Thank you for your interest in recruiting UWG students and graduates

Career Services offers a wide range of recruiting opportunities. Our employer relations team is dedicated to meeting your recruiting needs by connecting you with the right students and alumni. We are excited to work with you and look forward to assisting you.

Handshake is our online recruiting platform, where you register for career fairs, post jobs, schedule on-campus interviews, request informational sessions, and much more.

How to Set-Up a Handshake Profile

1. Go to Handshake
2. Click on the "New User Sign Up" button
3. Enter your email, create your password, and click the "Sign Up" button
4. Complete the company information, services requested, and contract information sections and click "Submit"
5. Once UWG staff has reviewed your company information, Handshake will send a confirmation email

How to Post a Job or Internship through Handshake

1. Log into your Employer Handshake account
2. Select "Post a Job" from the home dashboard
3. Complete the form providing as much detail as possible for best-recruiting results
4. Select "Next" button to move through the posting options. Be sure to add how you would like to receive applicant packages, add the University of West Georgia as the school to post the job, and enter an apply start date and expiration date for the job post
5. Submit for review and approval
6. You will receive a confirmation email from Handshake telling you the postings have been received and are being reviewed
7. Once your job is approved, you will receive another email confirmation

Types of Campus Visits

Career Services is a comprehensive career center offering many for your on-campus recruiting and student engagement needs.  For more information and to reserve your spot, contact our office at 678-839-6431 or hirewest@westga.edu.

• Information Tables
• Informational Sessions
• On-Campus Interviews
• Career Fair Vendor

About UWG Students

The University of West Georgia is proud to have some of the state's most vibrant, intelligent and promising students. Everywhere you look, UWG students and alumni are blazing trails to new possibilities for scholarly achievement, creative expression, and service to humanity.

UWG students are performing biomedical research, outranking private university debate teams, studying trees to evaluate historical sites, and submitting winning t-shirt designs for the Peachtree Road Race. They are studying overseas, developing local outreach programs, and building robots. Our alumni are newscasters, authors, international business leaders and teachers of the year. They’re Hollywood makeup artists, entrepreneurs, critical care nurses, and everything in between.

Degrees Offered:

Through our team of department liaisons, we can help connect your business with UWG’s six schools and colleges: Arts & Humanities, Business, Education, Nursing, Science & Math, and Social Sciences. UWG offers 97 major opportunities in a wide range of disciplines and we have programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level. We also offer post-graduate certificates and specialist degrees. Let us help you find your next superstar employee by promoting your position within a complimentary academic program.

Student Organizations:

Career Services can work as a bridge to student groups, which can be beneficial to employers who are seeking to hire students with interest-specific and organizational management experience. The University of West Georgia hosts more than 160 student organizations covering academics, cultural/international, departmental/educational, professional and honor groups, politics, science, religion, service, recreation and sports, and social fraternities and sororities.

International Students & Programs:

The University of West Georgia is proud of its strong international presence. We foster a vibrant mix of perspectives and backgrounds on campus and collaborate with the Center for Student Involvement and Inclusion to strengthen and enhance the understanding of various cultures among students and employees. We also work with International Student Admissions and Programs to help international students (representing 73 different countries) who have secured authorization for employment to find partner employers.