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Employer Services

Connect with an Employer Outreach Specialist

Interested in building an individualized, targeted recruitment strategy and/or learning more about our services and ongoing events? Contact us via email today to schedule a call/meeting! 

Keith Sherwood

Pillar 1

Fortune 500 companies, Top DFW Workplaces, and organizations with staff of over 5,000.

Keith Sherwood
lorelco mulzac

Pillar 2

Start-up to Medium Size Businesses, a staff up to 5,000

Lorelco Mulzac
COURTNEY PAYNE

Pillar 3

Non-profit, Education, Government Agencies, and Healthcare Organizations

Courtney Payne

Services

Handshake

You must be connected and approved on Handshake prior to using the following services. Learn more about Handshake here.

Handshake Event Promotion

We’ve changed the way we handle the promotion of employer events. Submitting a form to us is no longer necessary! If you are a partner employer who is connected with us on Handshake, you can post and advertise your organization’s upcoming events on Handshake to be shared with UTA students and alumni. Find a step-by-step guide on posting events on Handshake here.

Event Approval Policy

  • Employers must be connected and approved with us on Handshake in order to post events.
  • The event posted must deal with recruitment, student education about your organization (such as a webinar), networking, interviewing or hiring.
  • The title of the event must be clear and descriptive. 
  • The event must have a start and end date and time.
  • The event must have a valid URL, if virtual, or physical address, if in-person, where students can attend.
  • The event must have a descriptive and discernable thumbnail. This can be either an organizational logo or event logo. 
  • The description of the event must include pertinent information such as, pre-registration links, deadlines to register, documents and items necessary for the students to have present, as well as a short description regarding the nature of the event.
  • No events will be accepted which require an up-front cost to the student.
  • A UTA representative will communicate with the employer via Handshake if any of the above guidelines need to be addressed with the event posted. 
  • UTA representatives have final say on the approval or decline of an employer event on Handshake.

Benefits

  • This new feature allows for an expedited approval turnaround!
  • For Handshake Premium Partners, event campaigns allow you to send many messages at once. The message will link directly to the event on Handshake and allow for seamless tracking of registrants. Check out Campaigns: Create and Manage a Campaign or How to Send a Job or Event Campaign to learn more!
  • Employers will be able to include the URL to the public event in campaigns (emails to students within Handshake), and campaign recipients will be able to access and register for the event directly via the URL. (This workflow previously existed with Premium Employers advertising for events using third party services, so this change brings the benefit of tracking those event types within Handshake).

Best Practices

  • If you already have active and open events on Handshake, invite UTA talent by sharing your event!
  • If the event is virtual, use the ‘Virtual Session’ event type when creating the event on Handshake. This allows you to include a URL instead of a ‘location.’ 
  • Keep it current! If there are any changes made to your event, be sure to revisit the posting on Handshake and include the updated information. 
  • Communicate with pre-registrants. It’s always a good idea to send a reminder e-mail to pre-registrants for your events with any links, new information, or updates.
  • Usethis linkto share virtual event search with students/alumni.  
  • Bulk e-mail targeted student/alumni populations to notify them of the upcoming events! 
  • Follow-up with attendees. This reminds participants of the event and allows for an additional connection point with your organization. 
  • Make registration deadlines clear upfront. 

How-to / Instructions 

https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001027648

Handshake’s Guide to Hosting Virtual Recruitment Events

Setting up a Virtual Event on Handshake

Maximizing Digital Engagement via Handshake

How to send an event campaign

Create and Manage an Event Campaign on Handshake

Sharing an Event with an Additional School

 

Campus Flyers

Campus Flyers help employers increase their brand awareness and visibility on-campus without being present. Promote upcoming on-campus visits or remote events, as well as job and internship openings. Review this example and email a flyer to hireamav@uta.edu to be reviewed and posted.

Please note, as shown in the example, the university requires a 2x2 blank space on the bottom right-hand corner for stamping approval.

Information Table

Information Tables allow your organization to pass out/display information directly to students while engaging them in short, meaningful conversations about your organization and open opportunities. Tables are available in high-traffic areas in multiple locations across campus based on your organization’s targeted student population, as well as online (virtual) via Zoom and or TEAMS.

Information Session 

Information Sessions allow your organization to meet with groups of students, in-person, or online via Zoom and/or TEAMS, in a less formal setting than an actual interview. You have the chance to speak with students/alumni about your organization, your industry, the types of positions you have to offer, what you are looking for in a candidate, and answer questions.

On-Campus Interviews

On-Campus interviews are a convenient and efficient way for employers to interview multiple students in just one day. Traditional recruiting cycles are February–April and September–November, but employers may schedule on-campus interviews at any time. Please review the document below  to learn more about on-campus interview formats, including how to request a date/schedule.

Employer Speakers Network

Increase your visibility on campus by offering to make presentations to student clubs, organizations and other campus groups. We are creating a directory to make available to key contacts on campus to serve as speakers for their meetings, programs and events including Lockheed Martin Career Development Center events. Click below to join.

Employer Instagram Story Takeover

This social media branding opportunity is a way for you to show UTA Mavericks behind the scenes and highlight what makes your organization stand out from the rest. Whether it’s showing off your office, featuring different departments within the organization, or showcasing the organizations’ s culture, this is a great way for you to connect with students/alumni in a trendy, unique, and authentic way. Complete this brief form.

Off-Campus Work-Study

Work-Study is a form of financial aid that allows students to work part-time to earn money during the school year. Off-campus jobs are primarily based in schools, non-profits, and some for-profit businesses. With a Work-Study contract, employers are reimbursed between 50-100% of their student worker’s wages earned by the University of Texas at Arlington. Learn more about the program’s policies and procedures, as well as whom to contact, below.

Off-Campus Work-Study

Connect with Student Organizations

The University has more than 300 student organizations, and many are related to specific degree programs. Meeting with such groups, on campus or virtually, allows employers the opportunity to share their knowledge about the industry, present a workshop on a relevant topic, or sponsor an event.

Explore and connect with MavOrgs

Events

Along with this list of services we also offer employer events such as Job Fairs, Employer Office Hours, Employer Panels, Workshops, Mavs on Site, etc.

Explore our Events