Quick Tips to Keep Your Search on Track

The Virtual Career Center is a comprehensive resource for Illinois, UIC and UIS alumni, which includes tips and advice on 30 career topics. We invite you to use this interactive tool to build, revise and implement your career and job search plans.

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Hire UI Alumni – a great benefit for All Alumni

Over 4,000 employers are looking for University of Illinois graduates. If you’re an Illinois, UIC or UIS alumnus, you can discover them all on Hire UI Alumni. The available job positions on Hire UI Alumni are wide ranging and cover all levels of experience. So, job seekers, what are you waiting for?

Get registered on Hire UI Alumni today and monitor the site regularly to view the job openings of established employers, which continually get updated. And don’t forget, if you’re an employer seeking qualified candidates, be sure to search the Hire UI Alumni resume database. Simply click on the “For Employers” section to get started.

For Job Seekers and Career Changers

Advising Packages | Career Interest Assessment | Additional Services | Online Career Services

The Alumni Career Center administers a comprehensive program to University of Illinois graduates from the Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield and Urbana-Champaign campuses. Each year, the Alumni Career Center reaches more than 20,000 individuals, delivering resources, programs and services to alumni wherever they live. In addition, a career development article appears regularly in the three Alumni Association magazines.

The Alumni Career Center serves alumni throughout the career life cycle as they change jobs, consider new careers, or seek positions at higher levels in their current occupational fields. New graduates, along with alumni who have anywhere from a few years to many years of professional experience, attend workshops, complete career assessments and follow up with advising sessions to achieve successful career transitions.

The UIAA Alumni Career Center offers advising packages of specialized services exclusively to alumni. These packages include self-directed and supportive, individualized assistance that adds to the resources accessible to all via the Internet and on a drop-in basis in the Lou Liay Career Library at the Alumni Career Center. A Career Interest Assessment and additional services such as Hire UI Alumni, an online recruiting service, complete the comprehensive programs designed to help University of Illinois graduates at all points along their career paths. The following links provide detailed information on services and related fees, and a comparison of the features of each package follows.

  All Illinois, UIC and UIS Alumni 3-Month Advising Package for New and Recent Graduates (Alumni who have earned an Illinois, UIC or UIS degree in the past three years. 3-month Advising Package
Cost   $125 for three months $200 for three months
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Lou Liay Career Library Check Check Check
Alumni Directory Accessible to Sustaining and Life members Accessible to Sustaining and Life members Accessible to Sustaining and Life members
Workshops Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Advising $60 per session Included Included
Resume accessible to Employers (through Hire UI Alumni) Check Check Check
Internet Job Postings (through Hire UI Alumni ) Check Check Check
Career Interest Assessment $150 $100 $100