Navigating Handshake

Handshake is the #1 site for college students to find jobs in the U.S. Providing equal access to career opportunities to students.

  1. Career Engagement
  2. SU Handshake

We’re here to help. Seattle University uses a powerful online recruiting platform called Handshake to connect employers with highly qualified students and recent graduates. Posting on Handshake is free, quick, and allows you to broadcast opportunities not only to Seattle U students but to students at thousands of other colleges and universities in the Handshake network. 

Handshake is used by over 200,000 employers, including all Fortune 500 companies! Thousands of internship and job opportunities are posted on Handshake by employers specifically looking to hire students. 

There’s a lot to love about Handshake, and here’s our highlight: when you post on Handshake, you’re democratizing access to career opportunities and making your jobs or internships accessible to as many qualified candidates as possible. 

Join Handshake

Find Internships, Jobs & Student Employment on Handshake

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Instructions for Handshake

Once logged in, make sure you’ve requested to connect with Seattle University!

https://app.joinhandshake.com/ 

Click this link if you do not yet have a Handshake account. Step-by-step instructions for new employer registration can be found here.

POST A JOB

Find a more detailed guide to this process here.

  • From your home dashboard in Handshake, click “Post a Job.”
  • You will be prompted to fill out four sections: Job Basics, Job Details, Job Preferences, and Schools where you would like the position posted. Be sure to select Seattle University.
  • Your job posting will go through our approval process (1-2 business days max) and then become visible to Seattle U students and recent graduates.

POST AN EVENT

Find a more detailed guide to this process here.

  • From your home dashboard in Handshake, click “Create an Event.”
  • Fill out the event details, then click “Save.”
  • Your event will then go through our approval process (1-2 business days max) and then become visible to Seattle U students and recent graduates.

HELPFUL HANDSHAKE HOW-TOs

The Office of Student Employment managed all aspects of on-campus jobs and student employment at Seattle University. Please visit Student Employment or email studentemployment@seattleu.edu for more information. Sharon Leary is the Student Employment Director. 

https://seattleu.joinhandshake.com/emp 

Use Handshake to find upcoming employer events and workshops, attend career fairs, search on-campus jobs, part-time employment, internships, and opportunities for full-time roles. Handshake is used by over 200,000 employers, including all Fortune 500 companies! Thousands of internship and job opportunities are posted on Handshake by employers specifically looking to hire students.

https://seattleu.joinhandshake.com/emp