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Workforce
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Handshake

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

Pre-health counselors

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

UIUC career fair

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

Event Date
Illinois Part-Time Job Fair - Spring 20251/29/25 1:00 PM CST - 1/29/25 4:00 PM CST
Illinois Gies College of Business Employer Showcases Spring 2025 (May Graduates + Summer 2025 Interns)2/4/25 1:00 PM CST - 2/5/25 4:00 PM CST
Illinois Spring 2025 Grainger Engineering Career Fair (VIRTUAL)2/5/25 11:00 AM CST - 2/5/25 3:00 PM CST
Illinois Gies College of Business Virtual Job Fair - Spring 20252/6/25 12:00 PM CST - 2/6/25 4:00 PM CST
Illinois Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Spring 2025 Job Fair2/12/25 11:00 AM CST - 2/12/25 4:00 PM CST
Illinois Gies College of Business Employer Showcases Spring 2025 (Freshmen/Sophomores + 2026 Opportunities)2/19/25 1:00 PM CST - 2/20/25 4:00 PM CST
Illinois Spring 2025 Grainger Engineering In-Person Career Fair2/19/25 1:00 PM CST - 2/20/25 6:00 PM CST
2025 Research Park Career Fair2/25/25 3:00 PM CST - 2/25/25 7:00 PM CST
Illinois Statistics and Mathematics Spring 2025 Career and Graduate School Forum2/26/25 10:00 AM CST - 2/26/25 4:00 PM CST
2025 EIU/Illinois Spring Education Job Fair2/26/25 12:00 PM CST - 2/26/25 3:00 PM CST
Illinois Hire Illini Career and Internship Fair 20252/27/25 12:00 PM CST - 2/27/25 4:00 PM CST
Illinois Bridge the Gap: Corporate Networking with Underrepresented STEM Undergraduates9/9/25 8:30 AM CDT - 9/9/25 11:30 AM CDT
Illinois Gies College of Business Fall 2025 In-Person Career Fair9/9/25 1:00 PM CDT - 9/10/25 6:00 PM CDT

 

Alumni Spotlights

 Dr. Jason Robin

Dr. Jason Robin

(BS, '98, biology)

 Chris Carpenter

Christopher Carpenter

(BS, ’87, biology)

 Dr. Nicole Williams

Dr. Nicole Williams

(BS, ’97, biology)

Additional resources

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.