When you hear the words internship, career, or advising, Handshake @ Illinois is the first place you should start. Handshake @ Illinois is where you’ll find the campus-wide online job board, and it’s how employers communicate with students about jobs, internships, events, and company info sessions. Currently enrolled students receive accounts automatically, so make sure to claim yours by logging in with your NetID and password.
All graduate students (including Post Docs*) in the Grainger College of Engineering are eligible to register to use all ECS services, including Handshake @ Illinois, and to participate in on-campus interviewing. Students in other programs should contact their relevant career services offices. *Post Docs will be assessed a one-time $50 fee. We’ve already created your account in Handshake @ Illinois, login by: Handshake @ Illinois brings in so many new, interactive features! Handshake @ Illinois has truly been designed with the students in mind! If you have questions, first check out their student help page, where you’ll find easy step-by-step answers to some of your most common questions. If you still have questions, contact Engineering Career Services: ecs@engineering.illinois.edu or 217-333-1960. Jobs & Career Fairs: Advising: Student Profile: Handshake @ Illinois is one of the tools we offer that will help you become the strongest candidate possible. We have some tips and tricks we want to share with you, including our policy for students using Handshake @ Illinois. Handshake @ Illinois Policy: We want recruiters and students to have the best experience possible, so, make sure you only provide 100% accurate information on your Handshake @ Illinois profile. For classes/GPA – this means whatever is in your profile should match your transcript. GPA should not be rounded. Come talk to ECS if you ever have any concerns about recruiting, Handshake @ Illinois, or interviews – we want to hear from you so we can help! Keep in mind, students who falsify information on Handshake @ Illinois, renege on offers, or cancel interviews late will have their account blocked, must meet with an ECS advisor, and may lose access to Handshake @ Illinois for up to 2 semesters. (Come talk to us early, we can help!) Tips: Handshake @ Illinois Users agree to the following terms:
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Handshake @ Illinois Users agree to the following terms:
Credentials, abilities, qualifications, and interests must be honestly and accurately articulated. Documents and profile information must be truthful, accurate, and up-to-date. Any deliberate misrepresentation, including, but not limited to account sharing or changing profile information to meet qualifications for positions may result in permanent loss of access to Handshake @ Illinois and loss of services provided by University of Illinois Career Services offices, and may be a violation of the University of Illinois Student Code.
Limited profile information of student users will be periodically updated from university records. Discrepancies between your Handshake @ Illinois profile and your actual information should be addressed with your career services office.
All interviews and scheduled appointments are to be kept. If cancellation becomes necessary, users are expected to cancel their interview and/or appointment via Handshake @ Illinois. If cancellation via Handshake @ Illinois is not possible, contact your career services office as soon as possible. Late cancellations and missed interviews will be reviewed and may be subject to disciplinary action by career services offices, including, but not limited to, loss of access to Handshake @ Illinois and other services provided by University of Illinois Career Services offices.
Employers must be notified of acceptance or rejection of offers (internship/co-op/full-time) as soon as possible and no later than the mutually agreed upon offer deadline.
Interviewing for other opportunities must be discontinued upon accepting (verbal or written) an offer. Once an offer has been accepted, all upcoming interviews must be cancelled by contacting career services and the organizations. If any concerns about an offer arise, career services is available to discuss the situation.
Reneging on an accepted offer (internship or full time) is not acceptable and may result in permanent loss of access to Handshake @ Illinois and other services provided by the University of Illinois Career Services offices.
Users are to only pursue interviews for opportunities that are of genuine interest.
Career Services may review or use profiles and documents (e.g. resumes, cover letters, applications, and profile information) for the purpose of ensuring quality and appropriateness of documents and/or evaluating career services, programming, or outcomes.
Pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Career Services of the University of Illinois is authorized to release resumes, cover letters, applications, and public profile information to prospective employers and their designated representatives or third-party agents for the purpose of providing such employers with information concerning employability. Career Services takes reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that personal information is stored in secure operating environments. Further, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, its officers, agents, and assignees are held harmless from any damages that might incur as a result of released information.
Users are responsible for following additional or more specific guidelines provided by the user’s career services office.
Concerns about companies or positions on Handshake should be directed
If after reading the above information you have any questions, contact Engineering Career Services: ecs@engineering.illinois.edu or 217-333-1960.