Information for On-Campus Employers
Career and Professional Development (CPD), along with the Office of Financial Aid, is here to support faculty and staff in promoting employment opportunities that offer Emory students financial assistance and professional and personal development.
Student employment provides job skills and knowledge that can help students transition into their professional roles post-graduation. Mutually, the college benefits and grows with the vast talents, insight, and enthusiasm students bring to these roles.
This partnership aims to enhance student employment awareness among departments and students, build a centralized system for student employment opportunities through our online job board with Handshake, and increase the number and variety of on-campus employment opportunities.
Federal Work-Study jobs are only available to U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents who have a financial aid work-study allocation. 75% of funding is Federal through a partnership with the Office of Financial Aid, with the remaining 25% of funding coming from your department’s budget. CPD does not work with on- or off-campus employers hiring Federal Work Study students.
Please contact the Federal Work Study Advisors for information on how your department can hire a federal work study employee.
If a student is unsure about their eligibility for work-study, advise them to contact the Office of Financial Aid.
Regular Student Employment jobs are open to Emory students, regardless of financial aid package or citizenship. These roles are funded 100% through your department’s budget.
- Request an staff account with the Emory Student Employment account on Handshake by filling out this form.
- Follow the policies and guidelines on how to post a Regular Student Employment position using the Job Posting Guide.
- Make sure to change the hiring status for each applicant within the job posting on Handshake (instructions are included in the Job Posting Guide).
- CPD cannot assist on-campus employers in the onboarding and I-9 verification process. Work with your department’s HR Rep in Emory’s Human Resources office to hire your student.
All undergraduate Regular Student positions are required to be posted on Emory’s Handshake system under the employer account Emory Student Employment.
- Request an staff account with the Emory Student Employment account on Handshake by filling out this form.
- Contact the Federal Work Study Advisors for information on how your department can hire a federal work study employee.
- Follow the policies and guidelines on how to post a Federal Work Study position using the OFA Job Posting Guide.
All Federal Work Study positions are required to be posted on Emory’s Handshake system under the employer account Emory Student Employment.
- This account is used for on-campus positions for Emory students only. Faculty and staff cannot invite students from other institutions to apply to the positions posted in the Emory Student Employment account.
- Faculty and staff cannot use their staff account in Emory Student Employment to register for events and career fairs outside of Emory University.
- Faculty and staff cannot make their User Profile “visible on the company profile. This feature is only available to the account managers from Career and Professional Development and the Office of Financial Aid in order to make sure students, faculty, and staff have the correct contact information for questions about their account settings and job postings.
- This account is for part-time on-campus positions only. Faculty and staff wanting to list post-graduate opportunities will need to connect with employer account for Emory’s Human Resources division. Please contact your department’s HR Rep for information on posting full-time roles.
