# Handshake for Employers Reviews **Vendor:** Handshake **Category:** [Recruitment Marketing Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/recruitment-marketing) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 79 ## About Handshake for Employers 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/ ## Handshake for Employers Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Engagement (5 reviews) - Users appreciate the **recruitment efficiency** of Handshake, enabling targeted campaigns and increased successful hires from diverse locations. (5 reviews) - Sourcing Efficiency (5 reviews) - Users highlight the **user-friendly interface** of Handshake, making it easy to engage with diverse student populations. (4 reviews) - Feature Appreciation (4 reviews) - Profile Management (4 reviews) - Candidate Quality (3 reviews) - Communication (3 reviews) - Community Building (3 reviews) - Database Size (3 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users experience **inefficiency in manual job postings** due to lack of ATS integration, despite valuing Handshake overall. (3 reviews) - Users note the **limited availability** of Handshake across schools, complicating their recruitment efforts and limiting access. (3 reviews) - Users find the **cost issues** of Handshake concerning, especially with unexpected charges and difficulties in account cancellation. (2 reviews) - Users find the platform's pricing **expensive** , particularly challenging for emerging users amidst unexpected charges and subscription issues. (2 reviews) - Geographical Limitations (2 reviews) - Users note the **high cost** of Handshake, which raises concerns about affordability and unexpected charges. (2 reviews) - Learning Curve (2 reviews) - Limited Features (2 reviews) - Limited Functionality (2 reviews) - Limited Options (2 reviews) ## Handshake for Employers Reviews ### 1. Streamlined Registration with Intuitive Usability **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anna Kate M. | Marketing Strategist & Business Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2026 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** We use Handshake for Employers to register for career fairs, post job listings, and connect with students effectively. I appreciate that it streamlines the registration and hiring process, making our tasks more manageable. I also like that it provides an organized way to communicate our current hiring needs to colleges. The user interface is easy to use and navigate, which is definitely a plus. The initial setup was very easy, which made our integration with the platform smooth. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Logging in can be a bit tricky, along with adding new users who will be attending events. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake for Employers streamlines our registration and hiring process, making it easier to connect with students and post job listings at career fairs. ### 2. Senior Recruiter, Early Careers **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luccas L. | Sr. Recruiter, Early Careers, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2025 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I really like how easy it is to connect with a large pool of qualified students from different schools. The platform makes it simple to promote roles, manage applicants, and reach the right audience. I’ve hired most of my interns through Handshake, so it’s definitely been a great tool for early-career recruiting. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The main thing I’d like to see improved is the accuracy of the filters when building segments. Sometimes the graduation year, major, or location filters don’t match up perfectly, so my campaigns end up reaching students outside the intended group, but overall, it’s still a great resource. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake makes it so much easier to connect with qualified students and recent grads across multiple schools without having to manage separate relationships with each career center. It streamlines the whole campus recruiting process. It’s helped me save a lot of time and has made hiring interns much more efficient and effective. ### 3. Emerging platform, fantastic support, good market **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paul R. | Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2025 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Their market penetration into the pre-graduate and senior college talent at most universities is second-to-none. If you're trying to hire new grads, Handshake swooped in and allowed us to catch people 1-2 years earlier than they hit LinkedIn or Indeed. While the platform is visually straightforward, it also just works reliably without unnecessary complications or bloated features. Students seems to actually check messages and respond. Seeing 40% open rates and 3% response rates to cold messages as a recruiter in today's market is unheard of. What makes it work is their support team. I don't know if we just got the good reps or if it's normal, but I will say that their engagement and work on our behalf was far above any of our other vendor partners. They seemed determined to earn our repeat subscription by providing as much support as necessary to achieve ROI. That was a welcome change from others in the market just charging for their name. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Price. They're not cheap by any stretch, but they are market competitive with their more established competitors. They're also very active in partnering with their customers to ensure they get the ROI on the price. They were speaking our company's language relative to our hiring goals specifically and asking intelligent ROI questions. The price is steep for an emerging platform, but they have penetration into a deep market to warrant it. I'm especially curious how the user interface on their student social feed continues to develop better. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to target talent prior to graduation more effectively than any other platform. ### 4. Well-Organized Platform That Delivers Great Results for Hiring Interns **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michele S. | Marketing Coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2026 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Handshake is great for our organization when looking for seasonal interns. The platform is well organized and easy to post on. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I think the sheer number of listings on Handshake can sometimes make it difficult for students to find our internship offer. That said, we still see results, and students remain interested in our internship opportunities. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake for Employers is solving our problem of outreach and visibility to college students that we otherwise would not have. Being able to chose what specific area that works for the internship requirements is a huge plus - helping us streamline the process. ### 5. Great for Entry-Level Hiring, but the Talent Pool Feels Limited **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zeshan A. | Mid Market Business Development - Uber For Business, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2026 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Helps secure qualified candidates for entry level positions and internships within the company due to the various university partnerships the company has across many campuses **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Not as many users as its competitors. Talent pool is limited. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake helps fill vacant entry level roles at the company and helps build a pipeline of candidates for internships ### 6. A Great Tool for Reaching Students Nationwide **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consulting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 12, 2026 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I think it is a great tool for reaching students where they are at. We are not able to go to every career fair at all of the Universities, but we can still reach out to those great students that are all over the country. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I wish it had some more integration with Microsoft products. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bandwidth - we are not able to get to meet or see all great students, but with Handshake we feel like we are seeing more of those great candidates no matter where they go to school. ### 7. Untrustworthy and Unethical Business Practices **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Entertainment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I did like that they connected you directly with universities. Also, liked ease of use. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Engaged in unethical business practices. Signed up for free employer account and recruited for a couple of jobs with what I believed to be a free membership. All job searches were closed by October 2024. No longer need or using for recruitment. When was using they were not the best at matching needs of employer. Hires did not come from handshake. Flash forward to February 2025. Suddenly our company is being charged over $100 week despite no longer using their services. Their justification was that they sent an email on January 31st stating that these changes to subscription charges would occur starting the first week of February (next month). That is not even a 30 day notice and only one supposed email. And remember, we haven’t actively used them in over 3 months. When I go to deactivate/cancel our business account it is impossible. There is no customer service number and their email system is insufficient. I have been trying to deactivate our account for almost a week. Had to buy a merchant block on company credit card. They continue to try to charge $105 weekly and have not offered a full refund despite my complaints about their untrustworthy business practices. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Direct contact with college alumni and upcoming graduates ### 8. Great Customer Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** San U. | Assistant Manager - Human Resources - Hiring Team, Education Management, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** As a K-12 school district, we faced unique challenges in utilizing Handshake effectively. However, the Handshake team provided exceptional support and guidance, helping us optimize the platform to meet our specific needs. Their valuable feedback and assistance ensured a smooth implementation process. We particularly appreciate Handshake's ability to connect us with students both locally and beyond California, expanding our reach significantly. Moreover, they were instrumental in helping us develop robust student pipelines, offering creative strategies and practical advice. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** While Handshake has been a valuable tool, there's room for improvement to better address the unique needs of K-12 districts. We've communicated our suggestions to the customer support team, who are actively exploring ways to enhance the platform for both K-12 and other employer users. We are confident that Handshake is committed to meeting our evolving needs. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are trying to explore ways to have more than one user access chats/emails. Handshake has provided an add-on tool to solve this need. ### 9. Amazing Platform with Strong ROI, but Room for More Flexible Membership Options **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Noor S. | Global Recruitment Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** As a recruiter, I've found Handshake to be an excellent tool for reaching top talent, especially graduate talent in a more competitive market. The platform is intuitive, and the access to a wide array of candidates is invaluable. Not to mention, the support you'll recieve from your account reps is unmatched. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The only thing I wish for is a premium membership option tailored to small and mid-sized companies. Such a feature would be perfect for those with less aggressive hiring targets who only need one representative to manage recruitment efforts. Overall, it's a great resource, and a more flexible membership plan would make it even better! **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake for Employers simplifies the recruitment process by providing direct access to a diverse pool of qualified candidates across numerous universities. It streamlines job postings, candidate searches, and communication, making it easier and faster to find the right fit for our roles. This efficiency not only saves us time but also enhances our ability to connect with top talent, ultimately improving our hiring outcomes. ### 10. Very happy with our recruiting results since we started using the Handshake platform. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dorris C. | Human Resources Recruiting Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The ability to create campaigns and reach students directly and engage in productive conversations while building our brand. This feature has also increase our engagement at in person and virtual career fairs. Also and most importantly is our Handshake team, I can't say enough good things about them. Shout out to Taylor, McKenzie and Bryan, they are the best to work with. Not only do we meet monthly, but they are available whenever I have a question or need assistance. They pro-actively monitor our account and activity so that when we meet they give us real non-generic suggestions based on our needs. We have had this team almost since day one, which is huge, this allows us to build a great working relationship and not waste time explaining our needs and business to new staff monthly, as we have had to do on other sites. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The only minor thing I have found is that we have to add labels to student profiles individually vs. a group at a time. Again this is a very minor thing in the scheme of our recruiting efforts. Overall we love Handshake and the results we have seen. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** N/A ### 11. Handshake has quickly become an invaluable tool for our campus recruiting team **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Casie C. | Early Talent Program Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 12. Streamlining and Enhancing Recruitment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jenny S. | Organizational Development and Talent Acquisition Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 13. Great for engaging with early talent! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Craig C. | Interim Talent Acquisition Specialist - Transportation , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 14. Handshake is an invaluable tool to attract students in the US **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jenna R. | Campus & Early Career Engagement Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 15. Handshake has been a strategic partnership and significantly improved our recruitment efforts! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 16. Indespensible Employer Tool for University Recruiting **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leah C. | Senior Campus Recruiter, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2024 **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! **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. **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. ### 17. Handshake For Employer Experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steve D. | Manager, Talent Acquisition, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2024 **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! **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. **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. ### 18. Handshake Premium Success **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Neal W. | Sr. College Recruiting Specialist & Program Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2024 **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. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I don't have anything that we dislike at the present time. **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. ### 19. Reaching beyond local talent **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 20. Great resource - Access to a lot of qualified early talent! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 05, 2024 **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. **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. **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. ### 21. Handshake helps us connect with early career talent and improves our campus recruiting efforts **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David W. | Director of Talent Acquisition, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Handshake makes connecting with students from diverse colleges and universities simple, while also offering valuable insights and analytics to track our outreach and measure ROI. We greatly appreciate our collaboration with the Handshake team; they consistently provide timely, actionable information that supports our goals. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Like many platforms, Handshake’s effectiveness is influenced by external factors. In this case, its performance depends on the level of participation from colleges and universities, as well as student engagement. When these elements are lacking, the platform doesn't perform as effectively. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Access to a broad talent pool. It helps to steamline some of our campus recruiting efforts. It provides insights and analytics. ### 22. Great Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jalen L. | Internship Program Manager, Museums and Institutions, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I love Handshake for talent sourcing and searching for events for my employer. It's very easy to use, and there is a lot of customer support. I use Handshake about 3-5 times a week, and I can be featured on this new pilot for posting videos and pictures. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I do not have a dislike for Handshake... **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** The brand aweanress is an area that is being resolved when it comes to Handshake. ### 23. Good product with even better customer service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The customer service team is fantastic to work with. They are always there to answer questions, help train your team, and keep you well informed about all the new changes/launches of products. Handshake fosters an innovative enviroment with clients and are always looking for new ideas/features and getting employers to test them before rolling them out wide-spread. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** You have to rely on career services at the schools to do their part, which sometimes can slow down the ability to recruit. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping us connect with college students nation wide in one platform. ### 24. Handshake, the employers resource **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Semiconductors | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Handshake allows employers to identify top quality candidates from universities across the US. The platform is extremely easy to use, and provides the opportunity to customize the candidate search from millions down to single digits. I've been using Handshake since they started, and have hundreds of qualified candidates via the platform. You want find the best candidates, use Handshake! **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The only thing I dislike about Handshake, is that not every school utilizes the platform. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to effetively market to canidate we might miss in doing campus events. ### 25. Easy to Operate for Campus Recruitment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Caleigh G. | National Recruiter, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I love the new home Feed option to post updates, pictures, and videos for students to read & watch to learn more about us. I have one video with almost 4k views right now! **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Nothing at the moment has caused me an issue but happy to report at a later date. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Feedback about the new home Feed has been taken into consideration and constantly improving! Initially, you could only post pictures but now you can share videos and links too! ### 26. Handshake has given us a seamless way to connect with students **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** priscilla H. | Lead Program Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The platform is very user friendly with several options for automation to plan for upcoming engagement. Our account management team has also played an instrumental role in ensuring our success with the platform. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** It can sometimes be overwhelming with the level of student engagement. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's allowing us to connect with a wide variety of students that we may not be able to connect with otherwise. ### 27. Great Customer Support! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Catina K. | Recruiting Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The representatives from Handshake are always willing to assist. They really make a difference with getting to know what my company is looking for and doing campaigns to generate more interest in activity with students for our openings. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Setting up searches or campaigns can be complicated and bulky. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a physical therapy company, Handshake is working to identify those colleges & universities that will most benefit our openings. ### 28. Great platform for recruiting at scale **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sean P. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Having an account rep help manage things, expert assist, and have ability to reach thousands of potential candidates. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** There could be more functionality for communication and coordination with schools, and more opportunity to communicate with candidates that are interested (schedule interviews, email, text, or scheduling interviews, etc). **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reaching students at scale. ### 29. Handshake for Employers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** William D. | College Recruiter, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** New Handshake version is meeting Employers needs and making work easier. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Sometimes repetitive fileds required - but understandable to get same information to Students as required when posting new jobs. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** A virtual platform to interact with Students. ### 30. Handshake for Employers is great! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consulting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2024 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Handshake has been a tremendous asset for us! The platform makes it easy for us to connect with top candidates. The handshake team is very responsive and helps us come up with creative solutions to our early talent solutions. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** No downsides to handshake come to mind. It's much easier to use than other early talent recruiting platforms. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake makes it much easier for us to connect with our target students. ### 31. A Unique and Exclusive recruiting “club” **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carly C. | VP of People Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** It's a powerful tool for marketing to students. Handshake is also not as saturated w/ employers as some other platforms out there. It feels like you are in a exclusive club. The support team helps to hold you accountable and ensure you are making th most of the tool with monthly checkins. They are integral to driving success for users. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Exclusive clubs come with a price. And the attraction to your brand is a long term investment. For smaller employers, the return will take time. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Gives you direct access to college students and cast a wide net. Having this software is a force multiplier for my team. I can use my recruiting team for effectively. ### 32. Handshake provides an intentional lift to our recruiting efforts that can't be matched. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Allie R. | Recruiting Marketing Specialists, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The segmentation tool for messaging students is extremely helpful. You can reach out to a diverse group of students that meet your criteria upfront, resulting in more applicants that are highly qualified. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The job posting process can be cumbersome especially if you have a large list of schools you are posting to or if any schools decline your post. If a school declines your post they do not have to cite why, and it can be time-consuming to find the school's comments and respond. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** The internship marketplace is extremely saturated. Handshake allows me to reach out to our 'ideal' candidates directly to let them know we exist and would love to talk to them. Reaching out on social media or engaging in general marketing does not have as much direct impact. ### 33. The only university outreach platform worth investing in. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Camilla D. | University Relations Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The most helpful tool is being able to campaign with job advertisements, event invitations, and career fair sign-ups, ensuring your efforts to recruit are seen by thousands of eligible applicants. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The least impactful aspect in my experience has been the Employer Branding and Company Page - it is great to be able to showcase your brand but the lack of interaction on the landing page and heavily manual process to update the branding means we don't see a tangible impact from any analytics, or have a sense of follower growth. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is essential in helping us to build a presence in the US graduate market as a UK-based company which has only been operating in the US for a year. It means we can immediately reach students across the country and let them know about our new and growing roles and opportunities. ### 34. Helps us hire great candidates **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Using Handshake premium allows us to message students who fit our needs. We utilize the program to help engage students before career fairs and to invite them to virtual events. It's been a wonderful resource for us and increased our speed to hire. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The user interface isn't the prettiest - it can be clunky to use, and some information is duplicated in different spaces. Onboarding new users to the platform is not intuitive. There are also (rarely) glitches that have to be addressed from a developer standpoint which can take some time to update. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake has increased our speed to hire for interns and entry-level positions. It has helped us engage with more students at in-person events because we are able to send students personalized messages inviting them to our booths. ### 35. Great company with an amazing team that supports the product. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian C. | Head of University Recruitment, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Handshake is the best way to engage with students at their level. HS makes it easy to search, reach out and contact students by promoting your jobs, creating segments and campaigns that work! **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** We work in the Education space and we are looking for credentialed teachers. Unfortunately, Handshake does not have the option to look exclusively for teachers with credentials or whose in the process. They are working on it! **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to outreach to students in our segment is amazing. We can get in front of candidates in a manner we have never before. Without physically being on the campus at all times, HS allows us to contstatly engage at all times all over the country at the same time ### 36. Handshake is a great tool to schedule for recruiting and career fairs! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan H. | Renewal Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** It's very simple and intuitive to use! I set everything up in minutes and had no problem using it. The UI is very clean and simple as well, that even my 85 year old grandma can probably understand. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The main issue is that you don't receive any email notification whenever someone schedules a meeting with you on Handshake. You have to manually check the calendar to see if anyone has booked a session with you, which can be cumbersome. It would be nice to have a notification system to your email. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to connect with students all over the country and conduct virtual career fairs and interviews. We're able to reach a wider audience and simplify the recruiting process instead of having to connect 1 by 1 with each attendee. ### 37. Brilliant Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Beth B. | HR Graduate, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Its a great tool for reaching audiances that were once challenging to engage with. It has driven our recrtuiment numbers for our graduate programme significantly. Meg and Kyle are brilliant at supporting us in running campaigns and providing the best advise/insight. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** You can't exclude graduates without the right to work. However this is something that is being worked on. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** D&I targets and engaging with the under & graduate population. ### 38. Excellent experience for employers. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amy A. | Recruitment Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The customer service and around the clock support by the handshake team. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The cost and fit. The two barriers we have are the cost and the fact that students cannot select that they are interested in full-time service/volunteering. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increased brand awareness and overall recruitment challenges. It has supported our ability to reach out to students who may have never heard of AmeriCorps. ### 39. Connected to so many students! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** We are able to connect with the best student talent nationwide easily. The ability to filter by things like location preference, industry interest, and major have been extremely helpful in targeting the right talent for our roles. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** There is a bit of a learning curve to understand how to use all of the features - like most things it only works when you put the effort in! The other downside is the pricing - while we are getting a lot of value, it is n expensive tool. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's allowing us access to students at schools where we have less of a brand reputation and where we are unable to travel to due to budget and time constraints! ### 40. Handshake has been an outstanding partner from day one. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel S. | Associate Superintendent of Human Resources, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Guidance and customer service are outstanding. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The only downside is that it is not cheap! **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** The support and tools for branding and marketing showed an immediate return on investment and continue to place our district at a competitive advantage. ### 41. Excellent Product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Teri D. | Recruiting Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Very user-friendly, can reach the students who meet our requirements. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** Not able to prevent students from applying to multiple jobs at the company. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Let's us reach new grads better than LinkedIn. ### 42. Good University Recruiting Product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I like how many candidates are on the platform and the ability to source diverse candidates **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The filters aren't always the most accurate. Events have to be approved by schools before students can access them, which means relying on others to be able to host virtual events. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Access to finding and sourcing diverse talent ### 43. Handshake has totally transformed early-career recruiting efforts **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** It helps employers to source for the ideal candidates on a macro scale, while also making recruiting efforts more intentional and more efficient! **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The messaging features are a bit glitchy and I look forward to some improvements in this area in the year to come. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Handshake for employers has totally knocked down the barriers that connect us with new talent across the country and makes communication so much easier. ### 44. Excellent platform for campus recruitment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Efficiency of campaigns, the amount of schools available to target and the specialized campaigns make campus outreach more impactful. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** schools being able to approve or decline a company connecting with them **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** virtual career fairs and campus outreach in areas we can't physically get to ### 45. The platform is easy to navigate and connects us to most of the schools we want to engage. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospitality | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** Easy look-up of schools and event registration process. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I dislike not being able to easily add a select set of schools to my profile list to like. I have to manually find each school and add them individually. I wish there were a way to use an excel spreadsheet and it adds all schools to my profile. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a one-stop shop for all things higher-ed. I appreciate the efficiency. ### 46. We are so happy with Handshake. The Handshake team was there to support every step of the way. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** The ease of use and connections to students and schools. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I would have like more robust analytics similar to the reporting tools on the career services side. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** Connecting employers with university talent. ### 47. Helpful, supportive and user friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** - great access to candidates - targeted messaging feature (campaigns) - decent analysis **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** - lack of tailoring of the actual application - more advanced analysis and reporting - ability to feed content and data into other systems **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** - access to broad undergrad talent ### 48. Great tool to recruit those finishing our just out of college **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelly W. | Human Resources Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I like the fact that Handshake connects me with hundreds of potential matches and that I can limit the schools or locations I want to pull from. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** I dislike that it doesn't show when candidates have applied for multiple positions within the same company through handshake **Recommendations to others considering Handshake for Employers:** Handshake is an excellent tool if you are looking for candidates that are fresh out of or even still in college. Many people who have been out of college and into their careers do not use it quite as much as those more junior job seekers. It is extremely valuable for intern recruiting. It also helps get your name and branding in the public eye. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have been able to solve the problem of getting our name out to local college students for our internship program. Because of being able to tailor where we post, we have been able to determine best approaches for each location as well. ### 49. Handshake is the best for finding local interns **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alyssa D. | Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2021 **What do you like best about Handshake for Employers?** I like that it's easy to use for reaching out to local students seeking internships and employment opportunities. It's great that you can use it to post available positions, directly reach out to interested students, and connect with area colleges all on the same platform. **What do you dislike about Handshake for Employers?** The one downside to the platform is that there is a limit on how many messages you can send per recruiting season. However, there are no limits on messaging people with who you've already been in contact. It's only ever a problem when you want to directly reach out to students. **Recommendations to others considering Handshake for Employers:** I would recommend it to those looking to hire interns. I wouldn't necessarily dicourage using it for regular job postings, but our organization has had more luck using Handshake for intern recruitment. **What problems is Handshake for Employers solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's solved many problems that we've had with recruiting interns. It's helpful because the posting, recruiting and, communicating happen all on the same site. It's also helpful in that you're able to narrow candidates down by what school they're enrolled in. This feature ensures that we're recruiting students who are both qualified and local. ### 50. 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