Create your Handshake account

• Use your actx.edu email to create your account.
• Follow these steps and ensure your account is under the Amarillo College organization - you can even create divisions within to house your department.
• Pre-created divisions will be in your account.
• Start posting jobs - make sure you choose only your division when you create the posting.
• Use the Employer Help Center, if needed.

Make Sure to Include the Following in Your Listing

• Basic minimum requirements for all student employee positions
• Fall/Spring Semester: Currently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours
• Meet Financial Aid satisfactory academic progress.
• Work no more than 20 hours per week, and may not work during scheduled class times.
• Semester-to-semester renewal of student employment contingent on continuing
• Must meet the above-stated minimum requirements.

Review resumes of applicants and identify top candidates for an interview.

Reach out to Financial Aid to verify the candidates' eligibility.

• (806) 371-5312
• financial@actx.edu

Interview top candidates and make a hiring decision. Note: Once a hiring decision is made, the only thing left to do is let the other candidates know that they were not selected and remove your job posting in Handshake.

Submit a Student Referral Form for the candidate you would like to hire with the necessary signatures and send the completed form and the job description for the position to Financial Aid.

Financial Aid will have HR reach out to you and the candidate after completing the student section of the referral form. Federal law requires I-9 documentation to be on file by Human Resources before a student begins employment. 

• Students must bring I-9 documentation (social security card, driver's license, or other type of identification - Student ID card is not acceptable) and bank information. 
• Dumas and Hereford students should be directed to HR specialists on their respective campuses.

When a student's employment ends before the end date of their referral, you must notify Human Resources & Financial Aid via email as soon as possible using the Student Worker Early Termination Form.