Posting to Handshake

We encourage you to use Handshake for open positions in your department or as an individual (ex. a nannying position for your child). In addition to departmental and college communications, Handshake is the best way to promote jobs and internships to UMN students and alumni.

How to Setup an Account

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To post UMN jobs

*Please read through these instructions before creating an account.

Use your individual UMN email address or a departmental UMN email address ending in @umn.edu to set up an employer account by going to app.joinhandshake.com and clicking 'Sign up here' in the upper right hand corner. The employer registration link is in grey under the more prominent student registration field. We follow a company model for departmental accounts, meaning you will create a separate organization for your department, rather than connecting to the University of Minnesota broadly. Please first search to see if your department has already created a profile before creating a new one. For step-by-step instructions of the entire process, see Getting Started with Handshake: Employers" or the video below. 

  • Departmental naming: University of Minnesota - [Name of Department] OR University of Minnesota [Name of Department]. Labs sometimes name themselves [Name of Lab] at the University of Minnesota.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALUMNI: If you are both a staff/faculty member and an alumni, you automatically have a student/alumni Handshake account linked to your UMN email address. To avoid issues when setting up an employer account, follow the instructions for How to Create an Employer Account Linked to Your Student Account. You will need to do this whether or not you've logged into your student/alumni Handshake account. Alternatively, you can set up an employer account linked to a departmental email address (see the general instructions for setting up an account).

Create an On-Campus Employer Account
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    To post babysitter, household, personal care, and personal jobs

    Faculty and staff often use Handshake to post personal, babysitter/nanny, caretaker, and household jobs. To do so, create an account using a personal email address (such as @gmail or @yahoo) following the steps in ‘How to Post Personal Babysitter Household or Caretaker Jobs.'

    TIPS TO ATTRACT CANDIDATES: To ensure you attract candidates, include as much information as possible in your postings. Here are some recommendations of what to include:

    • At least 3 Qualifications
    • 3 - 5 Responsibilities, be as detailed as possible
    • Hours to be worked 
      • (ex. 10am -2pm or 4hrs between 8am and 4pm)
    • Whether or not they will need a drivers licence or vehicle
      • If not, provide bus lines that are near your home
    • Pay

    Contact your college or campus' Handshake contact if you have additional questions.

    How to Post a Job

    Help

    If you run into issues setting up your account or posting a position, reach out to the Handshake contact for your college, campus, or program or connect with Handshake directly through their Help Center.