Case Study: Hanover College achieves 80% Handshake activation with Handshake

Hanover College - Customer Case Study

Hanover College uses Handshake to help drive first-year student engagement and encourage students to see career services as an essential resource. The college wanted more students to activate their accounts and begin using the platform early in their campus experience.

Working with Handshake, Hanover College kept outreach simple, used campus partners like the Student Success Office, RAs, peer advisors, and department heads, and positioned Handshake as a one-stop shop for career resources. The approach helped Hanover College reach an 80% student activation rate on Handshake, with first-year outreach serving as a primary driver of that result.

Hanover College

Shaina Hackbarth

Assistant Director of Internships and Systems