{"id":410,"date":"2025-07-03T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:50:55","slug":"policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Services Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default_no_jumbotron\"><div class=\"wp-block-umflint-jumbotron jumbotron jumbotron-fluid jumbotron-page mb-3\" style=\"background-color: rgb(4, 50, 97);\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-color has-text-color\">Career Services Policy<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jumbotron-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blue.Campus.Downtown.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blue.Campus.Downtown.jpg 2560w, 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class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\">Career Services<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">Career Services Policy<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e96adb53cc08e97e8d550e80510606aa\">Inactive Student Handshake Account Deactivation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-513fab1aea3e5ef75db1ce5280e4e65a\"><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy outlines the criteria for deactivating inactive student accounts to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the University of Michigan-Flint\u2019s Handshake platform and ensure that only current students and eligible alumni have access to career services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a78d7b9e964c4811d97b95e17e9f0db7\"><strong>Policy Statement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who have not been enrolled at the University of Michigan-Flint for 12 consecutive months will have their Handshake accounts archived. This action helps the Office of Student Career Advancement &amp; Success maintain an up-to-date user database. It ensures that career resources are provided to currently enrolled students and graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0e889884fa6aa945659892f03c1aab8a\"><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Review of Enrollment Status<\/strong><br>Career Services will review enrollment records in collaboration with the Registrar\u2019s Office on an annual basis to identify students who have not been enrolled for 12 months or more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Notification to Affected Users<\/strong><br>Identified students will receive an email notification informing them of the pending deactivation of their Handshake account. This communication will include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A summary of the policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheduled deactivation date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructions for requesting continued access (if applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Account Deactivation<\/strong><br>If the student does not take action within the specified notification period (typically two weeks), their Handshake account will be archived, and access will be removed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reactivation Requests<\/strong><br>Former students who wish to regain access may contact the Office of Student Career Advancement &amp; Success to determine their eligibility. Access may be granted to:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alumni&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students returning who are enrolled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other special cases are at the discretion of Career Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ea06a6c3d6cba433fe65ecbffe469f11\"><strong>Effective Date<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy is effective July 1, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-44692177ca48e0c7d7ae111c19fd8041\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions or want to request reactivation, please contact the Office of Student Career Advancement &amp; Success at <a href=\"mailto:OSCAScareerservices@umich.edu\">OSCAScareerservices@umich.edu<\/a> or 810-762-3489.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/policy\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}