Faculty and staff are required to post job descriptions for available student employment positions on Handshake. Each position must have its own posting and each posting must indicate the number of openings available. Departments should make every effort to offer jobs that are meaningful and educationally related. The following resources are available for supervisors:
Student Employment Job Description Template
Student Employment Job Description Sample
Student Employment Additional Information Form
The Student Employment Information Form is available for supervisors to collect basic information from student applicants, including their eligibility for work-study, availability and prior work/volunteer experience. Supervisors can collect other information as part of the application process. Students are encouraged to submit this online form along with other requested materials to potential supervisors.
Work-Study: When considering student employees, on-campus departments are encouraged to hire work-study students. This will help ensure that students with the most need of employment are prioritized for on-campus jobs.
Posting on Handshake
- Log on to Handshake. When you log in do not click on the Pitzer Sign On button. Click on retrieve account by email underneath the button and log in using your email and password that way.
- Click “Post a Job” on the home screen.
- Complete each “Tab” and click the “Next” button.
Posting a Job: Follow these step-by-step instructions on posting jobs to Handshake. You can also watch this 10-minute instructional video by Tammy Muir.
New to Handshake: Follow these instructions to create an account.
Re-Posting an Expired Job in Handshake: Follow these instructions to make edits to an expired job description. You can also watch this 5-minute instructional video by Tammy Muir.
Removing Job Posting: Supervisors can remove a posting directly through Handshake or supervisors can email [email protected] and request that the posting be made inactive.
