Creating an employer account

Creating an employer account

  1. Log into your Career Services/Administrative Handshake account, click on the ‘Employers’ tab, located in the black toolbar on the left-hand side of the page.
  2. On the next page, click on ‘Create an Employer’, located on the top, right-hand corner.
  3. The next page will have a form to fill out with employer information, fill out as many of the fields as possible
  • Email domain: use the domain of the contact you are working with (ex: wmich.edu)
  • Description: in the employer’s website go to the ‘About’ section and use their description
  • Location: use the location of the contact you are working with or use the location of the company headquarters
  • Uncheck the “Allow Student Messages’ box; if an employer would like students to message them, they can change that in the future

4. When all information is complete, click the green “Create Employer” button, at the bottom right-hand side of the page

 NOTE: If Handshake notifies that the employer’s account already exists, click on the option that Handshake prompts you to. Then click on APPROVE employer. Once the employer is approved you will be able to find the employer in the search query, and will be able to post a job.