Handshake student product updates—31st March

Explore homepage on web [Launched: 12th March 2025]

The new explore homepage is now live for all students in Europe on web. The explore page replaces the current student homepage and allows them to more easily access careers centre resources as well as view more relevant opportunities to them based on their career interests.

Profile views [Launched: March 2025]

We've introduced a modal that lets students know how many profile views they've received since joining Handshake.

Updated notification preferences page [Launched: 26th March 2025]

We’ve updated the look and feel of this page to make it easier to navigate, including the following enhancements.

• Student-created job alerts are now editable.

• Notifications are grouped by category to make them easier to find.

• Delivery channels (like email, push, or in-app) are available in dropdown menus.

Advanced fairs [Launched: March 2025]

With the launch of advanced fairs comes a redesigned fairs experience for students which is easier to navigate and provides more valuable information to students. This new experience includes:

• An integrated booth map for easy navigation

• A new session tab with a timeline view of all sessions available

• A new agenda tab which shows a students individual agenda with all the session they’re registered to

• Improved employer profiles with all relevant information readily available

• New job tab that shows opportunities relevant to students from employers attending the fair

Giveaway tab [Launched: March 2025]

For UK students only, we have re-introduced our Giveaway tab as part of our Live Rent Free campaign.