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Gen Z hiring trends for 2025
Look back at 2024 Gen Z recruiting strategies, and get tips for 2025.
Try these 6 things to build your employer brand on Handshake
If you haven’t gotten started yet with your up-funnel recruiting strategy on Handshake, here are 6 tips for building a brand that early talent loves.
How to create content for the Handshake feed (with calendar template)
Learn content themes that resonate with your target audience, tips for mapping content to your goals, and a sample content calendar.
How Pennymac uses Handshake for data-driven university recruiting
With 79% of Pennymac’s early talent hires influenced on Handshake, learn how the team is intentional about solving specific pain points with specific solutions.
Handshake Network Trends
Big dreams, bigger challenges for the Class of 2025
Seniors have ambitious plans for their careers, but they're feeling the heat of a tight job market on top of student loans, the impact of AI, and a turbulent political climate.
Early talent recruiting tips
Back to school checklist for recruiters
Get ahead of the busy recruiting season. Use this checklist to prepare for how you'll stand out to early talent both on- and off-campus.
8 tips to attract & engage students with stronger messaging campaigns
Use messaging Campaigns to make a positive impression of your brand, drive engaging interactions with students, and save time.
5 tips to improve your job description and attract early talent
From writing with inclusive language to highlighting the skills that can be learned on the job, use these tips to uplevel your job descriptions to attract early talent.
Employer branding
How to create content for the Handshake feed (with calendar template)
Learn content themes that resonate with your target audience, tips for mapping content to your goals, and a sample content calendar.
Try these 6 things to build your employer brand on Handshake
If you haven’t gotten started yet with your up-funnel recruiting strategy on Handshake, here are 6 tips for building a brand that early talent loves.
Your game plan for winning early talent
The criteria used to determine Handshake Early Talent Award winners is also a way to evaluate the health of your recruiting program. Find out what makes an early talent recruiting program more impactful than others—and what you can do to make the list.
Handshake tools & tips
Handshake 101 for employers
Handshake is the trusted early career platform for students and alumni, employers, and education partners.
Recruit more efficiently—with Handshake Premium
Do you have the tools to access early talent at scale? Finding the right candidates for your roles is easy. Source, target and message candidates on the nation’s largest early talent network.
5 Reasons to upgrade to Talent Engagement Suite
Employers using TES have 2x more quality applications and receive 7x more responses. Learn why.
Customer spotlights
How Pennymac uses Handshake for data-driven university recruiting
With 79% of Pennymac’s early talent hires influenced on Handshake, learn how the team is intentional about solving specific pain points with specific solutions.
Lean team, big impact: How Manassas City Public Schools achieved a 25x boost in applicants.
The Manassas City Public Schools district turned to Handshake Talent Engagement Suite (TES) to build a pipeline of quality teacher candidates and confront the nationwide teacher shortage with a strategy driven by data and efficiency.
Staying prepared through market conditions: Q&A with MoLo Solutions on building a consistent candidate pipeline
A lean team with changing hiring goals, MoLo Solutions relies on Handshake so they can be flexible in their early talent acquisition strategy.
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How to create content for the Handshake feed (with calendar template)
Learn content themes that resonate with your target audience, tips for mapping content to your goals, and a sample content calendar.
Back to school checklist for recruiters
Get ahead of the busy recruiting season. Use this checklist to prepare for how you'll stand out to early talent both on- and off-campus.
How Pennymac uses Handshake for data-driven university recruiting
With 79% of Pennymac’s early talent hires influenced on Handshake, learn how the team is intentional about solving specific pain points with specific solutions.
Try these 6 things to build your employer brand on Handshake
If you haven’t gotten started yet with your up-funnel recruiting strategy on Handshake, here are 6 tips for building a brand that early talent loves.
Lean team, big impact: How Manassas City Public Schools achieved a 25x boost in applicants.
The Manassas City Public Schools district turned to Handshake Talent Engagement Suite (TES) to build a pipeline of quality teacher candidates and confront the nationwide teacher shortage with a strategy driven by data and efficiency.
Watch: Gen Z hiring trends for 2025
Discover how major, industry, employer brand, location, and more impact early talent’s decision to apply.
Maximizing early talent investment and ROI: C-suite alignment guide
Being able to attract qualified candidates at scale and develop loyal talent is critical to securing business resilience and growth that won’t react to market shifts.
Staying prepared through market conditions: Q&A with MoLo Solutions on building a consistent candidate pipeline
A lean team with changing hiring goals, MoLo Solutions relies on Handshake so they can be flexible in their early talent acquisition strategy.
General Mills’ strategy for successful campus recruiting events
Learn how General Mills tells their brand story to students across the US with a dynamic virtual campus recruiting events strategy.