Recruitment Outreach Tools
HRS Talent Acquisition team offers the following advertising and outreach tools to assist in recruitment efforts. Hiring departments decide where to advertise their vacant positions and are responsible for any advertising costs that are in addition to what HRS automatically provides. See “auto-routed” options below.
Free Outreach Tools:
| FREE Job Boards: | Website: | Auto-routing enabled: | Position Types: |
| @CareersWSU | Yes Contact Bonnie Wilmoth – 5848 | HRS tweets all faculty and staff vacancies submitted through Workday on a regular basis. | |
| Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) | hercjobs.org | Yes | All Position Types |
| Higher Ed Jobs | higheredjobs.com | Yes | All Position Types |
| WorkSource Washington | worksourcewa.com | Yes | All Position Types |
| Indeed | indeed.com | Yes | N/A – Indeed uses an aggregation method to determine which positions to scrape from WSUjobs.com |
| LinkedIn Showcase Page | Linkedin.com/showcase/wsu-jobs | Yes | AP Positions Only |
| NEW: Diverse Education | diverseeducation.com | Yes | All Position Types |
| Handshake | joinhandshake.com | No Work directly with Academic Success and Career Center (ASCC) to create a departmental account. | All position types may be posted here. |
| Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) | aplu.org | No Departments may post directly on APLU. Remember to email “info@aplu.org” after position closes to remove posting. | All position types may be posted here. |
Paid Outreach Tool:
JobElephant
Whether you need to place ads in major trade journals, free job boards, premium job boards, or in local newspapers, JobElephant can manage all your recruitment advertising at no additional cost, saving you valuable time compared to managing it yourself. JobElephant also offers advertising language assistance and placement recommendations tailored to your specific recruitment needs, all at no additional costs.
By utilizing JobElephant to place both your paid and free job ads, HRS will receive data on candidate outreach, helping you make informed decisions for future advertising strategies.
For more information on diversity recruitment and advertising, please see JobElephant’s 2024 Diversity Recruitment Advertising Guide.
To request an advertising quote or for questions regarding JobElephant’s services, please use the drop-down field below:
Talent Pool Databases:
Hiring departments may request access to the following free databases to actively recruit and invite talent to apply for their vacancies. Prior to accessing these resources, we highly encourage search committee members to review the Recruitment Outreach and Advertising training to learn how to actively source and invite applicants.
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Resume Database (Access to over 20,000 jobseekers)
- Worksource Washington and Monster Resume Database
- HigherEdJobs Resume Database
Contact your HR Service Team for assistance accessing talent pool databases.
Additional Outreach Tools:
- Global Job Board Directory: Advertising suggestions based on academic discipline.
- EEO/AA Compliance: Contact CCR directly for questions regarding WSU’s Affirmative Action Plan.