Item: Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My organization uses Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to search nearby education centers, establish relationships, and source upcoming- or new-grads for employment. We are able to find schools with specific programs near our offices and work together with them to share information regarding our career opportunities. We have also used Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to contact these schools for opportunities of externships and job shadowing.

Pros and Cons

Connecting with local education centers
Reaching students or alumni for career opportunities
Providing a platform to contact students and staff

An education center can "deny" your request to connect with them
Separation of contact with students or staff of the school (separate email boxes or categories)
Alerting recruiters of upcoming events at the schools they have connections with

Most Important Features

Candidate pool
Communication with local education centers
Providing our information to share with staff

Return on Investment

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.

Alternatives Considered

Indeed Hiring Platform

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite is similar to indeed in the ease of communication, but we prefer to use Indeed in our organization because the connection with a school can be declined. Some of our recruitment team members have experienced a long delay of making connections because the schools have been unresponsive to accept or will not communicate with other recruiters from the same organization.

Key Insights

Do you think Handshake Talent Engagement Suite delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Handshake Talent Engagement Suite's feature set?

Did Handshake Talent Engagement Suite live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Handshake Talent Engagement Suite go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Handshake Talent Engagement Suite again?

Other Software Used

Indeed Hiring Platform, Monster.com, Linkedin Recruiter

Likelihood to Recommend

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite is best suited for entry-level position recruiting, and positions that do not require experience upon start. We do not utilize Handshake Talent Engagement Suite for positions that needs specific years of experience since most connections on Handshake Talent Engagement Suite are upcoming- or new-grads. We also do not use Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to plan our recruitment events at education centers.

Handshake Talent Engagement Suite for student and grad connection

Overall Satisfaction with Handshake Talent Engagement Suite