Recruitment Outreach Tools

The HRS Talent Acquisition team provides advertising and outreach tools to support Faculty and Staff recruitment efforts. Hiring departments select where to advertise their positions and are responsible for any costs beyond the auto-routed options listed below.

Free Outreach Tools

Job Boards	Auto-Routing Enabled	Position Types	Considerations
Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)	No	All Position Types	Departments may post directly on APLU. **Remember to email “info@aplu.org” after position closes to remove posting.
Handshake	No	All position types may be posted here.	Work directly with Academic Success and Career Center (ASCC) to create a department account.
Higher Ed Jobs	Yes	All Position Types	–
Indeed	Yes	All Position Types	Please do not create a separate Indeed posting, as this causes duplicates. If you wish to sponsor a job post on Indeed, submit a JobElephant Request form, found below. If your advertising budget is under $400, email the HRS Talent Acquisition team, so we can explore Indeed’s alternative advertising plans.
LinkedIn Showcase Page	Yes – manually	AP Positions Only	Posted to HRS LinkedIn account on a regular basis.
WorkSource Washington	Yes	All Position Types	–
X (Twitter)	Yes – manually	Faculty and Staff positions.	Posted to HRS X account on a regular basis.

JobElephant – Paid Outreach Tool

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:

JobElephant Request Form

Select a Request Type

Name(Required)

Requester Email(Required)

Will be shared with JobElephant to help with your request.

Billing Contact(Required)

Your billing contact will be copied on this request.

Billing Contact Email(Required)

Your billing contact will be copied on this request.

Vacancy Title(Required)

Posting Dates(Required)

A date range, for example: 9/13/2023-9/27/2023.

Apply URL(Required)

Would you want help with ad language?(Required)

Available at no additional cost.

Yes

Advertising Language Document Uploads

Attach advertising language here or include language in the text box below. Using an attached document allows for formatting advertising language.

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 146 MB, Max. files: 3.

Where I would like the position posted(Required)

For example: Chronicle of Higher Education, Higher Ed Jobs, Inside Higher Ed, Lewiston Morning Tribune, Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

Suggestions on where to post?(Required)

Available at no additional cost.

Yes, we are open to additional suggestions

Discounts / Coupons / Memberships

If you have discounts, coupons, or memberships, please include them here with the job board name (for example, CODE: Chronicle of Higher Education).

Question or feedback on working with JobElephant

Phone

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Free 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

Contact the Office of Compliance and Civil Rights directly for questions regarding equal employment opportunity compliance.

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Contact Talent Acquisition

We’re here to help you through the recruiting process.

Email the Talent Acquisitions team

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Quick Links

Return to the Recruitment Toolkit section page, or open the panel below for more resources.