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STUDENTS

Handshake student product updates—13th June 2025

Improved job search experience [Launched: 30 May 2025] Clicking on a job on the student homepage now opens the Job Search page with that job pre-selected and...

June 13, 2025

EMPLOYERS

Handshake employer product updates—13th June 2025

Work authorisation selected by default when posting jobs [Launched: May 2025] Employers will now have work authorisation selected by default when posting...

June 13, 2025

EMPLOYERS

Handshake employer product updates—30th May 2025

Job-based approvals [Launched: May 29 2025] Job-based approvals condenses the job and employers approvals process into one step, speeding up the time it...

May 30, 2025

STUDENTS

Handshake student product updates—30th May 2025

People search [Launched: May 2025] 'People search' functionality allows students to foster peer-to-peer connections, connect with employers and build their...

May 30, 2025

EDUCATION PARTNERS

Handshake education partner product updates—30th May 2025

Job-based approvals [Launched: May 29 2025] Job-based approvals condenses the job and employer approval process into one single step so you can approve a new...

May 30, 2025

EMPLOYERS

Handshake employer product updates—13th May 2025

Claiming fair schedules on behalf of colleagues [Launched: 5th May 2025]: Recruiters no longer need to log in individually to claim their 1:1 chat schedules....

May 13, 2025

STUDENTS

Handshake student product updates—13th May 2025

Job type in work experience on Web [Launched: 7th May 2025]: When adding roles to their profile, students will now see a required Job Type dropdown. This...

May 13, 2025

EDUCATION PARTNERS

Handshake education partner product updates—13th May 2025

ERM: BCC email shortcut [Launched: April 2025]: We’ve added a link to each user’s external email logging page via the drop-down menu in the top-right corner....

May 13, 2025

STUDENTS

Handshake student product updates—25th April

Public profiles [Launched: April 2025] Public profiles allows students to share a link to an abridged version of your profile with anyone outside of...

April 25, 2025

EMPLOYERS

Handshake employer product updates—25th April

Brand page: analytics [Launched: April 2025] Employers can connect with their customer success managers to gain access and start exploring their page...

April 25, 2025