The employer approval process at your school depends primarily on whether your school is a Handshake partner. If your school is partnered with Handshake, the approval process may vary based on your school’s specific policies and settings. Non-partnered schools may have different procedures in place for employer approvals.
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If your school has partnered with Handshake
Schools that have partnered with Handshake manage their own approval processes. Your career services office may handle individual employer approvals or through an optional auto-approval feature. The specific approval procedures vary by school.
For more information on how your school approves employers, we recommend reaching out to your Career Services office.
Additionally, schools may choose to feature approved employers in a curated collection. To learn more about curated employers at your school, please 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, employers are approved based on recommendations from SIFT and whether they have been vetted by a Handshake partner school.
For more information on how employers are validated, check out Understanding how Employers are Validated on Handshake
Once employers are approved to connect with your school, they can engage with you in various ways on the platform. To learn more about this, refer to Employer Interactions with Students.
These interactions depend on your privacy settings and your engagement with the employer (e.g., applying for a posted job). For more information on privacy settings, refer to Profile Privacy Options in Handshake.