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Recruiting UAA Talent

 

Thank you for your interest in engaging with UAA students and alumni. The University of Alaska Anchorage uses Handshake, a career management platform for recruiting early talent. Create a free employer account on Handshake, where you can advertise open jobs and internships, manage job applications, register for career fairs and other recruiting events, direct message students and alumni, and more!

 

 

Recruitment Events

 

  • Green Careers Fair 

    Green Careers Fair | TUESDAY, February 11 | 11 am - 2 pm (AKT)
    UAA Student Union | 2901 Spirit Drive, Anchorage, Alaska
    This event connects forward-thinking organizations with talented students across ALL academic disciplines interested in sustainability, energy, conservation, and environmentalism.
    If you are intereseted in recruiting students for these types of positions please contact us directly at uaa_career@alaska.edu.

     

  • Spring Career Fair Week 

    STEM Career Fair | TUESDAY, MARCH 4 | 11 am - 3 pm (AKT)
    UAA Student Union | 2901 Spirit Drive, Anchorage, Alaska
    This career fair is for students who are seeking careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. All students are welcome to attend, but invitations are specifically being sent to students in STEM majors.

    Business, Health and Liberal Arts Career Fair | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 | 11 am - 3 pm (AKT)
    UAA Student Union | 2901 Spirit Drive, Anchorage, Alaska
    This career fair is for students who are seeking careers in arts, history, education, social sciences, business, healthcare, or law. All students are welcome to attend, but invitations are specifically being sent to students in Business, Health, and Liberal Arts majors.

 

Recruiting on Handshake

The University of Alaska Anchorage uses Handshake, a career management platform for recruiting early talent. We encourage you to connect with and recruit UAA talent by making an account on Handshake, UAA's job board and networking platform. Read on to explore how Handshake and our other programs can support your organization's hiring goals.

  • What is Handshake?

    Handshake is a career management platform for recruiting early talent. On Handshake, you can post jobs and internships for the statewide University of Alaska community. This includes the Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and community campuses. You’ll also be able to register for our career fairs. Our career services office only maintains employer contact lists through Handshake, so signing up helps ensure you'll hear from us about upcoming recruitment opportunities. To get started with a free profile please follow the steps in the following section. 

  • Get started with Handshake

    If your company is brand new to Handshake, follow the steps below. 
    VIDEO: How to: create a new employer account

      1. Sign up for an employer profile
      2. After completing registration, your request will be reviewed 
      3. Complete your employer profile

     

    Your company may already have a profile, but you will need to create your own user account in order to post jobs and register for events yourself.
    VIDEO: How to: set up your user account

      1. Sign up with your work email address and create a password
      2. Handshake will suggest your company based on your email domain
      3. Request to join your company
      4. The admin/owner of your company's Handshake account will review your request
      5. If you do not receive a timely response please do not hesitate to contact us at uaa_career@alaska.edu 

     

    If your company already has an account, but you have not connected to the University of Alaska, please follow these steps. 
    VIDEO: How to: connect with University of Alaska

      1. On the left side of the navigation toolbar, click 'Schools'
      2. Click 'More Schools on Handshake' to search and request 'University of Alaska'
      3. Once received, your request will be reviewed by a career services staff member in 3-5 business days

     

    Check out the Handshake Help Center for more information and tips. 

  Login to Handshake

  Handshake tutorial videos 

 

Employer Resources

Utilize the following resources to increase your engagement with UA students and alumni and improve your application pool. Employers who engage in multiple recruitment strategies including in-person tabling and events, social media marketing, and Handshake engagement receive the greatest success in promoting their brand and recruiting UA talent. 

 

Request to table

This semester, Career Services is able to sponsor our employers on a limited basis, free of charge. Please review the following information and submit a request to sign up for tabling opportunities. 

    • Any organization tabling under Career Service's support must be connected with UA on Handshake, our free career platform. 
    • Your first tabling reservation is free.  Your second tabling reservation in a given academic year is $30.  Tabling is limited to two [2] times per employer, per academic year.

  Submit a request to table

Post in our newsletter

 

Please reach out if you would like to be featured in our weekly job stories on Instagram and Facebook or included in our monthly newsletter to students. We have limited space, but aim to accommodate as many employers as possible. To be included we ask that you email a link to your job posting (must be on Handshake), and any other relevant information or graphics to uaa_career@alaska.edu. 

Sponsor the Seawolf Career Closet

The Seawolf Career Closet provides new and gently used professional attire and hygiene items to UAA students free of charge, to help students access basic needs and remove barriers that may prevent them from presenting the best impression possible at job interviews and career fairs. The Seawolf Career Closet relies on donations. Please consider the following actions to support the closet.

    • The Seawolf Career Closet is accepting donations of modern professional attire (within the last 10 years) and accessories in good, clean condition. Donations are limited to one standard size trash bag per person, per week. If you have a larger donation, please reach out by email to see if we are able to accommodate you at this time.
    • Purchase items from our wish list or provide a monetary donation.

 

 

 

Location

Avis Alaska Sports Complex 142 (entrance on the ground floor of the Student Union)

Hours

Monday - Friday 
9 am - 5 pm (AKT)

Contact Info

Email: uaa_career@alaska.edu 
Phone: 907-786-6913