Handshake student product updates—3rd October 2025

Post composer updates [Launched: 9th September, 2025]

We launched a series of updates to the post composer:

• You can highlight text and paste a link onto it to create a hyperlink

• Copy the URL you'd like to link to

• Highlight the text you want to hyperlink

• Click command+V (Mac) or ctrl+V (PC) to paste the link onto your highlighted text

• You can type : to pull up the emoji menu

• You can use the keyboard shortcut "Command + Enter" to send your post

Share jobs via direct messages [Launched: 12th September, 2025]

Job seekers are now able to share jobs with their peers via Inbox within Handshake. This action can be done from the job detail view and will allow job seekers to share relevant jobs with their peers, encouraging more valuable peer to peer interactions on Handshake. This feature is currently only available on web with iOS and Android to follow shortly.

Double-tap to like feed posts [Launched: 24th September, 2025]

Job seekers using the iOS Handshake app can now double-tap to like a post. Now, job seekers will have two ways to like a post on the Handshake feed 1) clicking the heart or 2) double-tapping on the post.

“Create yours” and feed prompts [Launched: 26th September, 2025]

Prompts are now live on the Handshake feed helping to remove the friction of not knowing what to post. Job seekers can now participate in timely and relevant prompts allowing for real conversations and perspectives in the Handshake feed. Additionally, job seekers posting can also pair their post with a special image treatment through “Create yours”. “Create yours” allows job seekers to join in on existing conversations and see how many of their peers have already participated.