Post a Job in Handshake Webster University I Career Planning & Development Center

Section I: Create an Employer Account

Step One: Getting Started

Visit the Handshake Registration Page and enter your corporate email address and desired password, then Sign Up. Company profiles are linked to an email domain, so you need to sign up with your work email to connect with the right company.

Step Two: Enter Identifying Information

Enter the following information.

Note: none of this information will be public to students unless you choose to make your profile public.

• First Name
• Last Name
• Phone Number
• Job Title
• Country
• Types of Candidates You Would Like to Find

Note: There is not a way to add to this list, and the selections you make here do not hinder your ability to recruit students in any way, it's simply used for data purposes.

• Alma Mater & Graduation Year: If your Alma Mater is partnered with Handshake, this will create a contact entry for you at your Alma Mater, listed as an Alumni contact.

Note: Do not select which schools you're interested in recruiting from here.

A popup will load with the Employer Guidelines, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy.

Click on either Yes or No after the question "Are you a 3rd party recruiter working on behalf of another company?", then click Save and Continue.

• If you are not a third party recruiter, select No.
• If you are a third party recruiter select Yes, then review and check the box to agree to Handshake's third party recruiter policy to move forward.

Step Three: Verify Your Account

• The next page contains instructions on how to verify your account via the email address you provided.
• The email should arrive within 10 minutes and will contain a link enabling you to confirm your account.
• You must click this link before you can proceed with the registration process.

When the email arrives, click the Confirm Email red button to verify your account. The link is active for only 12 hours.

After your email is confirmed, you will need to log back into Handshake. (Tip: select Keep Me Logged In.) At this point, you will need to either connect with an existing company profile or create a new company profile, if yours doesn't exist in our system. The determination is based on the email you signed up with.

If your company already exists in our system, the screen will display a list of company profiles associated with your email domain. If there is more than one, review the details for each profile. Click Request to connect with that company profile.

If no company pre-populates, you can use the search bar to find your company.

If your company does not exist, you can click the Create New Company button on the right.

Step Four: Create a New Company Profile

After accessing the Create New Company form, please fill out the required information.

• Company Name (doing business as)
• Legal Company Name
• Industry
• Website
• Location (must include street address, city and state)
• Country Description
• Company
• Government ID (choose between photo ID or do not have a government ID)
• Various optional fields: (ex. Employer ID Number (EIN), Public Email etc.)

You may also upload your company logo or Banner on this form.

Upon creating a new company profile, a new field will open with your auto-populated company information. Please review the details then click Save and Continue.

In the next section, you will be prompted to upload a photo ID. Choose one the options provided.

After your ID is submitted, it will be processed. Once processed, you with receive a confirmation message. The submitted company information will then be manually reviewed and validated by the Trust and Safety team. If no safety concerns are found with the account, access with be granted via an email.

Note: You also have the option to provide an additional layer of security with a multi-factor authentication.

Section II: Posting Your Job or Internship

You can post a job or internship that is targeted to Webster students for free. In order to post and have your position approved by Webster, it must meet the following standards:

Your posting must adhere to NACE Principles of Professional Conduct for Employment Professionals.

Position(s) cannot be domestic (e.g. Nannies/Babysitter, Private Tutors, Gardeners, Housekeepers, Drivers, Personal Assistants, etc.).

Postings must not charge any fees to students as a condition of employment or participation.

Webster University also adheres to NACE Guidelines when approving posted internships. An internship is a form of experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skills development in a professional setting. Internships give students the opportunity to gain valuable applied experience and make connections in professional fields they are considering for career paths; and give employers the opportunity to guide and evaluate talent. The experience includes supervision by a professional with expertise and educational or professional background in the field of the experience. Thank you for understanding.

Step One: Getting Started

• Log into Handshake using the email address and password you previously created.
• Click Post a Job from your home dashboard, or click on Jobs in the left hand navigation bar and click Create Job in the top right hand corner.

You will next be asked to complete the job form. Make sure to select Webster University as one of the schools you would like to post the position to. You also have an option to use the Preview tab to see what your posting will look like. For additional help posting a job, you may also view this training video: Post a job on Handshake.

Step Two: Fill-in Information

Job Description

Fill in the basic description in the text field.

Note: Be sure to include specific skills you are looking for in a candidate. You do have the option to copy a job description from an existing job. Click the blue hyperlink and follow the steps.

Position Details

Enter the position title and position type for the posting.

Tip: You will need to spell out the word instead of using abbreviations, avoid using capitalization, and avoid using numbers and special characters.

Note: Work-Study jobs require specific permission from each university.

Location Requirements

Enter where the employee is expected to work.

• Onsite location (physically located)
• Remote (US or globally)
• Hybrid

Note: Webster University Career Planning & Development Center focuses on employment based in the United States for Handshake.

Time Requirements

Enter the time frame the candidate should be expected to work.

• Full-time
• Part-time
• Permanent
• Temporary or Seasonal (include estimated start date and end date)

Compensation and Benefits

Enter the expected pay and the types of benefits the job offers the candidate.

• Expected Pay
• Additional Compensation (Optional)
• Benefits (Optional)
• Perks (Optional)
• A Link to View Additional Benefits (Optional)

Note: The pay can be listed as a range, a custom range, an exact amount, unpaid or you have the option to opt out of expected pay. We encourage employers not to opt out of including pay as that can lessen candidate interest in the posting.

Categorize Your Job

Enter the job role group that best fits the job listing.

Candidate Qualifications

Enter the must-have qualifications that you are looking for in a candidate.

• Work authorization (US authorized citizen, US visa sponsorship, OPT, CPT)
• School year (can choose more than one)
• Graduation dates
• Major Groups (can choose more than one)
• Minimum Grade Point Average

Choose Schools

Enter the school(s) that you would like your job posted to.

• Post to All Approved
• Post to Specific Schools

Note: You can search for specific schools by name or location. You also have the ability to save certain schools to a list for use in the future.

To remove a specific school, click the X to the right of the school's name.

Application Process

Enter the application timeline and process that is expected for each job listing.

• Application Open and Close Dates
• Number of Hires
• How Should the Candidates Submit their Application

Note: The application close date defaults to 6 months from the application open date. Webster University will no longer approve job postings that are posted for longer than a 6 month term. This helps to engage students and alumni more if the postings are all more recent. If a job posting is open longer, we ask that you allow the first 6 month posting to expire before posting an additional posting with a new 6 month timeline.

Note: If your organization uses an ATS, please visit the following integration link for additional help: How to Use a Direct ATS.

Hiring Team

Set up your hiring team to keep everyone in informed and manage how they receive updates.

• Company Division (optional - displays for Premium partners with more than 10,000 employees)
• Job Owner (Job poster)
• Hiring Team Members (optional - only available to premium partners and On-Campus employers)

The job owner will have the option to give candidates the opportunity to message them through the job posting by checking the "Feature Box." Messages from candidates will not count against your message limit.

Step Three: Review Job Post

The final step is to review the job posting.

After you review the posting, click on the black Post Job button on the top right-hand side of the page. You also have the option to save the posting as a draft to update it later.

Congratulations! Your job is now live.