Recruit at Whitman College

1. Create a Handshake Profile and Post Your Opportunities

Handshake is Whitman’s preferred platform for jobs, internships and opportunities. It is the best way to get your position in front of students. Creating a profile will automatically register you to receive information about job and internship fairs timelines. 

Here are some help articles from Handshake to help with any questions:

• Posting a position on Handshake
• Employer help article dashboard

2. Reach out to the CCEC at recruit@whitman.edu. Tell us about your organization, when you would like to visit Whitman College (date/time of program), and any other information we should know. We will help you set up a space on campus for your event. 

3. Prepare for your trip to Walla Walla, Washington! Walla Walla has many wonderful places to stay overnight if you are visiting for a recruitment event on our campus. Please check Visit Walla Walla to learn more about lodging in our beautiful community.

1. Create a Handshake Profile and Post Your Opportunity

Handshake is Whitman’s preferred platform for jobs, internships and opportunities. It is the best way to get your position in front of students. Creating a profile will automatically register you to receive information about job and internship fairs timelines. 

Here are some help articles from Handshake to help with any questions:

• Posting a position on Handshake
• Employer help article dashboard

2. Create and Post Your Event

After you have created your profile and been approved at Whitman College, you can set up your virtual event and send it to Whitman College. You can learn more about creating an event HERE.

3. Email Madi Welch, Communications Fellow (welchmr@whitman.edu), to add the event to the weekly email from the CCEC to students.

Washington State will reimburse employers for the wages paid to student employees who are residents of Washington State. Nearly 1,000 employers gain access to cost-effective, part-time help from motivated students eager to utilize their classroom learning in real world situations. As a WA State Work Study employer, you can receive reimbursement for up to 70% of wages paid to eligible students. 

If you're looking to fill positions in your organization, hiring a Washington resident Whitman student eligible for Work Study reimbursement is a win-win for you and the student! 

The best way to notify Whitman students of your current openings is to submit a posting to Handshake. Be sure to check the box next to "Is this a Work Study position?" as this will ensure only Work Study students will see your position when it is posted. 

Create a Handshake profile

If you have any questions about enrolling in the State Work Study Program or accessing State Work Study funds from Whitman, the Financial Aid Office would love to work with you and address those questions. You can reach them at finaid@whitman.edu. 

If you've already hired Whitman students and want to confirm their eligibility for Work Study funding or get the ball rolling on getting reimbursed for wages that you're paying to them, please email Karri Mickelson at mickelka@whitman.edu or call 509-527-5178.

If you're a local non-profit with a substantive, months-long project that you'd like a Whittie to undertake (and you have the time to supervise the student), check out the Community Fellow Program, where 10-12 Walla Walla Valley organizations apply to host a Whitman sophomore, junior or senior for an academic year to address social, cultural, or economic challenges. 

Available to 501 Commons non-profits of the Walla Walla Valley Region, the Whitman Student Consulting Corps provides high-level, broad-based management consulting free of charge. Organizations interested in applying to be a part of the program can contact Shelly Rasmussen, Community Consulting Specialist, who oversees the WSCC at studentconsulting@whitman.edu. 

For non-profit organizations, public offices, and some for-profit businesses that might not be able to offer paid internships, the Whitman Internship Grant is a competitive grant that funds unpaid internships for students who submit strong applications, provided the opportunity meets certain educational criteria. Whitman Internship Grants are available for the academic year, fall or spring semesters and the summer.  The grant can fund a maximum of two Whitman interns per organization in a given time frame. If you would like to host a Whitman Internship Grant recipient, post your internship opening to Handshake.

Please note: We encourage organizations who are looking to host a Whitman Internship Grant recipient to post their openings for summer internships as early as January so that students can apply to the first deadline (if their grant proposal is rejected, a student can revise their applications and submit to the second and final deadline.) This document contains suggestions for information that an internship posting could include. Here is a reference sheet for employers with more details about the Whitman Internship Grant.

Whitman College hosts two main job fairs per academic year. The first is our Fall Fair in September and the second is our Summer in the Pacific Northwest Fair in early spring. To stay informed about upcoming fairs, please be sure all information is up to date in Handshake as we will be emailing partnered organizations about these dates.