Involvement in Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) can provide professional benefits as well as a fun, social experience. If you’re already part of a student organization, getting more involved will build valuable real-world experience that you can draw on in interviews or cover letters. If you’re looking for an organization to join, Quad Day and the […]
Every semester UIUC hosts some career fairs. Here are some tips to be successful at these fairs: Start going to career fairs early in college, and go multiple times. As with most things in life, you’ll perform better at career fairs with experience. So don’t wait until Spring semester of your senior year to dust […]
A humanities career path can be meandering. But how can you plan ahead for a future you can’t predict? Here is some advice for humanities students to prepare for a career while still in undergrad: Experience Try to get experiences in as many areas as you can. Having a range of experiences will add diversity […]
What does “networking” actually look like? In a presentation on Career Planning in the Humanities, Andrew Allen, Director of Illinois Business Consulting, offered UIUC humanities majors a valuable piece of advice: networking is essential for getting a job. On the surface, this advice may seem obvious. After all, “networking” has become a cultural buzzword that […]
