Career Office Directory
We look forward to helping you connect with Illinois student talent.
Career Services Offices
Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Jean Drasgow – Director of ACES Career Services jdrasgow@illinois.edu
217-333-0981
1101 S. Goodwin Ave. 115 ACES Library Urbana, IL 61801
http://careerservices.aces.illinois.edu/
Description of Services
The ACES Career Services Office serves current undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES). We also provide limited additional service for our alumni population. Our goal is to facilitate the employer/student match. Some of the ways we achieve our goal is by hosting the annual ACES + LAS Career Fair, on-campus interviews, and other student professional development events. We work with you to find the majors that foster the talent you need.
Applied Health Sciences
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Tonya M. Pulley, Ph.D., Director of Career Services and Honors Programs
careers@ahs.illinois.edu
123B Huff Hall, MC 586, 1206 South 4th Street, Champaign, IL 61820
https://ahs.illinois.edu/undergrad-mission
Description of Services
Applied Health Sciences Career Services works with employer partners seeking to recruit undergraduate and alumni talent affiliated with the College of Applied Health Sciences fields of study including; Kinesiology and Community Health, Interdisciplinary Health, Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Recreation, Sports, and Tourism. We look forward to collaborating with you to develop tailored recruitment activity plans to facilitate the employer/job seeker matching process.
Gies Business Career Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Corporate Engagement
hirebusiness@illinois.edu
217-333-2840
515 East Gregory Drive, 1033 BIF, Champaign, IL 61820
https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/experience/career-services
Description of Services
Career Services in Gies College of Business provides customized services to employers seeking undergraduate, specialized masters, and MBA students studying Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, Marketing, Management, Operations Management, and Supply Chain Management. Our team will work with you to plan the appropriate recruiting activities, such as career fair participation, interviews, job postings, workshops, forums, and other career and professional development activities to meet your targeted student population.
Chemical Sciences Career Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Patricia Simpson – Director
217-333-1051
105 Noyes Lab, Box D-4, MC-712 505 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
http://careers.scs.illinois.edu/
Description of Services
We are the primary office to connect you with undergraduate and graduate students and alumni as well as post-doctoral scholars from the departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry. Our goal is to facilitate and support connections between employers and our job seekers through on-campus interviewing, informational sessions and tech talks, informal lunches and networking with student organizations, career fairs, our Career Partner program, and much more. Contact us today to learn more about connecting with our outstanding Chemical Engineering and Chemistry job seekers!
Department of Statistics Career Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Darren Glosemeyer & Andrea Franklin
Career Services: Stat-Careers@illinois.edu
217-300-2142
https://stat.illinois.edu/academics/careers-statistics
Description of Services
The Department of Statistics Career Services team serves current undergraduate and graduate students in Statistics. Our team also serves our recently graduated alumni. We join forces with Mathematics to host a departmental career fair in both the fall & spring semesters known as the Statistics and Mathematics Career Forum. This specialized recruiting event is for employers seeking students with backgrounds such as: statistics, mathematics, data analytics, data science, machine learning for high dimensional data analysis, computational statistics etc.
For more information about the Department of Statistics visit: https://stat.illinois.edu/system/files/2020-05/Department%20of%20Statistics.pdf
Disability Resources & Educational Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Allision Frees-Williams, Career Development Specialist
1207 South Oak Street, Suite 121, Champaign, IL 61820
https://www.disability.illinois.edu/academic-support/career-supports
Description of Services
The career services provided by DRES (Disability Resources & Educational Services) are for students registered with a visible and/or invisible disability, with limited additional service for our alumni. Our goal is to provide employers with easy access to some of the highest-quality students to diversify their workforce. In addition, we provide students with career readiness trainings, career advice, and access to employment, and job postings. We want to work with you to match each student’s unique portfolio of skills to the needs of each potential employer.
Engineering Career Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Leigh Deusinger, Director
leighd@illinois.edu
1304 W. Springfield Avenue, 3300 Digital Computer Lab, MC 270, Urbana, IL 61801
https://ecs.grainger.illinois.edu/employer-resources
Description of Services
Engineering Career Services (ECS) creates meaningful interactions between employers and students through recruiting activities such as on-campus interviews, job postings, career fairs, networking events, and workshops. We serve over 13,000 students in engineering, computer science and physics by providing the career education, coaching, and resources that prepare them to hit the ground running upon graduation. Let ECS be your partner in connecting with one of the largest and most exemplary pools of STEM talent in the world!
Fine and Applied Arts Career Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers:
217-333-6061
608 E. Lorado Taft Drive 110 Architecture Building, MC-622, Champaign, IL 61820
https://faa.illinois.edu/student-resources/career-services/
Description of Services
Fine and Applied Arts Career Services connects employers with undergraduate and graduate students from Architecture, Art + Design, Dance, Landscape Architecture, Music, Theatre, and Urban + Regional Planning. Our portfolio reviews and showcases occur each spring, but we invite employers to visit campus to meet with students and faculty year-round. Recruiters are invited to post student, entry-level, and alumni opportunities through Handshake @ Illinois and to contact the FAA Career Services Office to arrange visits.
Graduate College Career Development Office
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Mike Firmand – Associate Director for Career & Professional Development
mfirmand@illinois.edu
217-300-7261
507 E. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
http://www.grad.illinois.edu/careerdevelopment/
Description of Services
The Graduate College Career Development Office helps employers find the expertise they need across all master’s and doctoral programs on the Urbana-Champaign campus. We provide a central location for recruiting from a diverse pool of advanced-degree level candidates and help employers identify talented students from a broad range of majors. We offer assistance to employers in a variety of ways from promoting job openings in our GradCAREERS newsletter to coordinating unique on and off campus events to interact with students. We invite you to consider how our accomplished and distinct graduate and postdoctoral scholars can help advance and grow your organization.
Information Sciences
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Michele Plante, Assistant Director for Employer Relations
mplante@illinois.edu
501 E. Daniel Street, Room 103, Champaign, IL
https://ischool.illinois.edu/engage/hire-intern-or-full-time-employee
iSchool Student Demographics
Description of Services
The iSchool at Illinois focuses on the intersection of information, technology, and people and concentrates on all stages of the information lifecycle from developing strategies for data collection and management to describing data; analyzing data with ML, NLP and deep learning technologies; storytelling with data; and archiving information. We are proud to have hosted the top-ranked Library Science program in the nation for 20+ years. Our employer relations staff is here to help you develop your brand and talent pipeline strategies. Please get in touch to learn about our TechTalk opportunities, career fairs, consulting projects, internships, practicum, and the Professional Mentor Program.
Labor and Employment Relations
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers:Brian Neighbors – Associate Director, Career and Student Services
217-300-2146
504 East Armory Avenue, MC-504 Champaign, IL 61820
https://ler.illinois.edu/employers/recruiting/
Description of Services
The interviewing and recruiting services provided by the LER Career Services Office are for the benefit of currently enrolled LER students, with limited additional service for our alumni population. Our goal is to provide employers with easy access to some of the highest-quality HR students and alumni in the country. In addition, we provide candidates with comprehensive career advice, strategies, and access to employment, and to provide alumni continuing contact with up-to-date networking and job postings. We want to work with you to match each student’s unique portfolio of skills to the needs of each potential employer.
Law Career Planning and Professional Development
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Greg Miarecki – Executive Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development
miarecki@illinois.edu
312-342-0129
504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820
http://www.law.illinois.edu/career-services/
Description of Services
Illinois Law’s Office of Career Planning and Professional Development strives to provide outstanding services to students, alumni, and employers. Our professional staff, located in Chicago and Champaign, consists entirely of lawyers with extensive practice experience at top law firms, government agencies, and in-house legal departments. Using their experience and judgment, our team works to prepare our students to realize their professional ambitions and help employers find excellent matches for their hiring needs.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Services
CONTACT
Primary Contact for Employers: las-careerservices@illinois.edu
217-300-4305
105 Gregory hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801
https://go.illinois.edu/LASCareerServices
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
LAS Career Services helps employers connect with a large, diverse population of liberal arts and sciences students by coordinating informational and networking events, promoting job opportunities, and educating students about the connections between their LAS skills and current employer needs. Many of the students we work with are adept at data analysis, working with complex qualitative and/or quantitative information. Others excel in situations requiring strong written communication, language, and interpersonal skills. LAS students' intellectual curiosity and ability to learn quickly means that they thrive in workplaces that require innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving. We look forward to working with you to help you connect to the talent you need.
Media Career Services
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers: Daniel Almanza, Assistant Director for Career Services
media-careerservices@illinois.edu
217-244-4329
18 Gregory Hall, MC-477 810 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801
https://media.illinois.edu/about-us/MCSwelcome
Description of Services
Media Career Services serves students, both undergraduate and graduate, enrolled in the College of Media. Our mission is to advise and aid students in their career and professional development and assist in leveraging academic education, experiential learning, and extracurricular involvement to best prepare students for life beyond college. To achieve our goal, we work closely with faculty, staff, alumni, and employers to provide knowledge and experience to students as we all have a common goal of preparing students to be successful professionals.
The Career Center
Contact
Primary Contact for Employers:
hireillini@illinois.edu
217-333-0820
715 S. Wright St., MC-383 Champaign, IL 61820
https://www.careercenter.illinois.edu/employers
Description of Services
The Career Center can help employers identify their ideal target population, recruit top talent, build their campus brand, and contribute to the professional development of students through career-related presentations and events. The Career Center specifically meets the needs of employers whose recruiting footprint spans the campus.