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The Alumni Career Center fields questions from alumni every day. Listed here are questions that have been asked and answered most often. If you don't find the information you need in this list or in the rest of the Alumni Association Web site, please contact us at 312/575-7830 or e-mail careers@uillinois.edu.

• If I decide to change careers, how can you help me?
• Do you have listings of job openings?
• How does the resume referral work?
• Do I have to be a Sustaining or Life Member of the Alumni Association to use the Career Center?
• How do I go about getting a password for Hire UI Alumni?
• How can I find other University of Illinois alumni for informational interviewing?
• How do I register with the Career Center?
• How successful are the results of using your services?
• What hours are you open?

If I decide to change careers, how can you help me?

The UIAA Alumni Career Center provides individual career advising, career assessments, job postings, resume referral, professional development workshops/tele-workshops and resource materials as packages or individual services. The cost of the packages is considered very reasonable when compared to other agencies and the market value of the services. The UIAA Alumni Career Center can assist you by providing direction as you address a successful job or career change. The award-winning center assists thousands annually with their career management issues.

Do you have listings of job openings?

Job openings are conveniently located online through "Hire UI Alumni" - a great resource for University of Illinois alumni (Illinois, UIC and UIS) to connect with employers looking for experienced talent.

How does the resume referral work?

Once your resume is made available to the Alumni Career Center via the Internet using Our "Hire UI Alumni" system, companies and ACC staff will be able to identify you through resume searches. This is an excellent way to increase your visibility with employers, based upon specific parameters that you enter into the system.

Do I have to be a Sustaining or Life Member of the Alumni Association to use the Career Center?

No, the UIAA Alumni Career Center services and resources are available to all alumni. Made possible in part through UIAA Sustaining and Life member gifts, the UIAA Alumni Career Center is an excellent way to stay connected with the University of Illinois and your fellow alumni. We invite you to help support the UIAA Alumni Career Center and other programs through gifts to the UIAA. A link to contribute to the UIAA is available at the top of any page on this Web site.

How do I go about getting a password for Hire UI Alumni?

Select "Alumni Career Center online services" and click on the Hire UI Alumni logo. After logging into the UIAA Gateway and selecting the Hire UI Alumni option, you can register with the site to receive a password.

How can I find other University of Illinois alumni for informational interviewing?

The Alumni Directory resource is available to Sustaining and Life Members of the Alumni Association and accessible through the Alumni Directory link in the menu on the right.

How do I register with the Career Center?

• Register with Hire UI Alumni, which also adds you to our email list.
• You can visit the Alumni Career Center office at 200 S. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL.
• Email careers@uillinois.edu and ask to be added to our email list.

How successful are the results of using your services?

While we would like to provide a guarantee, what we can assure you is that those who use our services receive resume referrals and resources to assist in their job searches. Many also get interviews, and there are many who find positions from the referrals we provide. Alumni also use our services proactively for each new job search, and we believe this "repeat" business affirms the quality of our services. The professional development workshops provide take-home skills to educate and enhance your job search process and your professional development. Employers assume all alumni looking for employment would utilize this service, and many companies placing job postings with the Alumni Career Center are specifically seeking University of Illinois graduates.

What hours are you open?

You can visit the Alumni Career Center Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday until 7:30 p.m.

Contact us at 312/575-7830, or at careers@uillinois.edu for additional information or answers to specific questions.