Handshake is WSU Career Services' career social networking community for employment opportunities. Find full-time, part-time, internship Federal Work-Study, and on- and off-campus job opportunities. Handshake is all about finding jobs and hiring students. 

Being a part of the Handshake community will allow you to access:

• Recruiting events
• Job postings
• Employer networking sessions
• Virtual Career Fairs
• Community Q&A boards

About Handshake

Students: access Handshake 

If you are a WSU student, you automatically have a Handshake account. Students need to activate the account to access the Handshake community. 

To active your account

Click the following link to claim your account using your WSU Access Id and password. Activate your account

If you're unable to login successfully with your school User ID and password, or if you're an alum, try resetting your password on Handshake (using your school email address as your User ID). For more information, refer to Log In as an Alum: Set your Handshake Password.

Getting Started on Handshake

Once you activate your account, create your profile, upload your resume, and explore opportunities. Handshake Help Center

The following campus career offices use Handshake. 

• Centralized Career Services (All Majors) - (313) 577-3390
• Engineering Career Resource Center (Engineering Students) - (313) 577-8336
• Mike Ilitch School of Business Career Planning and Placement (Business Students) - (313) 577-4781

Business and engineering students please use the links above to learn more about the specific career resources at your school/college.

Employers: Sign up to recruit students

To recruit WSU students and to post full-time, part-time, or internship jobs, please log in or sign up for Handshake.  

Benefits of Handshake

Employers login/activate account

How to post a job on Handshake

Handshake Employer Help Center

Activation of an individual's account in Handshake may be denied based on the following:

• Submitting a personal email address in place of the company email address (i.e., Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.)
• Submitting vague information (i.e., not enough substantial information in the company description)
• Submitting information about commission-only job opportunities (commission-only are NOT accepted)
• Not providing an official company website URL 

Centralized Career Services will work with employers, to the best of our ability, to tailor services to custom-fit recruiting efforts.