efforts due to its comprehensive features that help drive attendance at career fairs, encourage job applications, and provide insights into recruitment strategies.

Based on user reviews, users commonly recommend the following improvements for Handshake:

  1. Simplify the login process and consider integrating with LinkedIn. Many users suggest that Handshake should streamline the login process to make it more efficient. They also recommend incorporating LinkedIn as an alternative login method, which can save time and provide a seamless experience.

  2. Provide clear indications of interests on profiles. Users advise indicating as many interests as possible on their Handshake profiles to increase the chances of finding relevant job matches. By highlighting their areas of interest, users believe they can enhance the accuracy of job recommendations and improve their overall experience with the platform.

  3. Ensure updated technology compatibility. Several users suggest using Handshake with up-to-date technology to avoid potential technical issues. These users recommend using compatible devices and browsers to optimize performance and reduce any potential disruptions while using the product.

It is important to note that these recommendations reflect common feedback from users, but individual experiences may vary. It is recommended for users to explore the features and capabilities of Handshake that align with their specific needs before making a decision.

Attribute Ratings

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Chrissy Lowery, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 70% of the applicants from my 2 spring hire positions were sourced from the campaign I scheduled. These are candidates who I might not have met on campus & being able to recruit them virtually is positively impacting my hiring numbers.
  • We had a 74% open rate & 63% click rate for those 2 roles. This is helping us prove that Handshake is where are students are & they trust the messages they receive there.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Increased the number of URPs and women applying to technical job postings, increasing diversity at the top of the funnel
  • Increased attendance at in-person campus events
  • Drove large quantities of applicants to job postings we advertised
Thomas Baker, CFE, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Faster time from identification to hire
  • More efficient scheduling for career fairs as we can use schedule on platform to streamline timing
  • Job posting time is lower as there can be a mass upload to multiple universities
  • Lower costs on hiring/retention as we can pinpoint who we think is best fit
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Handshake has definitely positively impacted our business objectives. Handshake pulled some data for us and we found out that 39% of our hired interns & new grads thus far followed up with us, received a message, or RSVP'd to an event on Handshake so far this year.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Increased communication with education centers
  • Contact with upcoming-grads
  • Not utilized as frequently as other career search websites once potential candidates aren't closely associated with the schools any longer.
Heather Holm | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Our ROI dramatically increased in 2022 once we were able to begin utilizing campaigns
  • Our adoption rate and messaging/campaign usage is projected to increase in 2023, now that we have data points to prove how successful online outreach translates ton on-campus recruiting.
Daniel Surprenant | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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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