Create and set up your account

If you are an off-campus (non-Willamette) employer, please check the Handshake Help Center.

Create a New Account

• Go the Handshake New Account page: willamette.edu/go/recruiter-handshake
• Click the “Sign up here” link

Type of Account

• Select the “Sign up here” button underneath "Are you an Employer"

Sign up as an Employer

• Complete the form fields
• Use your Willamette email address
• Create a password
• Phone number is optional
• Click the "Sign Up" button

“Welcome to Handshake” screen

• Choose your area(s) of interest for recruitment
• Add your Alma Mater (optional)
• Click the “Next: Employer Guidelines” button

“Handshake Employer Guidelines” screen

• Select “No” to third-party recruiter
• Click the “Next: Confirm Email” button

 

Handshake confirmation screen

 

Check your email

• Check your inbox for an email to confirm your email address.
• Click the “Confirm Email” button

 

Join Company

The email button will take you to Handshake’s “Step 3 of 4 – Join Company” screen.

First: Click the Request button in the “Willamette University On Campus Employment” section. (The one with the red WU logo)

 

Second: Click the “Next: Connect to Schools” button (upper right corner)

 

Third: On the following screen, click the “Next: Finish” button.

 

Check your email

• Check your inbox for an email to approve your Handshake access.
• Click the “Log in” button

 

Log in using your Willamette email address.

 

Enter the password you just created for Handshake and click the “Log In” button

 

Next: Post a job on Handshake