The Whitman College Career Center assists employers in meeting their hiring needs for bright, competent employees. Whether you are seeking full-time employees, summer workers or interns, we will promote your positions to students and/or alumni as requested. The Career Center offers the following services to employers:
Job Posting
On-Campus Interviewing
Career Fair
Travel Information
Job Posting Services
Employers with openings for full-time positions, internships, summer jobs, and part-time jobs during the academic year are invited to submit them to the Career Center. Your information will be shared with students and alumni through in-office job postings, alumni list serves, and direct emails.
Position listings may be submitted to our office:
For those employers who are able to schedule a visit to Whitman's scenic Walla Walla, Washington campus, the Career Center will provide the opportunity to interview qualified students. Employers may request pre-screening of resumes, or an open schedule can be arranged. Information sessions can also be arranged prior to actual interviewing.
Your organization's brochures and other pertinent literature will be made available to candidates in our career library. We need these materials as far in advance of your visit as possible!
If you have a website, please inform us of the address and we will link it to our home page so that students can access it easily.
Recruiting dates for 2007-2008 are:
If possible, we request that visits be scheduled at least two weeks in advance of the recruiting date.
By Air
Horizon Air provides air service to Walla Walla with connections through Seattle. Big Sky Airlines provides daily service to and from Boise/Walla Walla. (A taxi ride to campus costs approximately $15 each way).
Rental cars are available in Walla Walla from:
For city taxi service, call A-1 Taxi (509-529-2525) or ABC Taxi (509-529-7726).
Delta Airlines, Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air, and United Express fly to Pasco (Tri-Cities), Washington (47 miles northwest of Walla Walla). Major rental car companies are on-site at the Pasco airport.
By Car - ALL Parking at Whitman College is free. No parking permits are needed.
From east or west of Walla Walla: If you are traveling to Walla Walla from either direction on Highway 12, take the Clinton Street exit and proceed six blocks south on Clinton Street to Boyer Avenue. Turn right on Boyer Avenue. The Reid Campus Center is about two blocks ahead on the southwest corner of Boyer and Park Avenues. Parking is available on the street, in the large parking lot off Park Avenue (turn left at the stop sign; it will be on your left about one-half block down behind Chism Music Hall), or in the lots behind the Reid Campus Center.
From south of Walla Walla: Highway 11 from Pendleton, Oregon becomes Highway 125 at the Washington State line, and then becomes Ninth Avenue when it enters Walla Walla. Drive north on Ninth Avenue to Main Street. Turn right on Main Street, and continue on Main Street until you come to a five-way intersection. Make a soft right onto Boyer Avenue. Travel on Boyer Avenue to the stop sign. The Reid Campus Center is on the right hand side of the street on the corner of Boyer and Park Avenues. Parking is available on the street, in the lot behind the Reid Campus Center or take a right at the stop sign at the Boyer/Park Avenues intersection and a parking lot is behind the Chism Music Hall on the left hand side of the street, one-half block from the intersection.
Motels and hotels in Walla Walla
Those motels marked with an asterisk(*) are within pleasant walking distance of the College.
For Additional Information Contact Margaret Ely , Administrative Assistant at the Whitman College Career Center.Best Western Walla Walla Suites Inn
7 East Oak Street
509-525-4700Green Gables Inn*
922 Bonsella
509-525-5501Walla Walla Motor Hotel*
325 East Main Street
509-529-4360 or 1-800-446-4656Budget Inn
305 N. 2nd Ave
509-529-4410Marcus Whitman Hotel
6 West Rose Street
509-522-2200Super 8 Motel
2315 Eastgate St. N.
509-525-8800 or 1-800-800-8000Travelodge*
421 East Main Street
509-529-4940 or 1-800-578-7878Comfort Inn & Suites
1419 W. Pine Street
509-522-3500Holiday Inn Express
1433 W. Pine Street
509-525-6200
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