Recruiting Avenues

Career Fair Registration Opens May 1 on Handshake

Start your fall recruiting off right by joining us for two niche events where you can connect with emerging leaders in data science & analytics, business intelligence & consulting, IT & Cybersecurity, and HCI/UX roles from the iSchool and across campus. Details and logistics are available here, and registration is available on Handshake.

Choose from the options below or contact us for a custom-tailored event. We’ll work with your organization to help you select the population that meets your talent needs and deliver your message through a variety of channels.

Additional Opportunities

Class Visits

Virtual or in-person visits can be arranged for the following undergraduate courses:

Career Exploration
Intro to HCI
User Research & Evaluation

Intro to Risk & Cybersecurity
Consulting for Information Professionals
Applied Business Research

Course details

  • IS 200: iSchool Career Exploration: Approximately 50-60 freshmen and sophomore students are enrolled each semester in this career exploration class. Visit virtually or in person for 20 or 40 minutes to provide insights to students on roles, trends, and insights into your industry and market.
  • IS 226 Introduction to HCI : This course introduces students to fundamental theories and techniques in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and presents basic tools and methods for creating, designing, prototyping, and evaluating user interfaces to computing applications and web sites. Students will explore course content by conducting individual and group hands-on projects. Assignments involving prototyping can be implemented by self-selected solutions, e.g. Axure, JavaScript. Students from all backgrounds are welcomed.
  • IS 234 Introduction to Risk & Cybersecurity: Cyber risk, cybersecurity and related concepts create a foundation for exploring the importance of threat awareness, intelligence and identification to personal and organizational security postures. Topics including password hygiene, threat actors, data collection, use and sharing and the CIA Triad, Cyber Kill Chain, Attack Vectors and Attack Surfaces are explored along with the role of governments, human behavior, frameworks, standards, systems and compliance requirements in security decisions.
  • IS236 User Research and Evaluation: students learn to apply user research methods, gather and understand user requirements and needs for a wide range of populations, especially those that are under-served (e.g., children and people with disabilities), conduct user evaluations of prototypes and interactive systems, and communicate effectively about the research insights and make actionable design suggestions.
  • IS 380 Consulting for Information Professionals: Foundations of research consulting, including framing research problems, developing deliverables, and presenting professionally. Join the class as a guest speaker or offer a collaborative project.
  • Applied Business Research: This experiential learning course, offered at graduate and undergraduate levels, covers advanced techniques of business research, with an emphasis on managing real-world client projects.
    • Join the class as a guest speaker.
    • Offer experiential learning opportunities through the Business Intelligence Group (BIG).
    • Commission a project (on a sliding scale) with BIG to address your information and technology challenges. Students receive course credit and each project is overseen by iSchool Professor Yoo-Seong Song.


Spring Early Engagement Program for Freshmen and Sophomores

Champaign and Chicago-based employers–before your summer internship programs launch, build your brand with next year’s recruits by hosting a full- or half-day Early Engagement Event for students on-site at your organization during the last two weeks of May. provide a tour of the facility, present lightning talks on roles, workflow, and processes, lunch, and/or one-hour micro-mentorship sessions where staff members are paired with a student to share their story and answer questions about their career development journey can help you start building your brand early with student talent.

Lunch & Learns

Host an information session over lunch to share insight about your organization and/or promote careers and internships. Lunch & Learns take place Fridays at 12:00 PM.* Employers can set up as early as 11:00 AM and hold office hours until 3:00 PM.

There is no registration fee for Lunch & Learns, but we do ask that your organization  

  1. Post the event on Handshake 
  1. Provide lunch for the students who register to attend 

We will assist you with promotion, scheduling, and catering recommendations. Depending on how broadly defined your recruiting criteria are, we typically see 40-70 students.

Location : iSchool Lounge, 4th Floor, 614 E Daniel Street, Champaign, IL
Capacity : 120 Students
* Note : Lunch ‘N’ Learns are offered throughout the academic year, with the best turnout August – November and January – March.

Sponsor Refreshments for a Finals StudyThon 

At the end of each semester, from 9am to Midnight, approximately 150 students take over two floors of the iSchools to prepare for exams. Build your brand by sponsoring a break station with coffee and treats, lunch, dinner, beverages, snacks, etc. Price can vary according to your budget. We’ll provide signage crediting you for your contribution, and you’re welcome to join us at your convenience and network with last minute job and internship seekers or just come and cheer on the students as they study. Contact Michele Plante to get started.

Post a Job

Post jobs through the Handshake Career Services platform to increase visibility and start connecting with our students.

iSchool Student Organizations

Collaborate with student organization leaders to offer workshops and networking events.

Other Opportunities

Sponsor a scholarship for iSchool students

Contact Eileen Prillaman, Assistant Dean for Advancement.

Sponsor a Research Opportunity or Class Project

Contact Danielle Wilberg, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for information on how to get started.

Please contact Michele Plante, Assistant Director for Employer Relations, to start recruiting talent with the iSchool.