Meet Clair Elaine Bryan, Assistant Director at the Illinois Leadership Center. Clair obtained a BA in Spanish and an Ed.M. in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining the Illinois Leadership Center, Clair worked at as Education Abroad Coordinator at IAGE (Illinois Abroad and Global Exchange). Clair […]
Event Date/time Location HPRC – Using Winter Break to Prepare for Career Success (Humanities Students) 11/30/21, 4:00 pm https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81732474850?pwd=WUVZbjZHTkQ2My9zYzB5UUR5cnRRQT09 HPRC – Humanities Seniors: The Festival of Questions You’ve Been Afraid to Ask 12/07/21, 5:00 pm Gregory Hall, 105, 810 S Wright St, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States HPRC – Career Camp: How to Get a […]
In a Winter Break externship, you spend part of a single day over break talking to current professionals with backgrounds similar to yours, learning about what the organization does and how it operates day-to-day, and making connections between your abilities and life after graduation. An externship helps you connect your skills to the needs of the workplace, while you learn […]
by Debayudh Chatterjee, Graduate Assistant, HPRC Meet Raevianna Davis and Tamia Miller, English majors nearing graduation and former ATLAS interns who worked with the HPRC. Raevianna came to the University of Illinois from Quincy, Illinois. She was drawn to studying English because she was looking for something versatile that would not limit her job prospects. […]
It can feel like everyone else already knows what they’re supposed to do. Like there’s a script or a guidebook that you somehow missed out on. It can be hard to know where to even start, when every step forward feels like an acknowledgment that you’re not doing it right. Here’s the thing: Right where […]
The US Department of State Consular Fellows Program might be of interest to humanities majors who are US citizens AND study/speak Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, or Portuguese. These are the qualifying languages for this three-year program, which provides an introduction to working as a diplomat. Watch the recording of this recent Facebook live event to […]
If you are a declared major in one of the humanities disciplines, then you get regular emails from Julie Higgs, Career Advisor here in HPRC, with lists of links to jobs or internships. Not ready to apply for a job or internship yet? That’s okay. Look over the list. See things you’d want to apply […]
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 […]
You’re not alone. Lots of graduating seniors feel bewildered by the job search process and don’t know where to begin. The last time you faced a big life transition, you were probably applying to college, a process that involves: A fairly rigid time table, with strict deadlines A cohort of peers following the same timetable […]
Prof. Abbot from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese has passed along the following local opportunities for Spanish speakers. Experience — whether paid or volunteer — using your language skills in a professional context helps you identify your strengths and demonstrate your skills to future employers.
