Welcome, Employers! We’re thrilled to have you here and celebrate the incredible partnerships we share. Your collaboration adds immense value to our career center, helping us prepare students for success and fostering the next generation of professionals. Thank you for being a vital part of our community and supporting our mission!
Our school is excited to announce a transition from Symplicity to Handshake as our new platform for all Career Services-related activities. Handshake will now be your go-to resource for posting jobs and internships, recruiting students, and registering for career fairs. This change is aimed at streamlining the employer experience and expanding access to a broader network of talented students. To register as an employer on Handshake, visit the employer sign up page and follow the prompts to create your company profile, connect with our school, and begin posting opportunities. We encourage all employers to make the switch as soon as possible to take full advantage of Handshake’s features and ensure continued engagement with our students.
Recruit CWU Wildcats!
Interested in recruiting from a diverse and talented pool of Wildcats? Career Services provides a variety of opportunities for employers to network with and recruit our amazing students and alumni.
Get started with a Handshake employer account . Through this account, you can post jobs, register for our career fairs, request info sessions, and more. Check out Handshake’s “Getting Started with Handshake: Employers” resource for more information about making the most of your Handshake account.
Check out our FAQs below for more information or email our team.
Career Fairs
Reserve a spot at a traditional recruitment event.
Some events also include employer panels. See individual events for details.
Meet students and alumni in person.
Larger events attract many more students than info sessions or tabling.
Industry-specific and general events available, check listings for details.
Discounted rates available for non-profit/government agencies and local small businesses.
Build Your Talent Pipeline With Parker Dewey Micro-Internships
Looking to connect with early-career talent? Parker Dewey gives you the opportunity to engage Central Washington University students, assess their skills beyond the resume, and create a long-term talent pipeline. Whether you’re enhancing your recruiting strategy or launching a new one, Parker Dewey helps you connect with our students in a meaningful way.
Parker Dewey allows you to make informed hiring decisions for internships and full-time roles based on proven performance. This data is populated by engaging students in Micro-Internships: short-term, paid, professional projects that allow you to assess candidates’ skills in real time. Parker Dewey makes it easy to evaluate talent and hire with confidence: they handle logistics, and you get the data.
Career Services will work with you to find opportunities to best suit your needs! We offer career fairs and other events throughout the year, where you can meet our students and alumni and speak with them about your job, internship, and graduate school opportunities. Career treks offer the opportunity for you to host our students on-site, while information sessions and tabling are also available for you to spread awareness of your organization. To request information about a career trek, info session, or tabling, please email Career Services.
Of course! We are always open to partnerships that create more opportunities for our students. Our department has recently developed a sponsorship program with varying levels of support available to interested organizations. In addition, we have an Amazon wish list for our Professional Clothing Closet and always accept donations of professional clothing for that initiative. If you or your organization are interested in sponsoring our department or a special initiative, please email us.
Internships provide an invaluable opportunity for students to gain real-world experience related to their academic learning. In addition, employers can benefit from having a motivated intern to contribute to their organization. If you are interested in hosting a CWU intern, please download this Employer Internship Guide for more information.
Employers can now post jobs (and other content) directly to our virtual career center. To do this, click on “guest” at the top of our landing page and then select from the menu: post a blog, feature a job, create an employer profile, or promote an event. All submissions, jobs and otherwise, will be reviewed and approved by our staff before being published to the site. Employer profiles are optional; you will be able to post jobs with or without one.
Some helpful tips for content:
Represent your brand: Establish a presence and earn students’ trust by posting impossible-to-ignore career tips on our site
Set expectations: Let the student body know what you’re looking for in potential hires. Tell them what qualities to cultivate and what skills to develop in order to dazzle your recruiters
Give a heads up: Use our site to promote your next visit to campus. Calling attention to your upcoming visit can increase student turnout at your info sessions and yield more applicants to your jobs
Raise hype: If you’re posting jobs on our site, re-emphasize the sheer coolness of those positions by publishing blog posts about them. If you need some inspiration, check out this these recommendations for creating an effective job posting
Paint a picture: Sell students on your company by offering an exclusive insider’s view into the culture and day-to-day experience working in your office. Here are some helpful tips to quickly and effectively convey your company culture
If you need to ship your items/displays before the fair, please send all clearly labeled items to: CWU Career Services 400 E. University Way, Bouillon 206 Ellensburg, WA 98926-7499
If you would like Career Services to return your items, make sure to put a pre-paid label on your gear and then give it to event staff before departure. We can take packages to FedEx or UPS on your behalf, as long as it is prepaid.
Generally, we provide meal cards, though you should check any fair materials for event-specific information. Meal cards are pre-loaded with a set value (based on per diem) and can then be used at any of the food and beverage locations in the Student Union and Recreation Center (SURC). These are only good for the day of the event. Visitors should also note that CWU is a cashless campus, but there is a cash-to-card kiosk at the SURC.
If you are on campus as a registered participant in one of our events, parking will be provided/included in the cost of registration. For larger events, we rent a field at the nearby Kittitas County Fairgrounds and shuttle employers to the venue. Smaller events will generally include digital parking passes for on-campus parking. Details will be provided to employers before event day.
If you are coming to campus for any other reason, you will need to pay for your on-campus parking. Daily passes can be purchased at kiosks on campus for $6. More information about this can be found on the CWU Parking page.
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