Overview
The Handshake integration shows your institution's Handshake job postings on the Job Board in Digital Career Counselor. Setup takes about five minutes and needs only your institution's Handshake RSS feed link.
Once connected, jobs are pulled in automatically every 24 hours. There are no manual uploads, and students can browse your Handshake jobs without leaving Digital Career Counselor.
Why use it
One place for students. Students see institution-specific Handshake jobs alongside their Digital Career Counselor exploration, instead of switching platforms.
No duplicate work for staff. Keep managing postings in Handshake; Digital Career Counselor picks them up automatically.
Use the Digital Career Counselor Job Board with confidence. Institutions already invested in Handshake can turn on the Job Board without running a separate jobs experience.
How it works
Your institution's Handshake account publishes job postings to an RSS feed.
An admin for Digital Career Counselor adds that feed URL in Settings.
Digital Career Counselor checks the feed every 24 hours and loads new postings into the Job Board. Admins can trigger an immediate load with the Refresh button.
Students with Job Board access see the jobs and can search them by title.
Job details appear exactly as Handshake provides them in the feed; Digital Career Counselor does not edit or enrich them.
Set up the integration
Before you start: Have your institution's Handshake RSS feed URL ready. Ask your Steppingblocks Partner Success contact to confirm the Handshake Job Board and Handshake Feed Settings modules are turned on for your account.
Step 1: Give admins permission to manage the feed
Open Tenant Admin and go to Teams.
Select the team whose members will manage the feed.
Under DCC Settings, turn on Handshake Feed Settings.
Step 2: Give users permission to see Handshake jobs
In Tenant Admin > Teams, select each team that should see Handshake jobs.
Under Digital Career Counselor, turn on Handshake Job Board.
Step 3: Add your Handshake feed
In Digital Career Counselor, go to Settings and open the Job Board page.
Click Add Feed.
Enter a title for the feed and paste your Handshake RSS feed URL.
Click Add Feed to save.
Step 4: Load jobs now (optional)
Jobs load automatically within 24 hours. To see them right away, click Refresh in the Job Board table.
What students see
Students click the Job Board in Digital Career Counselor.
Your Handshake postings appear in the job list.
Students type in the search box to filter jobs by title.
Good to know
One feed at a time. You can connect one Handshake feed per account.
RSS feeds only. The integration reads Handshake RSS feeds; it does not use Handshake login-based APIs or other job sources.
Display only. Postings can't be edited in DCC. Make changes in Handshake and they'll appear after the next sync.
FAQ and troubleshooting
I don't see the Job Board page in DCC Settings.
-Check that your team has Handshake Feed Settings turned on under DCC Settings in Tenant Admin. If the option isn't listed, contact Steppingblocks to enable the Handshake modules for your account.
I added the feed, but no jobs are showing.
Click Refresh in the Job Board table to load jobs immediately. If the list is still empty, confirm the feed URL is correct and that the feed has active postings.
Students can't see Handshake jobs.
Make sure the students' team has Handshake Job Board turned on under the Digital Career Counselor section in Tenant Admin.
How often do jobs update?
Every 24 hours, or immediately when an admin clicks Refresh.
Can I connect more than one Handshake feed?
Not at this time. Only one feed can be active per account.
Need more help? Contact your Steppingblocks Partner Success team member.