All employers who wish to recruit MGA students and alumni for employment opportunities or graduate school must have an account on Handshake and list MGA as one of their preferred schools. 

Handshake for Employers & Grad Schools

The Center for Career & Leadership Development (CCLD) is dedicated to connecting students and alumni with quality professional opportunities that complement and support their academic pathways and career goals.  The CCLD reserves the right to refuse services to employers or continuing education programs that do not align with our recruitment guidelines. These services include but are not limited to Handshake job postings, campus in-person and virtual recruitment opportunities, and special career and leadership events for students.  If you have any questions about our guidelines, please contact Dr. Mary Roberts, Executive Director for Career & Leadership Development at

EMPLOYER RECRUITMENT GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS

By posting your jobs and internships on Handshake, you are able to reach alumni as well as all MGA students, even if they take courses online or attend classes on multiple campuses. Handshake is a one-stop shop for employers, allowing you to market your opportunities to MGA students and alumni as well as other colleges within the Handshake network.  You can even direct students to apply through your own website.

  Visit Handshake to create your account and post your job 

MGA students and graduates live across the middle Georgia region and the state. To make it easy for you and them, we limit most of our on-campus recruitment activities to Macon and Eastman (aviation only). Virtual information sessions are also encouraged. To simplify the process, we offer Career Chat Events to help you connect with students outside of a formal career fair.  If you need something even more customized, let's talk about your needs and the best ways to connect virtually and in-person with students across all of our learning locations.  These opportunities are promoted via Handshake, social media, the Student LIfe Calendar, and our weekly newsletter sent via Handshake. Schedule a date between 8/29 - 11/7 and 1/30 - 4/16 for the 2023/2024 year.  We can only support virtual options in the summer.

• Career Chat Tuesdays in Macon.   For an in-person recruitment day, you get an information table in the Student Life Center Lobby from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. followed by either an information session in the Center for Career & Leadership Development or one-on-one meetings with students in our interview room or conference area.  Recruiters that want to provide lunch during the information session will need to sign-up with the CCLD as a Lunch & Learn Sponsor.  Spots are limited and should be scheduled at least four weeks before your event date.
• Career Chat Wednesday in Eastman. These opportunities work best for students in our A&P/Aviation Maintenance & Aircraft Structural Technology Programs.  Your day will include an information table in the Flight Lobby at the School of Aviation in Eastman from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Additional opportunities to host information sessions or visit classes may be possible depending on student schedules.  To promote opportunities to flight students, we can work with you and the airline liaison to schedule a specific day in Flight Dispatch or to set up an information session.  If you would like to interview students, we strongly recommend attending the Aviation Career Fair and offering that opportunity in the afternoon following the event.  Spots are limited and should be scheduled at least four weeks before your event date.
• Virtual Career Chats.  We can schedule these to promote your full-time or non-internship career opportunities during Monday - Thursday as scheduling permits. Sessions are generally last 30 minutes to an hour and reach students across all of our learning locations. Employers can expect 5 - 10 student attendees.  We also record the sessions in order to share with students who cannot attend. For employers offering internships, we encourage you to participate in our Virtual Internship Series.

If you would like to speak to classes during your visit, you will need to schedule your visit by August 1 (fall) or December 1 (spring).  Because each program functions differently, with some even being mostly online or hybrid, we cannot promise access to classes, but we are glad to reach out to the corresponding faculty and share your request.

Contact Us to Schedule Your Recruitment Date

Each semester, we look for employers to feature in our Virtual Internship Series. These virtual sessions allow you to reach students on all five campuses as well as those mainly taking online classes. 

• Fall 2023 dates are now availalbe during the week of September 11 and the week of November 6. February & April dates will be set in late fall.  Sessions are generally last 30 minutes to an hour and reach students across all of our learning locations.  Employers can expect 5 - 10 student attendees.  We also record the sessions in order to share with students who cannot attend.

To learn more, contact Dr. Heather McIntosh

We host a variety of major-specific and all majors events throughout the year.  Our major-specific events include Respiratory Therapy Mock Interviews (October & March - virtual), Social Work Mock Interviews (February in Macon), and Aviation Mock Interviews (October & March in Eastman).  We also host an All Majors Mock Interview Day (virtual) and All Majors Resume Review Day (Macon & Cochran) where volunteers are needed.  These events are great ways to connect with students and promote your company.  

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Submit a conference proposal or contribute as a sponsor to get the chance to interact with 60 - 100 motivated student leaders.  This event will be held March 8, 2024 on the Macon Campus.  We will begin accepting conference proposals in late fall.

Contact Rafael Villamil for more information

If an employer is interested in having MGA students as interns, we can help you develop a job description and identify potential majors that would fit with the job duties and learning objectives. Contact Dr. Heather McIntosh to get started. As we work with you, we can help you determine which academic areas align with your internship in case students wish to get academic credit for the experience.  Be sure to also create an employer account on Handshake.

We follow internship guidelines set by the National Association of Colleges and Employers [NACE] (2018). NACE states that an internship is "a form of experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skills development in a professional setting. Internships give students the opportunity to gain valuable applied experience and make connections in professional fields they are considering for career paths, and give employers the opportunity to guide and evaluate talent” (para., 6).

For an internship to meet the standards outlined above, NACE (2018) also advises that an internship meet the following criteria in order to be a legitimate experience.

1. The experience must be an extension of the classroom: a learning experience that provides for applying the knowledge gained in the classroom. It must not be simply to advance the operations of the employer or be the work that a regular employee would routinely perform.
2. The skills or knowledge learned must be transferable to other employment settings.
3. The experience has a defined beginning and end, and a job description with desired qualifications.
4. There are clearly defined learning objectives/goals related to the professional goals of the student’s academic coursework.
5. There is supervision by a professional with expertise and educational and/or professional background in the field of the experience.
6. There is routine feedback by the experienced supervisor.
7. There are resources, equipment, and facilities provided by the host employer that support learning objectives/goals. (para., 14).

Contact Dr. Heather McIntosh for details

We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities to help your organization reach more students during specific events or throughout the academic year.  

• Career Fair Sponsor:  Includes career fair registration and logo inclusion on marketing materials.  $300 per organization for each career fair sponsored.
• Career Chat Tuesday (Macon) Lunch & Learn Sponsor:  Offered during key recruitment months (September - October & February - March) on the Macon campus to present organization opportunities or a career/leadership topic.  $350 covers lunch for up to 20 students.  
• Student Leadership Conference Sponsor: Presenting Sponsor opportunity is for a corporate or non-profit entity to be included on all event marketing, including the t-shirt, as part of the conference name. i.e. The Student Leadership Conference, Presented by Company XYZ.  $3500.  
• Student Leadership Programs Corporate Tour Sponsor: Host the spring cohort of the Student Leadership Program on a tour of your facility.  This sponsorship can include an in-kind donation of providing lunch to participating students as well as additional support for student transportation to the event.  

CONTACT Dr. Mary Roberts for details