--- title: Handshake for Employers Reviews meta\_title: 'Handshake for Employers Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 79 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Handshake for Employers works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 79 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Talent Acquisition Suites url: https://www.g2.com/categories/talent-acquisition-suites --- # Handshake for Employers Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Handshake for Employers but has limited features. Are you part of the Handshake for Employers team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Handshake for Employers is the only all-in-one early talent recruiting platform with access to 10m+ responsive students and alumni. Across universities, community colleges, and alternative education programs (bootcamps, corporate learning programs), when students look for meaningful work that aligns with their interests and skillset, they start that journey on Handshake. Meet your next great hire on Handshake. Request a demo: https://joinhandshake.com/employers/request-more-info/ * * * Seller [Handshake](https://www.g2.com/sellers/handshake) Discussions [Handshake for Employers Community](https://www.g2.com/products/handshake-for-employers/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Liz Savage Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 11 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/handshake-for-employers/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Indeed Hiring Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Indeed Hiring Platform") Indeed Hiring Platform 4.3/5(694) ](https://www.g2.com/products/indeed-hiring-platform/reviews) [ ![WayUp](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WayUp") WayUp 4.1/5(10) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wayup/reviews) [ ![LinkedIn Job Search](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "LinkedIn Job Search") LinkedIn Job Search 4.5/5(1,270) ](https://www.g2.com/products/linkedin-job-search/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/handshake-for-employers/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 79 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Handshake for Employers Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") SmartRecruiters ](https://www.g2.com/products/smartrecruiters/reviews) Show More ![Casie C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Casie C.") CC Casie C. Early Talent Program Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/30/2024 "Handshake has quickly become an invaluable tool for our campus recruiting team" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? We have access to students from schools that we never would have reached in the past, and in some cases, have been able to decrease our travel costs as we're able to do more recruiting online for certain positions. Some of our campus recruiters now use Handshake on a nearly daily basis, and it has been easy to implement and use for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? Handshake is still working on fleshing out it's platform in several areas (interview schedules, event management, etc), and while it isn't perfect, I appreciate that I am listened to whenever I have suggestions for improvements to the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? We have been actively working to increase the diversity of our workforce, but figuring out how to attract diverse candidates to our job postings has been a challenge in the past. Handshake has allowed us to get our jobs in front of students from a more diverse array of backgrounds than we ever could with traditional on campus, career fair style recruiting efforts. In addition, we have several early talent programs which only recruits for one entry level position per location, and those locations are spread across the country. Going to on campus career fairs to recruit for those positions at multiple schools across the country was very resource intensive. Handshake has allowed us to significantly reduce our travel costs related to recruiting for these types of positions because we are able to recruit at schools close to the job location without stepping foot on campus, in most cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic JS Jenny S. Organizational Development and Talent Acquisition Consultant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/8/2024 "Streamlining and Enhancing Recruitment" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? The Handshake for Employers campaign feature is definitely my favorite. I appreciate the ability to organize the schools we recruit from and connect with them regarding opportunities, internships, and early career positions. Additionally, we can precisely search for students based on their majors and interests, which has significantly refined our candidate pool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? I haven't run across any challenges. It is an easy to use tool and produces results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? It really helps us get directly to the students about intern positions and teach about our industry, and the universities and colleges use to communicate to employers. It pulls them both together making the employer experience easier and able to reach out to a lot of young talent in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Craig C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Craig C.") CC Craig C. Interim Talent Acquisition Specialist - Transportation Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/30/2024 "Great for engaging with early talent!" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? The ability to engage with students through multiple features is amazing! I appreciate that you can create campaigns for career fairs weeks to months advance. The new "feed" feature is a great way to establish your company brand and give individuals an inside look to the culture of the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? I wish the app was more user-friendly for recruiters. I want to be able to message students on the go and not have to open up a computer every time to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? Handshake is helping us connect to early talent and reach students outside of where we are based. The feature has allow us to recruit top quality talent even if we're not able to make it to the physical career fair. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Jenna R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jenna R.") JR Jenna R. Campus & Early Career Engagement Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/8/2024 "Handshake is an invaluable tool to attract students in the US" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? The ability to hyper target students in Handshake is a marketer's dream. The open rates and engagement we receive on Handshake are the highest we have seen on any platform for connecting with our target audience. Handshake is the expected and preferred way our target hears about jobs so it's a perfect match for us to promote our opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? Our ATS is not integrated with Handshake so every job we post has to be done manually and we cannot see a clean line through the recruitment funnel from attraction to hire. We can follow attraction to interest when a person leaves Handshake and clicks on to apply, then we can come to our ATS to track who came from Handshake as a source, but it's an imperfect science and more difficult to execute than I'd like. But even still, we know confidently we could not be as successful with our digital- first approach recruyiting students without Handshake so the imperfection here is worth the effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? Handshake enables our digital-first talent attraction strategy. We are able to reach target talent regardless of their university who would be a great fit for our opportunities in ways that are simple and effective. Handshake really democratizes opportunity for students across the country, as we do not have to connect with every individual campus one by one to attract their students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") AT Verified User in Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/29/2024 "Handshake has been a strategic partnership and significantly improved our recruitment efforts!" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? Handshake is incredibly valuable- if not only for the data and insights provided about the emerging talent population and our company-specific engagement/sourcing efforts/attractiveness, it has also proven to be a strategic partnership and collaboration. The Handshake reps that support us are like extended team members and we have consulted them on a variety of ideas relating to Early Career recruitment and more. To name a few examples: We have evolved our DEI strategy based on Handshake data, updated our target university list, and started hosting virtual info sessions on the Handshake platform that attract 1,000+ candidates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? Not every univeristy uses Handshake and it is frustrating to have to engage with multiple platforms. However, the vast majority do use Handshake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? Our Early Career team has been cut by 75% in the last two years due to layoffs but our workload has remained. Handshake has allowed us to drive efficiencies and take a lot of the sourcing work out of the recruiter role, focusing instead of relationship building with qualified candidates. We have overhauled our strategy, starting attracting diverse candidates earlier in the process, and pitched two new ideas to our C-suite executives because of Handshake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Leah C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Leah C.") LC Leah C. Senior Campus Recruiter Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/29/2024 "Indespensible Employer Tool for University Recruiting" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? Handshake Premium for Employers is the premier tool in the campus talent attraction marketplace to get your internships and full-time job opportunities in front of millions of college students. As a university recruiter, I have used Handshake for nearly 7 years with multiple employers. I would not want to do university recruiting without it, as it allows my team to work smarter, not harder. Connecting with the right kinds of candidates early and often is the name of the game to convert prospects into applicants. My Handshake Premium license allows me to search for candidates, create targeted outreach messaging campaigns, register for school-hosted events like career fairs, create my own virtual info session events, manage on-campus interview schedules, chat with students 1:1, and so much more. The Handshake team does a phenomenal job of listening to it's customers (both employers and universities) as well as getting student user feedback. Their team is constantly updating the platform to enhance the user experience and help students find jobs. I love that their mission is to "democratize access to opportunity" and can confidently say that I have hired hundreds of candidates because of the Handshake platform. Keep up the great work, Handshake team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? The only downside I've found is the steep cost for employers to use Handshake Pemium features. In my opinion though, Handshake Premium allows employers' university recruiting teams to have a consistent funnel of highly-qualified candidates and is well worth the cost, espeically for larger employers hiring hundreds of interns and entry-level professionals annually. Handshake has really spoiled me though, as some of the schools I recruit at are not yet using Handshake, doubling my efforts to post jobs and engage with those schools. I appreciate being able to reach so many students at so many schools all at once or target my communciations to candidates at specific schools and other "job board" platforms aren't nearly as user-friendly or widely used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? Handshake Premium allows me to send targeted messaging campaigns to prospects and candidates that meet the qualifications my employer is seeking for job and internship openings. They make it easy to customize messages, draft templates, send follow ups before and after events, and more. What used to take hours of manual data entry is made easy with event QR Code Check-Ins through the Handshake Events tool. Now I can easily review the candidates I talked to at an event, record notes as I evaluate candidates in real time, and follow up with candidates quickly to secure top talent before other employers beat me to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Steve D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Steve D.") SD Steve D. Manager, Talent Acquisition Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/31/2024 "Handshake For Employer Experience" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? Handshake is obviously the #1 platform for upcoming and recent college graduates. There are thousands of engaged job seekers on the platform and all easily accessible. I work with Buddy Genika, Cody Nelson and Tyler Handley from the Handshake team and have been in contact with them since early 2023. They deliver excellent customer service and are always quick to assist with any need my company may have. Highly recommend them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? I've seen so many great improvements in the three years I have been involved with the platform, I don't really have any complains. I guess maybe having a good mobile app interface for employers could be beneficial, but im sure it's something that is already in the works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? Handshake has been great with helping us propertly market our Brand to students and recent grads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Neal W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Neal W.") NW Neal W. Sr. College Recruiting Specialist & Program Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/4/2024 "Handshake Premium Success" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? We most recently moved to the premium access version of Handshake and we immediately found an increase in successful hires coming from the platform. The ability to create segments and campaigns and use targeted recruitment functionality has been invaluable. Our partnership with our Customer Success Manager has been great and we look forward to future recruitment using this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? I don't have anything that we dislike at the present time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows us to reach out to students directly and also allows us to hold virtual and on-site events which is helpful in this market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering") UM Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/7/2024 "Reaching beyond local talent" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? I like alot! Being able to target candidates that meet our criteria outside of our region has been wonderful. Also running a campaign to students about what we are doing at Gentex and to come meet us while onsite has been great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? I would suggest assigning one person on your team to own the platform and be an adovate to others. Also it is helpful to have a clear purpose on how leadership wants to use the tool and how it will work best to support your unqiue organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? We are reaching a variety of candidates that has increased our DEI. Our company is getting brand awareness across the country attracting top talent. We have getting a large volume of interesed candidate to coinsider. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education") AP Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/5/2024 "Great resource - Access to a lot of qualified early talent!" 5/5 What do you like best about Handshake for Employers? I love how easily we can create highly targeted segments using specific filters like major, location, year in school, and more! The platform also makes it incredibly simple to communicate with potential applicants, allowing for smooth back-and-forth messaging. Plus, posting jobs is straightforward and hassle-free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers? Mastering all the intricate features takes time and practice, and experimenting with them is often the best way to learn and discover how everything works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you? We hire a significant number of staff in California for part-time coaching and education roles. These positions are excellent opportunities for students and recent alumni, and Handshake makes it easy for us to connect with this talent pool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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