Post a Job or Internship

University Career Services is pleased to offer employers the opportunity to connect with UNC students in online postings via Handshake.  Handshake is a networked platform used for recruiting college students at nearly 400 colleges and universities. If you are already a Handshake user, simply go to the “schools” option and request access to University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.  If you do not currently have a Handshake account, you will first need to create one before being able to post your opportunity, using the following steps.

Creating a Handshake Account

Please read all the information on this page carefully so that you can decide whether or not your organization will be eligible to be approved for an account to recruit at UNC Chapel Hill. After you read the information, see the steps below:

First Time Users 

  • Go to https://joinhandshake.com/employers/ to create an account and connect it to UNC-Chapel Hill.
  • Your account will be reviewed by a UCS staff member and approved.
  • Once your account has been approved you will be able to post your position:
  • Click on the “Post a Job” section.
  • Follow the instructions to add your vacancy and click submit.
  • Your vacancy will be reviewed by a UCS staff member and posted if approved.  

Note:

  • Complete the form, providing your basic information, then check your inbox for a confirmation email from Handshake.
  • After confirming your email address, complete your employer profile (if your company already has a profile that was created by another employee in the organization, they may need to approve your connection to that existing account).
  • Your Handshake profile must include complete organization and contact information (organization name, address, organization URL, organization description, contact name, contact email-must use a company email- Gmail, yahoo, etc. not allowed without prior permission from the External Relations Director – contact [email protected]).

Helpful hints can be found at the following 2 links:

https://tinyurl.com/handshakeaccount

https://tinyurl.com/handshakepost

Minimum Requirements For Employers

Employer requests to connect on Handshake must demonstrate all of the following minimum requirements:

  • A complete contact name (first and last).
  • Employers must provide valid contact information including an organizational email account.  Employers using personal email accounts (GMAIL, HOTMAIL, etc.) will not be authorized to use UCS services without prior permission from the External Relations Director.
  • Employers must provide valid website address.  If no web address is provided UCS will not approve the account. If you do not have a website, employers must receive permission from the External Relations Director to leave this field blank.
  • Website must contain sufficient information for a student to learn in-depth about your company including a well-written company description, details on its products/services, and its career opportunities.
  • Company website must match the company name and be functional (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram company pages are not sufficient)
  • A company workplace address (residential/private addresses cannot be accepted).
  • A business license from the state in which your company operates their business (if requested).
  • Residential addresses will be considered for fully remote organizations (prior to approval a copy of the organizations’ business registration/license must be sent by email to Roderick Lewis ([email protected]), the Director of External Relations, Marketing, & Analytics.

Additional Requirements for Small Businesses:

The University Career Services office has established these criteria for identifying appropriate entrepreneurial employment opportunities for promotion through its services. In order to be approved for accounts on the UNC Handshake account, start-ups and small businesses must have progressed sufficiently in their business development process to:

  • At minimum, the company should be affiliated with any of the following: 1) UNC’s Innovate Carolina network, 2) an accredited university’s innovation network, 3) a Chamber of Commerce or equivalent thereof, or 4) a recognized state or privately-funded incubator/accelerator.
  • Have a UNC Alumni as a founder, in a decision-making role, or on an advisory board in the company.
  • Provide a company name, business address, website, and email address, and identify a principal as the key contact.
  • Confirm that they have obtained the necessary business licenses and Tax IDs as well as sufficient funding, including identifying their funding model and investors (if requested).
  • Provide clearly defined organization and position descriptions in Handshake.
  • Postings cannot have a rate of pay lower than minimum wage (internships may be unpaid or compensated with a stipend to the extent permitted by applicable law).

Complete Employer Profile and request Approval

  • Go to the Handshake registration page and select the “employer” option.
  • Complete the form, providing your basic information, then check your inbox for a confirmation email from Handshake.
  • After confirming your email address, complete your employer profile (if your company already has a profile that was created by another employee in the organization, they may need to approve your connection to that existing account).
  • Your Handshake profile must include complete organization and contact information (organization name, address, organization URL, organization description, contact name, contact email-must use a company email- Gmail, yahoo, etc. not allowed without prior permission from the External Relations Director – contact [email protected]).

For UNC-CH Departments wishing to create an account:

After confirming your email check to see if your department already has an account.  It will look like the following example: UNC-CH University Career Services. If you do not see your department listed as the above example, continue to the next step and create an account for your department.  The account name will be UNC-CH (your department name).

Next Steps

Read the handout to learn how to create your account, join an existing company account that may have already been created by another division within your company, and to connect with schools that you desire to have access to for promoting your events and job opportunities.

Review Job Posting Policy

  • Postings must have a rate of pay high than minimum wage (internships may be unpaid or compensated with a stipend to the extent permitted by applicable law). Employers using University Career Services must offer regular/base salaries for positions. Employers offering solely commission-based positions will mot be accepted.
  • Postings may not charge any fees to students as a condition of employment or participation.
  • No “Campus Ambassador” positions, or any positions in which UNC students promote, sell, influence, or market services/products to other UNC students/faculty/staff will be accepted.​Exception: Campus Ambassador positions that are designed to support the campus recruitment strategy of the hiring organization (will be verified in the job description).
  • No third-party recruiters who do not align with our third-party recruiting policy will be accepted. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact [email protected] for more information.
  • UCS at this time does not accept companies or positions involved with the use, production, testing, or distribution of recreational/medical marijuana/cannabidiol (CBD).
  • No opportunities for students to become independent contractors or to start their own businesses will be accepted.
  • No multi-level or pyramid marketing opportunities will be accepted.
  • No domestic employment (i.e. babysitting, elder care, personal assistance, gardening & landscaping, and house cleaning) will be accepted. See here for more information.
  • UCS may require employers to verify compensation (salary or hourly wages) to determine if vacancies are appropriately classified in Handshake and qualify for specific UCS services. 
  • Employers must fully disclose to UCS and students/alums the structure of their compensation packages and business costs incurred through employment.
  • No employers that require students or alumni to purchase a franchise, purchase supplies, pay for training or orientation, invest or pay a start-up or application/access fee as a condition of employment, will be accepted.
  • Network Marketing and similar organizations are not eligible to participate in on-campus recruiting or events, or to post jobs with the University Career Services (UCS) office. UCS considers organizations that engage in any of the following to be Network Marketing Organizations:
    • Sponsoring or hiring an individual to set up their own business for the purpose of selling products or services and/or recruiting other individuals to set up their own business.
    • Requiring an initial cash or capital investment, account balance or similar fiscal requirements from this individual, with the organization itself serving as an umbrella or parent corporation. The initial investment may include but is not limited to such things as direct payment of a fixed fee, payment to attend an orientation or training session, and/or purchase of a starter kit.

Post Your Job or Internship

  • After reviewing the job posting policies, select the “post a job” button on the main dashboard or click on the left “jobs” menu and click the “create job” button on the top right of the page.
  • Complete the form fully, including the basics, position details, screening preferences, and schools to which you want to post the position (be sure to select University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill). See here for a template.

Questions?

If you are having any problems registering your company, getting approval, or need clarification on any of the information we have listed, then please email us at: [email protected] 

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