BSC Career Center

Handshake Support Documents for Employers

Meeting Your Staffing Needs

We provide comprehensive recruiting services to bring employers and students together and serve as a catalyst for helping employers fill full-time, part-time, and internship positions. We are happy to assist employers with their current recruiting efforts and ongoing staffing needs. We feel certain we can help you identify qualified candidates from among our talented student population. We offer on-campus interviewing, career fairs, information sessions, information tables, job postings, and more.

You are also invited to submit your employer profile through Handshake, our on-line employer database and recruitment management system. You can use this on-line platform to post jobs, collect resumes, review candidates, and conduct recruiting activity.

Thank you for your interest in BSC students. We appreciate your partnership. We are eager to establish an ongoing working relationship with you and look forward to future collaborations.

Handshake/On-Line Employer/Student Database

Birmingham-Southern College uses Handshake to create professional connections between students and employers. Handshake is an online database and job recruiting platform that allows the BSC Career Center to partner with employers to provide meaningful work opportunities for qualified students seeking mentorships, internships, part-time jobs, full-time jobs, and other career opportunities.

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BSC Handshake Policy

Among the key features Handshake lists for recruiters and its 3.5 million student users: Students can quickly build detailed profiles, enjoy continual personalization of career recommendations based on interests and connections, and search 500,000 postings by 120,000 companies.

Employers can use multi-school postings, applicant filtering, and dedicated employer training and support. Post full-time jobs and internships. Register for career events and information sessions. Schedule on-campus interviews. Search student profiles and direct message students about your career opportunities.

Join the nationwide network of students and employers and begin making contacts and engaging the market. We encourage you to establish your account today.

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Handshake Support Documents for Employers

BSC Handshake Policy

BSC Academic and Campus Information

Organizations seeking candidates from among the BSC student population may find it helpful to be familiar with the BSC curriculum and academic programs. Information is posted here for your use in learning more about Birmingham-Southern College and its degrees, majors, and faculty.

BSC Degree Programs

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BSC Academic Calendar

BSC Faculty Profiles

BSC Campus Offices

BSC Campus Map

BSC Student Organizations

Career Fairs

Throughout the year, we host career fairs, career days, and opportunity expos on the BSC campus to bring together employers and students. These recruiting events provide employers the opportunity to increase their visibility, disseminate information, and collect resumes from potential applicants. Students have the benefit of meeting prominent employers and gathering valuable information about fulltime, part time, and internship opportunities. We invite you to join us in creating these exciting networking opportunities and encourage you to participate in our next event.

Information Tables

The BSC Career Center would be happy to make arrangements for you to set up an Information Table in the atrium of our student center. This high-traffic location is an ideal spot for recruiters to promote their organization, disseminate information, and talk to potential candidates. To reserve your table, contact the BSC Career Center.

On-Campus Interviews

The BSC Career Center invites you to use our convenient and comfortable facilities to conduct private interviews with our students and alumni. We will help you arrange your on-campus interview. Your arrangements can be customized to meet your unique needs. To schedule your visit, contact the BSC Career Center.

Job Postings

The BSC Career Center offers employers the opportunity to advertise employment and internship opportunities on-line, on our campus and on our website. The BSC Career Center will post job announcements in behalf of employers who meet certain requirements.

Job announcements must include the following information: Name of organization, job title, location, job description, qualifications, and contact information (including contact person, address, telephone number, e-mail address). Optional information may include: company information, salary, benefits, special circumstances, application instructions.

The BSC Career Center does not post blind ads, in which the company or organization is not identified. The BSC Career Center does not post ads that direct applicants to a third party or intermediary system (website) without also providing contact information to allow the candidate to correspond with an actual person.

On-line job posting is reserved for fulltime, permanent professional positions and internships offered by official, legitimate employers representing formal businesses and organizations.

Posting Tips

Job announcements must include the following information:

Name of Organization - Clearly identify the name of the company, organization, firm, or agency

Job Title - Provide a descriptive job title

Location - General address, city and state

Job Description - Functions, tasks, duties, responsibilities

Qualifications - Requirements and expectations regarding skills, credentials, education, and experience

Contact Information - Include contact person, address, telephone number, e-mail address

Optional data may include:

Company Information

Salary/Compensation

Benefits/Rewards

Special Circumstances

Application Instructions

Link to Website

Information Table Tips

The BSC Career Center encourages employers/representatives to take full advantage of their Information Table as an on-campus recruiting opportunity. We support any promotional and public relations activities conducted by our visiting recruiters in their effort to provide employment opportunities to BSC students.

For your Information Table efforts to be effective, we recommend a more active, rather than passive, approach. Feel free to engage the students and interact with them.

Give students who approach your Information Table a friendly greeting and welcome their questions. Be sure that your body language is friendly. Don't stand there with your arms crossed over your chest, for instance. Chat with visitors, and find out what aspect of your business they're most interested in. Be prepared to offer specific answers to their questions. The trick is to draw them in without intimidating or overwhelming them. Get out from behind your table and get off your phone/computer. Often, exhibitors sit behind their tables while attendees stand looking down at them. Get up and engage.

Feel free to add persuasive and eye-catching elements to your table area to build excitement and enhance your message.

Make sure you have plenty of promotional literature, brochures, and business cards to give out. Distributing promotional items, gifts, giveaways, and prizes is usually very effective in drawing interest. Offering snacks is also a big crowd pleaser.

Tips for Successful Info Table/Trade Show Tabling

Tips and Ideas for Tabletop Promotion

Signage is of particular importance. It is certainly recommended that recruiters prominently display their company name and logo. Colorful graphics and bright images are very effective.

We further recommend to use of secondary signage to draw attention to special features that might inspire additional interest.

For example, if the benefits of your program or product are not immediately obvious, it could be very effective to post a sign on your table that says “Great Entry-Level Job” or “Excellent Growth Potential” or “Tuition Reimbursement” or “Great Salary and Benefits Package.”

Another example of helpful secondary signage might include signs that target the intended audience: “Attention: Science Majors” or “Seeking History Majors” or “Opportunities for English Majors” or “Open to All Majors.”

Use of technology can be helpful in communicating your brand. Video displays, slideshows, and other media typically attract attention. Be careful with loud music.