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Recruitment Policies

Eligible jobs for which you may recruit through the Career Center consist of professional duties and salaries or hourly wages. The Career Center does not support full commission-based positions, opportunities that require candidates to pay fees for application processes, training, equipment, or other job-related expenses, positions that are based in home offices or private residences, pyramid schemes or brand ambassadors, or food or personal service positions. Additionally, all businesses posting jobs and internships must operate lawfully under federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Acceptable internships provide students with structured learning experiences, regular supervision, and exposure to professional aspects of chosen fields.

AU is partnering with QuadJobs, where businesses and individuals can post non-career track job opportunities (e.g. waiter, delivery person, camp counselor, other personal services, etc.)

In order to utilize Career Center services, you and your organization must comply with American University regulations and applicable federal, state, and local laws, including:

The Career Center ascribes to Principles for Ethical Professional Practice, set forth by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, and expects employers to review and adhere to them as well.

Third-party recruiters must adhere to the AU Career Center's Third-Party Recruitment Policies and may recruit AU students and alumni at the discretion of the Career Center.

Upon registering for a Handshake account, a third-party recruiter must either disclose a full or sample client list to the Career Center, and/or decide to disclose the name of the organization in each job listing they post. Third-party recruiters, may participate in select campus recruiting activities as long as they provide position descriptions for eligible jobs upon request and refrain from charging candidates for their services. Recruiting options available to third-party recruiters include Handshake listings and semi-annual job and internship fairs. If you would like to appeal for participation in other recruiting activities, please reach out to Julie Jones, Director of Employer Relations, at juliej@american.edu.

If you seek candidates for eligible jobs and internships, you may formally recruit AU students and alumni through Handshake listings, semi-annual job and internship Fairs, on-campus interviews, virtual campus interviews, employer meet-up sessions, recruiter chats, employer pop-in sessions, industry events, and networking receptions. However, the Career Center reserves the right to deny you access to recruiting services at any time.

Companies hiring 1099 or independent contractor positions are not eligible for on-campus recruitment activities. Third-party recruiters may be considered for participation in on-campus recruitment activities on an individualized basis.

You may only use campus facilities, reserved by the Career Center on your behalf, for the purpose of recruiting AU students and alumni for eligible jobs and internships. You must declare your presence on campus to the AU Career Center and be sponsored by our office in order to meet with students and alumni.

Employer pop-in sessions are available on a first-come, first-served basis to any organization recruiting students and alumni for eligible jobs and internships. Employer meet-up sessions, virtual campus interviews, on-campus interviews, recruiter chats and employer pop-in sessions are subject to timing & availability.

Any violation of our employer recruiting policies or online career services Terms of Service may result in a sanction against the organization. Examples of recruiting violations may include but are not limited to: disclosure of student information, unprofessional or inappropriate conduct with students, or mass-emailing to faculty, staff, students or alumni.

An organization that commits a violation of American University Recruiting Policies will receive notice of the violation. In addition to issuing the notice, American University may also impose a sanction against the organization for the violation. Sanctions imposed may result in the following:
1) issuance of a warning letter,
2) suspension of recruiting privileges at American University for a designated period, or
3) termination of recruiting privileges.

In the event of a suspension, the sanctioned organization may request reinstatement of recruiting privileges shortly before expiration of the designated sanction period. The request for reinstatement shall include information on how the organization will avoid any future occurrences of the violation sanctioned and detail what, if any, procedures the organization will employ to avoid any future violation of American University Recruiting Policies. Upon review of the request for reinstatement, American University will send a written notification of reinstatement and the effective date of the reinstated recruiting privileges.

Any sanction may be appealed to the Executive Director of the AU Career Center. The Executive Director will review the appeal and determine whether the sanction will be affirmed, modified, or reversed. Upon such determination, the Executive Director will send written notification of the decision to the organization.

In cases of inclement weather, on-campus recruiting activities proceed as planned when the university is open and are canceled or rescheduled when the university is closed. Please call 202-885-1100 for daily updates about the university's operating status.