From: Deborah Hom
Date: February 11, 2020
Subject: [Highlighted Spring Career Events] Feb 11, 2020


Highlighted Career Events

Below is a list of highlighted career events. Spring recruiting season is here so a quick reminder to update your Handshake profile and check Handshake frequently for a list of opportunities (there are several upcoming application deadlines) and employer-related events. Remember to also utilize other job search channels too (e.g. LinkedIn, company websites, personal and professional connections, etc.)

Please email me if you have any questions. Thanks!

Regards, 
Deb

Deborah Hom
Associate Director, Career Services
1033 Business Instructional Facility, 515 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign
217.300.3274 | dhm@illinois.edu

CAREER EVENTS (Gies College of Business)

Building upon the Career Foundations online course and the MSF Career Boot Camp sessions, Gies Career Services have organized several career workshops this Spring to help with your career search.

LinkedIn Techniques (Advanced)
Tues, Feb 18 | 5:00pm-6:00pm | 1025 BIF | Register on Gies Groups
So you have a LinkedIn profile, what are some ways to utilize LinkedIn in your job search? Attend this workshop to learn how to use LinkedIn to research prospective employers and make contacts with potential future colleagues. Learn about LinkedIn best practices and how to optimize this unique social media platform. Bring your laptop, to follow along on LinkedIn during the workshop.

Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshop
Fri, Feb 21 | 2:00pm-3:00pm | 3039 BIF | Register on Gies Groups
[for international students] If you plan to stay in the U.S. to work after you graduate, you will need to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), which is a benefit of maintaining your F-1 student status. Come learn more about OPT and get your questions answered. Presented by ISSS.

EMPLOYER-RELATED EVENTS
Employer-related events can be a great opportunity to gather knowledge about the organization and the type of candidate they are seeking. Even if you are not their target group, it doesn’t hurt to ask questions to build your knowledge base and build connections with company representatives. If you are seeking internships and the company is recruiting to fill full-time roles, use this opportunity to learn more about the company so that you’re prepared in Fall when you are ready to seek full-time role

Liberty Mutual Insurance – Elevating Your Summer Internship
Tues, Feb 11 | 1:00pm-1:45pm (CST) | Virtual Event – register here
Join Liberty Mutual for a panel discussion with former interns to learn how they landed their internship and made the most of their summer experience.

Grant Thornton Information Table
Wed, Feb 12th | 1:00PM – 2:00PM | BIF Atrium | Visit Handshake for details
Come visit Grant Thornton and learn about our open positions!

EY Service Line Education
Thurs, Feb 13 | 5:00pm-6:00pm | Virtual Event – to receive link, please register on Handshake here
Learn more about EY services lines from your couch! Join EY professionals in discussing more about our service lines, Audit, Tax, and Advisory, along with EY culture and what it means to work at EY. Come with questions as this will be interactive. A link will be sent to you prior to the information session for log in information. Targeted majors: Accounting, Information Systems, Finance/Economics must be paired with Accounting or IS

iSchool Tech Talk with COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab
Wed, Feb 26 | noon-1:00pm | 126 – School of Information Sciences, 501 E. Daniel St | Visit Handshake for details
Hear from the Site Director along with interns on what we do in the lab and the cool projects we are working on, as well as what roles are available in the coming semesters. Specifically, the DigitaLab hires Software Developers, Data Scientists, and UI/UX. Additionally, there may be opportunities for project managers, business analysts, or data analysts.

Bloomberg (Hong Kong)
[target group: Chinese and Korean speaking students] The Hong Kong Bloomberg Recruitment Team will be launching a series of online webinars from February-May. We welcome students to choose any of the below sessions to learn more about the company, our culture, and the full-time and internship opportunities available in Hong Kong. Here are the sessions for February:

Feb 14 (10:00-11:30am)
Feb 28 (4:00-5:30pm)

NOTE: The above is only a highlighted list. For a complete list of employer-related events, please log into your Handshake account > Events.

CAREER FAIRS

If you have questions regarding how to prepare for a career fair, please visit our office (1033 BIF) Monday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm or schedule an appointment on Gies Groups.

Research Park Career Fair
Tues, March 10 | 4:00pm-7:00pm | 1900 S. First Street, Champaign | Visit Handshake for more details
Are you interested in working for a company at the University of Illinois Research Park? The Research Park Career Fair is your chance to meet with both startups and corporate operations located in the Research Park and learn about what internship and full-time opportunities they have available

Illini Career & Internship Fair
Thurs, Apr 2 | noon-5:00pm | ARC | Visit Handshake for more details

 

OTHER CAREER-RELATED EVENTS
Check out these other events held on-campus or off-campus:

Global Careers: Internships at UN Agencies
Thurs, Feb 27 | 6:00pm-7:00pm | Rm 213 – The Career Center Interview Suite, 616 E. Green St | Register on Handshake
You may be interested in careers at United Nations (UN) agencies, but not sure where to start from. Presenters will share their internship experiences at UN agencies and explain how the internships have led to current careers

Global Careers: Returning to India
Fri, March 6 | 8:00pm-9:00pm | The Career Center Interview Suite, Rm 213, 616 E. Green St | Register on Handshake.
Indian alumni who returned to India after working in the States for some years are invited virtually. They will share their career journey as well as their insights on career and startup opportunities in tech industries in India.

[off-campus event] Quinnipiac Global Asset Management Education (G.A.M.E.) Forum
March 26-28, 2020 | New York City, NY
The largest student-run financial conference in the world, this three-day forum, held annually in the spring, gathers some of the most successful people in finance together to share their knowledge, expertise and outlook for the future with graduate and undergraduate students. Registration fees apply and the earlier you register, the better as fees will increase after Feb 11th. For more information, please visit their website

Gies Career Services: Final Thoughts

  • Although the Spring Gies Business Fair is over and there aren’t as many employer information sessions, that doesn’t mean Spring recruiting is over! There are many employers who choose not to attend the fair or host an information session but they are still actively recruiting so please continue to monitor the Handshake job board, other job boards, company’s website, LinkedIn company page, tap into your personal and professional connections, etc.
  • Be resourceful and leverage a mix of job search channels (on-campus recruiting and off-campus recruiting)
  • Be aware that many listings have application deadlines so it’s important that you stay on top of the deadlines and submit your application at your earliest convenience.
  • There may be many more events so we encourage you to discover events/workshops on your own by browsing Gies Groups, Handshake, engaging with student organizations, subscribing to other campus unit newsletters, etc.
  • If you have questions on how to communicate with employers or how to submit your application or any other career-related issue, we strongly encourage you to visit us at 1033 BIF (Monday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm) or schedule an appointment with a career advisor on Gies Groups.