Employer Policies

Ready to Recruit Warrior Talent?

The Career & Professional Development Center is committed to supporting your recruiting efforts through campus interviews, information sessions, career fairs, and job/internship postings. 

Please review our policies in regard to job postings, paid and unpaid internships, and our employer community expectations.

Employer Services Guidelines and Definitions 

Recruitment Policy

Employers must first be approved in Handshake recruit on campus. We request that any classroom visit be scheduled through The Career and Professional Development Center, or directly through faculty. Unregistered organizations or individuals that appear in classrooms unannounced may be asked to leave campus.

Employers and organizations recruiting at Stan State are expected to adhere to:

• Stanislaus State Recruiting Policies and Guidelines
• National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Principles for Professional Practice
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Internship Policies governed by the U.S. Department of Labor

How Recruiting Warriors Works

The first step to recruiting at Stan State is to set up a Handshake profile. All Stan State students and alumni have access to Handshake, our online job platform, and it is the first place we direct students when they inquire about jobs or internships.  It is also an easy way to coordinate multiple jobs under one employer and extend your outreach for qualified applicants.

Once you have been approved as an employer, you are able to post a job or internship.  A bit of advice, don’t create a job posting until your employer account has been approved (we work on approving employers every business day) as it will save you time and duplication.

General Guidelines

We strive to balance our students’ access to a variety of jobs and internships with mitigating risk to our students and university.

All internships posted must comply with the criteria set forth by the Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) position statement on U.S. Internships. Employers are required to maintain a Handshake Trust score of 75%, with a preferred Trust Score of 80%.

At this time, we are unable to approve the following:

• The job or internship involves any individual or family hiring for in-home health care, in-home child-care, or other in-home services.
• Housing is the sole form of compensation offered in exchange for work.
• The organization requires an initial payment or investment, or other upfront cost required to obtain work.
• Opportunities where an individual could be found to be in debt to the organization for training expenses or to “draw against commission” in lieu of salary in cases where it is alleged that commissions earned failed to cover the amount of the draw.
• Opportunities requiring personal information (e.g. bank and/or social security numbers) when not part of the hiring process.
• Any organization with a current Handshake Trust Score below 75%, or with concerning employer flags.
• Any organization or individual looking to hire day laborers or pay employees cash not in compliance with federal and state taxation guidelines.
• Additional practices included, but not limited to: fraud, misrepresentation, bait and switch tactics, breach of confidentiality, substantiated complaints by or harassment of Stanislaus State students, alumni or staff.