Here are lists and links to get you started. Many of these positions we list are on Handshake. Log in to Handshake before you start clicking so that you will be taken directly to those job postings. On the right-hand side bar, you’ll see a sampling of the most recent full-time openings for humanities majors from Handshake. Handshake is your source of workshops, career fairs and other career resources.
These three links will connect you to current job postings and are pooled from multiple job boards (listed below these links).
Find Additional Opportunities on Campus
- Handshake @ Illinois. Log in with your NetID and campus password. You don’t need to complete your profile to use the site. Put “Champaign” in the location bar to find local part-time positions, see campus or virtual events, search career fairs, and so much more.
- Spring 2022 Career Fair list –Illinois Career Fairs are open to all students unless otherwise noted. For details about dates, times, and employers view each Career Fair listing in Handshake @ Illinois. You will need to review each event to confirm the location or software application being used and register for the events as needed.
- The Virtual Job Board Local part-time job listings (including work-study), maintained by the Office of Student Financial Aid.
- Research Park Job Board Yes, jobs of interest to humanities majors show up here.
- Office of Volunteer Programs Check out their information sheets on organizations grouped by focus area.
- WE CU: COMMUNITY ENGAGED SCHOLARS Empowering students to meet the needs of the Champaign-Urbana community
Campus Programs (internships and jobs)
- University Housing Paraprofessional Employment
- Counseling Center Paraprofessional Program
- Apprenticeship Program
- SourceLab
- Jobs at the Library
- Illinois Foundation
- Japan House Internships
- The Career Center’s paraprofessional program
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois hires for recent college grads for a variety of administrative, students services, and operations roles. For current students, you will want to link to the campus/local page.
Various Types of Positions on these Popular Sites
- Handshake. The main job-seeking platform for U of I students.
- Idealist. An excellent source for positions with nonprofit organizations.
- Support-Driven and Conversation Designer Jobs. Jobs in tech for non-tech people.
- Chegg Internships. Internships in a wide array of fields.
- Go Abroad, Programs for teaching abroad
- ZipRecruiter and Salary Information Guide
- Peace Corp and AmeriCorps, Housing Action Illinois or Housing Action Illinois short-term experiences to help tack challenges locally and globally
- Manpower (global locations and language required positions)
- US government job board or State of Illinois Job Board
Additional resources by area of interest
Learn more by connecting with organizations related to your interests/field of study (major/minor). In addition the bottom file has many job boards that don’t fall easily into one category. That link has an assortment of job boards that can be helpful to humanities students.
- History
- Education/teaching
- Museums
- English/communications/publishing/creative writing
- Linguistics
- General Language Studies (including specific languages)
- Germanic Studies
- Slavic Studies
- Spanish Language & Cultures
- African-American Studies
- Latina/Latino
- Women & Gender Studies
- Art History
- Classics
- Philosophy
- Religion
- Nonprofit Job Boards
- Government Links, Local Employers, and Other boards of interest
