The Allan Center for Career and Professional Development is excited to help your company connect with our students and alumni.
At the University of Hartford, we are proud to offer our students multiple career focused events and platforms where they can search for jobs and internships, network with leading professionals, and explore different career fields. There are many opportunities for employers and community members to highlight their organization at one of the Career Studio events.
Career Fairs
Are you interested in participating in one of our many Career Fairs? We host two large Career Fairs throughout the academic year. Our Career Fairs are ideal for connecting you with qualified candidates from specific schools and majors.
If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Polk at rpolk@sherbornecottages.com.
Career Field Takeovers
Career Field Takeovers are smaller career fairs for students looking to go into a specific industry. Takeovers include education, communication, arts, criminal justice, science, health professions, and more industries!
Actively recruiting for interns and/or full-time positions? Consider hosting a table at a Career Field Takeover to meet many students interested in your organizations career fields.
If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Polk at rpolk@sherbornecottages.com.
Handshake
Handshake is an application where employers and the community can list their professional opportunities for students to search easily. This is a great platform to use for event promotion and connect with students 1-on-1. Use Handshake to your advantage to find the perfect candidate from the UHart community.
Post jobs and on campus interviews, manage candidates, and more with Handshake.
After careful comparisons, we think that the Handshake system best meets the needs of our employers to connect with student and alumni candidates. We think you will agree. If you haven't already done so, please join Handshake and select University of Hartford as a school you wish to recruit from. Signing up is easy and takes less than 5 minutes. Expect to confirm your email via a message sent to your account as part of the sign up process if your company is joining for the first time. If you are joining an existing company, then the main point of contact at your company will receive the confirmation email message.
Questions?
Visit Handshake's Employer Site.
For support you can submit a question or concern to Handshake here.
Here are Some of the Reasons Why
- Handshake is the one-stop shop for companies, non-profits and organizations of all shapes and sizes to find, recruit and hire the best students across the country.
- Handshake helps over 120,000 top employers easily find, recruit and hire the best college talent across the country.
- 250,000 employers—including all Fortune 500 companies—recruit on Handshake
Handshake Highlights for Employers
- Multi-school job posting: With just a few clicks, post your job across dozens of schools - for free.
- Powerful applicant filtering: Narrow down potential hires to the best fits through our advanced filter options.
- OCR and career fair management
- Direct student messaging: See a candidate you like? Contact them directly through Handshake and benefit from superior open and reply rates.
- One Account, hundreds of schools. With Handshake you get a single integrated network.
As always we provide top-notch customer service to our employers. You have the ability to post your openings directly or opt to have us do it for you -- after you join Handshake!
Common Questions and Tips for Using Handshake
We recommend you use the Handshake Help Center for answers to a full range of questions and up to date info-it is really good!
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Parker Dewey
Micro-Internships offer an opportunity to engage UHart students and recent graduates on short-term, professional assignments. A Micro-Internship is a paid project that allow students and alumni to build and demonstrate skills while exploring a variety of career paths.
Post your companies paid projects on Parker Dewey!