1. Offices
  2. Human Resources
  3. Student Employment
  4. For Supervisors

Hiring Students

Hiring a Student Employee

Once you have selected your student employee(s), follow these steps:

  1. Share the with each student you have selected. The form is fully electronic and replaces the previous paper version.
  2. The student completes their portion of the form. Once submitted, it is automatically routed to the appropriate approvers.
  3. If the supervisor is a faculty member, the form will first route to a representative in the Dean of Faculty's Office for approval.
  4. Human Resources reviews and processes the hire. Once all hiring requirements have been completed, HR will send an email to both the student and the supervisor authorizing the student to begin work.
  5. The student may begin working only after receiving the official authorization email from Human Resources. Students are not permitted to work before this authorization is issued, even if they have submitted the Student Hire Form or completed other hiring requirements.

Important Reminders

  • Students must not begin working until Human Resources has provided written authorization.
  • A new Student Hire Form is required for every job, every semester, including for returning students who are continuing in the same position.

Removing a Posting

Once all students have been selected for a position, supervisors can remove a posting directly through or supervisors can email careerservices@pitzer.edu and request that the posting be made inactive. Keeping jobs live in Handshake and then removing them once positions are filled will enable students to always view available positions.