There are SO MANY REASONS not to make an appointment with us as you prepare to graduate. For example: “I don’t really know what I want to do.” Yeah. We hear this one a lot. We can probably give you a few ideas about how to start earning a living while you figure it out. […]
Knowing what you want to do for a career is a life-long process. Your first post-college job is a step in that process — it probably won’t define your life. Many people change directions, job paths, priorities as they get older. You don’t have to figure it all out now, but you can arrive at […]
None of them. Any of them. It doesn’t work like that.* Here are some things a minor can do for you: convey the breadth of your strengths and interests (particularly if the minor is unrelated to your major) demonstrate your interest in and commitment to a particular field of study allow you to dive more […]
“I just started college. Do I need a resume already? I’m not going to be looking for a job for a couple of years!” The best time to start thinking about your resume is long before you actually need one. But let’s be clear on what we mean by “resume.” A resume is neither an […]
“Oh, you can do ANYTHING with that major!” people will tell you. It’s more encouraging than the vast abyss of “What are you going to do with THAT major?” but it’s not that helpful. Neither “oh, anything!” or “ew, nothing!” gives the bewildered humanities major a path forward. And yet — the paths exist. There […]
We hear this question a lot. And then the follow-up question: What would make the best second major? The answer is: maybe? (and then, “best” how?) It helps to know why you’re thinking about a second major. Here are some good reasons: “I took a few courses in [major] and really enjoyed them, so I […]
The 2019 – 2020 Illini Success Report has been released, and the outcome for humanities majors are in step with outcomes across campus: better than many had feared but not as good as they would be if there wasn’t a global pandemic happening right now. Once again we learn that, contrary to popular myth, humanities […]
There are SO MANY REASONS not to make an appointment at the HPRC as you prepare to graduate. For example: “I don’t really know what I want to do.” Yeah. We hear this one a lot. We can probably give you a few ideas about how to start earning a living while you figure it […]
On reddit.com/r/uiuc, we were asked: “What advice do you have for people who have an impending sense of doom about the uncertain future and uncertainty of if they have the required skills to navigate the future?” The answer: (1) Try to uncouple the “impending sense of doom about the uncertain future” from the “uncertainty if […]
There’s a prairie restoration campus on a distant corner of campus, in between the President’s House and the Student Life Archives. Thing is, it doesn’t actually look much like what we expect a prairie to look like. Rippling waves of grasses, like that picture on the right? No. It’s all flowers. A couple of weeks […]
