To perform recruiting activities, you must either post a job and receive approval, or be proactively approved by a school.
After you post a job to a school(s), your request is automatically sent to each school the job was posted to. Your request will remain in a Pending status until the school approves or declines your request.
- If you do not have a job to post, and you've contacted the school to ask for approval, an approval status will not be available until the school manually either approves or declines your employer.
During this time, you cannot interact with students at the school, post events, or request interview schedules at the school.
Note: you can search for and register for a career fair without connecting with a school or posting a job.
View school status
1. Click Schools from the left navigation bar, then click the More Schools on Handshake tab.
2. To refine your search results, click the white button All filters, then select the checkbox for Pending.
3. The table will display all schools that have a Pending status, which indicates that the school has not yet approved your job.
Timeframe
It typically takes 1-5 business days for a school to approve an employer and their job postings. If you do not receive a response within that time frame, you may contact the Career Services department at the school.
Once the school approves or declines your request, you will be notified via an in-app notification or email, or both. To view or adjust your notification preferences, refer to Default Notification Preferences (Employers.
Note: your approval status with a school can only be changed by that specific school, and not by Handshake.
Contact career services
To locate a school's contact information in Handshake, refer to How to Contact a School.