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How do employers get approved at my school?

Tawnya
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The employer approval process for your school primarily depends on whether your school is a Handshake-partnered school or not. 

 

If your school has partnered with Handshake

Schools that have partnered with Handshake are responsible for their own approval processes. Employer approvals may be conducted individually by your career services office, or via an optional auto-approval setting. The specific processes for approving employers vary from school to school.
If you'd like more information on how your school approves employers, we recommend connecting with your Career Services office for more details. 
Schools may also choose to highlight approved employers by including them in a curated collection. For more information about curated employers at your school, refer to Curated Employers At Your School.

 

If your school has not yet partnered with Handshake

If your school has not yet partnered with Handshake, and you’re part of the Handshake Open Network, then Handshake has approved those employers based on SIFT's recommendation and whether the employer has been approved by a Handshake Partner school. For more information on how employers are validated on Handshake, refer to Understanding how Employers are Validated on Handshake.

 

 

 

 

Additional Resources

Once employers are approved to connect with your school, they can interact with you in a variety of ways, as detailed in Employer Interactions with Students. These interactions are dependent on your selected privacy setting as well as your interactions with the employer, i.e., applying for a posted job. For more information on privacy settings, please refer to Profile Privacy Options in Handshake.

Note: an employer being approved to recruit at your school via Handshake doesn't guarantee employer legitimacy — we strongly recommend that you remain aware and alert throughout the career exploration process. For some recommendations to stay safe, check out Best Practices for Job Searches.

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