Implementation for EDU partners in the US

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Implementation Introduction

Preparing for a successful launch of Handshake.

Milestone 1: Accessing Handshake & creating accounts

Setting up accounts and providing the correct permissions to navigate Handshake successfully

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Milestone 2: Working With IT

This training outlines the IT steps that need to be completed for a successful Handshake launch.

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Milestone 3: School settings & marketing materials

Adding details about your institution into your Handshake instance and getting the word out about Handshake.

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Milestone 4: Employer settings

Configuring all the settings necessary to welcome your employers onto the platform.

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Milestone 5: Managing students, career fairs & events

Understand how to maximize usage of student-related features, plus career fair and event setup, in preparation for your launch to students.

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Milestone 6: Employer launch

Launching to employers and best practices to help you manage your employer relationships in Handshake.

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Milestone 7: Final school setup and additional features

In this course you will map majors, explore the first destination survey tool and learn about the setup involved should you choose to utilize the appointment and kiosk features

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Milestone 8: Workflow testing & launching to students

In this course you will explore the finishing touches to ensure a successful launch to your student community. This will include setting up your invite email and reviewing all student-facing workflows.

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Importer training

Learn about importing, managing, and customizing your student and staff data in Handshake.

Importer System Administrator 30-60 min

First destination survey training

Learn about Handshake's first destination survey (FDS) tool: setup, management, and delivery to your students.

First Destination Survey System Administrator 30-60 min

Events in Handshake

This training course covers event planning in Handshake.

0-30 min events Events

Help students get the most out of Handshake

Explore Handshake's tools for boosting student engagement with your office and learn how to embed your expertise into the student experience on Handshake.

Student messaging and targeted emails

Learn about the different messages that students receive in Handshake and explore how configure targeted emails to reach out to students.

Register an employer for a career fair

Learn how to register for a career fair on behalf of an employer.

Employer Relations Career Fairs auto-registration

In-person & virtual appointments

Learn how to set up, manage and use the Appointments tool for both in-person and virtual appointments.

virtual Career Counselor 0-30 min Appointments

Recording: New to Handshake I

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 10/01/24.

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LIVE: Data Hygiene

Learn how to keep your Handshake data clean and accurate. This course covers best practices for data hygiene, including identifying and fixing errors, preventing future problems, and using Handshake tools effectively.

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Connect an employer to their company profile

Learn how to connect employer users with their company on Handshake.

Employer Relations System Administrator auto-registration

[separator] Frequently asked questions

Check out these videos for troubleshooting tips and answers to FAQs.

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Create a company profile on behalf of an employer

Learn how to create a company profile in Handshake on behalf of employers.

Employer Relations System Administrator auto-registration

[separator] Quick product tips

Short tutorials for completing specific tasks in Handshake. These videos provide you with the how-to instructions to help you accomplish what you need, quickly!

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[separator] Best practices

Learn valuable strategies and approaches to get the most out of Handshake. These videos cover effective workflows, common pitfalls to avoid, and overall best practices for success.

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Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

Virtual badge certification Appointments

[separator] Employer Relations

Below you will find training courses on features and tactics that can help support your relationships with employers in Handshake.

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Implementation for EDU partners in the UK

Welcome to Handshake UK! This is your guided training for implementing Handshake successfully.

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On-campus student employment

Find out more about the on-campus employment options in Handshake.

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Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

Experiences training

Learn how to use Handshake's Experiences tool to track experiential learning at your institution.

internships Experiences approver reviewer 60+ min

Maximizing student use of Handshake

Learn about how students can get the most out of their Handshake account.

Career Counselor 0-30 min

Working with alumni, graduating & transfer students

Take this course to prepare for a successful transition of graduating students to alumni.

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Curation with custom collections

Learn to create and manage custom collections to highlight employers and their opportunities.

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Handshake for Community College partners

Check out this learning pathway to access training courses and resources specifically designed for Handshake’s Community College partners.

[separator] Operations & Platform Management

Below you will find training courses on features and processes that support the optimization of your Handshake account.

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[separator] Career Development and Engagement

Below you will find training courses on features and tactics that can help optimize your students' experience in Handshake.

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LIVE: Reporting and analytics

Want to learn the best practices on leveraging your data? Join us as we navigate the many ways to work with data in this hands-on experience with the reporting and analytics tools in Handshake.

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Handshake mobile app

Understand how your students will interact with the Handshake mobile app.

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Annual Handshake maintenance

Find tips for maintaining strong data health, project management templates, and resources to help you manage role transitions.

System Administrator 0-30 min

Interview schedules in Handshake

Learn how to set up and manage interviews in Handshake using the On-Campus Interviews (OCI) tool.

OCI Employer Relations System Administrator 30-60 min On-Campus Interview Schedules Interview Schedules on-campus interview schedules

Access the metrics that matter

Learn to leverage the Analytics tools within Handshake and showcase your work using data and key outcomes.

Data saved reports Reports Reporting Analytics Quick Downloads Snapshots Dashboards

Marketing Handshake

Learn about Handshake's marketing toolkit assets and how to maximize social media to connect with your students.

Career Counselor 0-30 min

Explore Handshake’s check-in kiosk tool. The kiosk can be used for interviews, events, career fairs, and appointments.

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Recording: Advanced Reporting

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 03/28/25.

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Recording: Employer Relationship Management

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 11/19/24.

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LIVE: New to Handshake

Gain hands-on experience navigating the system, maximizing its features to support student career exploration and connection with employers.

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Recording: First destination survey

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 10/08/24.

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Recording: New to Handshake II

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 11/05/24.

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Supporting your employer partners in Handshake

Take this course to learn more about the employer perspective of Handshake!

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New to Handshake

Just getting started? Check out these lessons on features that are most pertinent to those who are joining a team already using Handshake.

new user training Career Counselor Employer Relations System Administrator 30-60 min

In-person & virtual career fairs

Handshake offers a myriad of ways for users to connect both in person and virtually. This course specifically dives into using Handshake to facilitate your career fairs.

Virtual Fair Virtual Peer Messaging Career Counselor Employer Relations 60+ min Career Fairs

LIVE: Employer Relationship Management

Level up your employer relations! This course helps you unlock Handshake's Employer features to build strong relationships, manage partners, and track engagement.

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Recording: Data Hygiene

Catch up on the key points from our live, virtual training on 9/24/24.

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[separator] Recordings

Below you will find recordings from live trainings.

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LIVE: Appointments

Simplify student appointment scheduling with Handshake – set preferences, manage your availability, and handle requests efficiently.

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Recording: New to Handshake III

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 12/10/24.

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LIVE: Experiences

Streamline experiential learning tracking with Handshake's Experiences tool - learn how to create templates, manage workflows, and generate reports.

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[separator] Upcoming Live Trainings

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LIVE: Student engagement

Learn about the latest features and how you can use them to power student engagement with your office.

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LIVE: Curation and Community

Unleash the power of Handshake's custom collections and the feed! This live training equips you to curate targeted employers & jobs for your students, sparking their career exploration and connecting them with awesome opportunities.

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LIVE: First destination survey

Don't let the First Destination Survey be a mystery! Enroll in this course and become confident in your ability to contribute to institutional data collection and reporting requirements.

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[separator] Past Live Trainings

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LIVE: Career fairs

Gain the knowledge to confidently manage your institution's career fairs in Handshake, fostering valuable connections between students and employers.

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LIVE: Job-based approvals

Want to learn the best practices for approving employers and jobs? Join us to develop hands-on experience with job-based approvals, Handshake’s improved method for processing employer approval requests.

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Recording: Scheduled reports

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 02/12/25.

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Recording: Student engagement

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 04/01/25.

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Recording: Employer Relationship Management

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 3/18/25.

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LIVE: On-Campus Employment

Master on-campus employment at your university with this live Handshake training! Learn to streamline processes, boost student engagement, and effectively manage job postings and applications.

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Recording: Intermediate Reporting

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 03/17/25.

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Recording: Reporting 101

Review the recording of our live, virtual training on 10/22/24.

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Analytics introduction

Learn to leverage the analytics tools within Handshake.

Quick downloads

Learn how to use quick download reports in Handshake.

Learn how to access and leverage Handshake Dashboards.

Analytics & pre-built reports

Learn to leverage pre-built reports from Handshake's EDU Product Team as well as reports shared from your colleagues and other Handshake partners.

Activity snapshots

Learn how to leverage activity snapshots in Handshake.

Scheduled reports

Learn to create scheduled reports for automated data delivery.

Learn to create your own custom report in the Handshake Analytics tool.

Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

badge LinkedIn student engagement

Milestone 1: Handshake resources

In this course you will explore the Handshake resources available to you, your employers, and students to support your understanding of Handshake.

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Milestone 10: Launching to employers

Congratulations! The time is soon approaching to become visible to launch to employers. Complete this training to walk through this exciting milestone in your Handshake implementation.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 12: Insight Sessions: Product Development at Handshake

Intrigued how a global EdTech company develops their networked product for students, alumni, educational institutions and employers? Watch this Insight Session!

UK UK implementation

Milestone 2: Accessing your Handshake account & view switcher

Get logged into your Handshake account to start exploring the platform.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 11: Launching to students & alumni

Congratulations! It’s time to launch to your students and alumni.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 3: Training for IT - key tasks for launching Handshake

In this course you will explore the IT tasks forming a core part of a successful implementation and quality of life on Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Welcome to Handshake UK!

Welcome to Handshake UK! This course will give you an introduction to Handshake and implementation.

UK implementation Implementation UK implementation

Milestone 4: Institution settings & course mapping

Explore how to configure your institution’s presence on the network and the process for mapping your course offering up to the standardised course groups in Handshake

UK UK implementation

Milestone 6: Appointments & surveys

Explore how to create your own custom surveys and configure your appointment and guidance offering on Handshake.

UK UK implementation Appointments

Milestone 7: Events, fairs & student marketing

This module will walk you through how to create your own events, fairs and marketing campaigns on Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 5: Building your employer network

Boost your existing employer network through Handshake and become familiar with the free tools available for employers to access the best early talent!

UK UK implementation Employer Relations

Milestone 8: Experiences & journeys

Explore the experiences & journeys tools to learn how you can embed in curricular employability activities in Handshake through placements, internships, study abroad and asynchronous employability guidance, at scale!

UK UK implementation

Milestone 9: Engaging alumni on Handshake

Handshake is here for all students and graduates, whether they are starting, restarting or jump starting their careers - explore the tools to help your alumni.

UK UK implementation

Welcome to the community college learning pathway!

Check out these training courses specifically tailored for Handshake’s Community College partners!

Data health in Handshake

Learn about important steps and best practices for maintaining healthy data in Handshake.

Marketing to your students

Learn about Handshake's marketing toolkit and how to maximize social media to connect with your students.

Curating employer partnerships

Learn how to use Handshake's curation tools to highlight employers with qualities that are compelling to your students.

Analytics introduction

Learn to leverage the analytics tools within Handshake.

Quick downloads

Learn how to use quick download reports in Handshake.

Learn how to access and leverage Handshake Dashboards.

Analytics & pre-built reports

Learn to leverage pre-built reports from Handshake's EDU Product Team as well as reports shared from your colleagues and other Handshake partners.

Activity snapshots

Learn how to leverage activity snapshots in Handshake.

Scheduled reports

Learn to create scheduled reports for automated data delivery.

Learn to create your own custom report in the Handshake Analytics tool.

Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

Maximizing student use of Handshake

Learn about how students can get the most out of their Handshake account.

Career Counselor 0-30 min

Marketing Handshake

Learn about Handshake's marketing toolkit assets and how to maximize social media to connect with your students.

Career Counselor 0-30 min

Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

badge LinkedIn student engagement

Handshake mobile app

Understand how your students will interact with the Handshake mobile app.

marketing mobile download engagement Career Counselor 0-30 min

Milestone 1: Handshake resources

In this course you will explore the Handshake resources available to you, your employers, and students to support your understanding of Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 10: Launching to employers

Congratulations! The time is soon approaching to become visible to launch to employers. Complete this training to walk through this exciting milestone in your Handshake implementation.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 12: Insight Sessions: Product Development at Handshake

Intrigued how a global EdTech company develops their networked product for students, alumni, educational institutions and employers? Watch this Insight Session!

UK UK implementation

Milestone 2: Accessing your Handshake account & view switcher

Get logged into your Handshake account to start exploring the platform.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 11: Launching to students & alumni

Congratulations! It’s time to launch to your students and alumni.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 3: Training for IT - key tasks for launching Handshake

In this course you will explore the IT tasks forming a core part of a successful implementation and quality of life on Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Welcome to Handshake UK!

Welcome to Handshake UK! This course will give you an introduction to Handshake and implementation.

UK implementation Implementation UK implementation

Milestone 4: Institution settings & course mapping

Explore how to configure your institution’s presence on the network and the process for mapping your course offering up to the standardised course groups in Handshake

UK UK implementation

Milestone 6: Appointments & surveys

Explore how to create your own custom surveys and configure your appointment and guidance offering on Handshake.

UK UK implementation Appointments

Milestone 7: Events, fairs & student marketing

This module will walk you through how to create your own events, fairs and marketing campaigns on Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 5: Building your employer network

Boost your existing employer network through Handshake and become familiar with the free tools available for employers to access the best early talent!

UK UK implementation Employer Relations

Milestone 8: Experiences & journeys

Explore the experiences & journeys tools to learn how you can embed in curricular employability activities in Handshake through placements, internships, study abroad and asynchronous employability guidance, at scale!

UK UK implementation

Milestone 9: Engaging alumni on Handshake

Handshake is here for all students and graduates, whether they are starting, restarting or jump starting their careers - explore the tools to help your alumni.

UK UK implementation

Welcome to the community college learning pathway!

Check out these training courses specifically tailored for Handshake’s Community College partners!

Data health in Handshake

Learn about important steps and best practices for maintaining healthy data in Handshake.

Marketing to your students

Learn about Handshake's marketing toolkit and how to maximize social media to connect with your students.

Curating employer partnerships

Learn how to use Handshake's curation tools to highlight employers with qualities that are compelling to your students.

Analytics introduction

Learn to leverage the analytics tools within Handshake.

Quick downloads

Learn how to use quick download reports in Handshake.

Learn how to access and leverage Handshake Dashboards.

Analytics & pre-built reports

Learn to leverage pre-built reports from Handshake's EDU Product Team as well as reports shared from your colleagues and other Handshake partners.

Activity snapshots

Learn how to leverage activity snapshots in Handshake.

Scheduled reports

Learn to create scheduled reports for automated data delivery.

Learn to create your own custom report in the Handshake Analytics tool.

Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

Earn your Handshake badge!

Complete this lesson to obtain your Handshake badge and share it on LinkedIn.

badge LinkedIn student engagement

Milestone 1: Handshake resources

In this course you will explore the Handshake resources available to you, your employers, and students to support your understanding of Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 10: Launching to employers

Congratulations! The time is soon approaching to become visible to launch to employers. Complete this training to walk through this exciting milestone in your Handshake implementation.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 12: Insight Sessions: Product Development at Handshake

Intrigued how a global EdTech company develops their networked product for students, alumni, educational institutions and employers? Watch this Insight Session!

UK UK implementation

Milestone 2: Accessing your Handshake account & view switcher

Get logged into your Handshake account to start exploring the platform.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 11: Launching to students & alumni

Congratulations! It’s time to launch to your students and alumni.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 3: Training for IT - key tasks for launching Handshake

In this course you will explore the IT tasks forming a core part of a successful implementation and quality of life on Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Welcome to Handshake UK!

Welcome to Handshake UK! This course will give you an introduction to Handshake and implementation.

UK implementation Implementation UK implementation

Milestone 4: Institution settings & course mapping

Explore how to configure your institution’s presence on the network and the process for mapping your course offering up to the standardised course groups in Handshake

UK UK implementation

Milestone 6: Appointments & surveys

Explore how to create your own custom surveys and configure your appointment and guidance offering on Handshake.

UK UK implementation Appointments

Milestone 7: Events, fairs & student marketing

This module will walk you through how to create your own events, fairs and marketing campaigns on Handshake.

UK UK implementation

Milestone 5: Building your employer network

Boost your existing employer network through Handshake and become familiar with the free tools available for employers to access the best early talent!

UK UK implementation Employer Relations

Milestone 8: Experiences & journeys

Explore the experiences & journeys tools to learn how you can embed in curricular employability activities in Handshake through placements, internships, study abroad and asynchronous employability guidance, at scale!

UK UK implementation

Milestone 9: Engaging alumni on Handshake

Handshake is here for all students and graduates, whether they are starting, restarting or jump starting their careers - explore the tools to help your alumni.

UK UK implementation

Welcome to the community college learning pathway!

Check out these training courses specifically tailored for Handshake’s Community College partners!

Data health in Handshake

Learn about important steps and best practices for maintaining healthy data in Handshake.

Marketing to your students

Learn about Handshake's marketing toolkit and how to maximize social media to connect with your students.

Curating employer partnerships

Learn how to use Handshake's curation tools to highlight employers with qualities that are compelling to your students.