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Handshake is the campus-wide recruiting platform where students can find jobs and internships, upcoming career fairs, on-campus recruiting events, networking opportunities, and a calendar of events.
School of MCB Career Mentorship Program
Our program brings together physicians, dentists, researchers, and other professionals, many of them alumni, and matches them with motivated students.
Resources from the Career Center
Tips on searching for a job or internship
Participate in a mock interview
Resume and Personal Statement Reviews
Tips for writing and formatting your resume
Tips for writing your personal statement
Free professional headshots
The Career Center and Illini Union offer the Professional Portrait Lab, free student professional digital headshots that you can use on LinkedIn, websites, directories, etc.
Campus career fairs
Career and internship fairs hosted on campus provide the opportunity for students to network and find internships and jobs. Fairs are also a great way to explore careers and different employment sectors.
As a student in the College of LAS, you are welcome at all career and internship fairs on campus. Students are encouraged to attend LAS preparation workshops or Career Center workshops available before some fairs. These workshops help students know what to expect and how to get the most out of the experience.
Upcoming career fairs
Alumni Spotlights
Dr. Jason Robin
(BS, '98, biology)
Christopher Carpenter
(BS, ’87, biology)
Dr. Nicole Williams
(BS, ’97, biology)
Additional resources
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MCB Advising
Visit MCB Advising mediaspace channel.
MCB Advising hosts several workshops and career talks throughout the year.
External websites with job listings and resources
BioSpace is a digital hub for news and careers related to life sciences. Their Jobs page is a good single source for positions in the biological sciences.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has lots of valuable data that can be used when investigating careers. The various professional societies pertinent to biologists can be found on the site via a simple search.
JobScan Get past resume robots. Ninety percent of large companies use applicant tracking systems to search for qualified candidates from large applicant pools. These systems help employers by analyzing resumes and CVs, surfacing candidates that best match the position and filtering out those who don't. JobScan has researched the top systems used by thousands of companies and built an algorithm based on the common patterns among them.
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has recently updated their Career Readiness Competencies.
The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is a free online database that contains hundreds of occupational definitions to help students, job seekers, businesses, and workforce development professionals to understand today's world of work in the United States.