Career Services
Monday, March 19, 2018 by
The 2018 Management Leadership Association and Target Case
Competition took place at the end of last month, with 11 teams
presenting to a panel of Target staff members. Each year,
Target partners with the UIC Business Career Center to host this
program that asks students to develop and present solutions to a
unique challenge facing the company. This year’s case study prompt
presented teams with the opportunity to directly apply their lived
experiences as college students. The retailer gave...
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Friday, March 2, 2018 by
Be sure to follow UIC Business on social media to stay up to date
on upcoming events campus activities, business news, and fun things
going on around Chicago: Instagram: @UICBusiness Twitter:
@UICBusiness Facebook Page: UIC Business While we’re already
halfway through the Spring 2018 semester and just starting to see
some spring temperatures on campus, let’s take a look back at some
UIC Business highlights with a midterm social media recap. UIC
Business Swims with the Sharks For UIC Business,...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 by
PwC is currently recruiting for Winter 2019 internships, as well as
their Early Identification Programs (Dec. 2019 or later grad date)
such as Start, Career Preview, and Elevate. Applications are
due the night of Tuesday, February 13th on the PwC website. UIC
Business caught up with Grace Wood, talent acquisition senior
associate and lead recruiter for Chicago universities, at a
branding day in Douglas Hall where she shared some insight into the
PwC recruiting process. UIC Business: What are...
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Monday, February 12, 2018 by
Groupon will be at the February 13 Business Career Fair, and is
looking for May graduates to fill open sales roles in Merchant
Development and Business Development. UIC Business caught up
with Lauren Mullins, senior sales campus recruiter at Groupon,
during a branding day organized by the Business Career Center. UIC
Business: What kind candidate is Groupon looking for? LM: People
who do well here have an entrepreneurial spirit, are
self-motivated, super coachable, resilient, and organized. I’d...
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Monday, February 5, 2018 by
Steam your suits and make your resume copies, the Spring 2018
Business & Technology Career Fair takes place on Tuesday,
February 13 from 11a.m. to 2p.m. in the Student Center East
Illinois Rooms. In order to make the most of the day, add these
reminders to your calendar and plan accordingly. Your future
awaits, don’t wait for it. Get Feedback With the addition of
a completed fall internship and new skills from last semester’s
classes your resume will look much different than it did the...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017 by
Michael Lev, a senior Business Scholar majoring in marketing and
minoring in managerial skills, completed an Account Specialist
Internship with Enterprise Truck Rental this summer. His many
successes in the position – including receiving an award for Top
Presenter among over 70 interns – were made possible by the
professional skills he developed at UIC Business. Lev was invited
to an interview at Enterprise’s headquarters in Lombard after
connecting with a recruiter and filling out an...
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 by
In 2012, Michael Mikhail joined UIC as Dean of the College of
Business. In five years, he’s launched programs such as iLEAD — the
Institute for Leadership Excellence and Development -- the renowned
Business Scholars program, increased enrollment, and improved
student outcomes. We sat down with Dean Mikhail to hear his
thoughts on the past five years and learn what he looks forward to
accomplishing in the future. Q: You just underwent UIC’s five-year
assessment process with rave reviews. What has...
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Friday, September 29, 2017 by
Be sure to follow UIC Business on social media to stay up to date
on upcoming events campus activities, business news, and fun things
going on around Chicago: Instagram: @UICBusiness Twitter: @CBAatUIC
Facebook Page: UIC Business We started the Fall 2017 semester
with a busy and productive month. Let’s take a look back at some
highlights with our September social media recap. It’s hard to say
goodbye to a carefree summer schedule when classes start.
This year’s Student Org Networking Night...
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Friday, September 22, 2017 by
by Johnny Fan During 2016, I worked as a creative director for
Atlantic Records music artist Sir the Baptist. I served as his
touring photographer and videographer and digital marketing and
branding manager. Sir the Baptist offered me this opportunity
after I worked on a magazine press shoot with him. After that
connection, he was impressed by my work and found a way for us to
continue collaborating. The major function of my work with Sir the
Baptist consisted of building the brand of the...
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Friday, September 15, 2017 by
by Lianne Ramahi This past summer, I had the opportunity to
work at General Mills, Inc. as a business management associate
intern. This role was heavily focused on data analysis for the
domestic western region sales team in Scottsdale, Ariz. Throughout
this experience, I was given projects similar to those that would
be performed as a first-year associate. I took ownership of
impactful projects that added tangible value to the company.
General Mills truly values nurturing its employees...
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 by
by Jasur Rasulov This summer, I completed an internship as a
treasury sales and services officer at the BMO Harris Bank’s
Treasury and Payment Solutions group in Chicago. My group was
responsible for delivering cash management services to commercial
clients. In my role, I primarily supported sales teams across three
markets-- mid-corporate, institutional, and engineering and
construction--in the fulfillment of everyday banking products. On a
daily basis, I prepared and executed lending...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017 by
The Business Career Fair takes place on September 18 from 11:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Student Center East Illinois Rooms. When
preparing to make the most of your time with employers, ask
yourself these three key questions. 1.) How will I prioritize the
employers that I want to talk to? Look at the list of employers
that will be at the fair the week before. There will not be time to
speak to everyone, so rather than wandering around the room looking
for a short line or a company name that you...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 by
by Cynthia Mancilla Beginning in June and continuing
through the end of the year, I’ve been fortunate to be working for
a mouse, Mickey Mouse, as a Consumer Insights Market Research
intern at the Walt Disney Company offices in Orlando, Florida.
So far, I’ve had the great pleasure of researching consumers
in the U.S. as well as international consumers in Mexico, Brazil,
and Canada. Part of my role is assisting in qualitative and
quantitative research projects across Disney parks and...
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Friday, February 10, 2017 by
UIC Business Scholar Alex Alderman, a finance major in his junior
year, hasn’t wasted any time diversifying his resume. In the summer
of 2015, Alderman began interning at Shiftgig. This summer, he
moves on to an internship at BMO Harris. It all started by
connecting with other Business Scholars. “Had I not been networking
among the Business Scholars, I wouldn’t have gotten the Shiftgig
job,” he says. “I was lucky to meet another Scholar who already had
their foot in that door.” Shiftgig, a...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 by
Samu Thomas, BS ’16, has one piece of advice for UIC Business
students: find your area of interest and focus. Thomas works as an
IT consultant for Maven Wave Partners, where consultants like
himself help clients like Nike, US Foods, Bosch, and other familiar
names stay up to speed in the digital marketplace. Thomas found
this work–and the IDS degree that led to it–after a little
soul-searching of his own. “Early on in college, I was doing
electronic and communications engineering,” Thomas says....
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Friday, November 4, 2016 by
Amy Guo is a full-time MBA candidate graduating from UIC Liautaud
next spring. Guo brings her combined backgrounds in business
analytics and digital advertising to her marketing concentration at
Liautaud. In this post, she shares her internship experience at BMO
Harris from this past summer. In February of 2016, Jeff Wilson at
the Business Career Center emailed us about internship
opportunities at BMO Harris, so I took the first step toward
applying, emailing the hiring manager at BMO Harris to...
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Friday, October 21, 2016 by
Rachel Kim, BS ’16, is a Technical Recruiter at OtterBase. Kim
shares her insights below about how veterans can emphasize their
strengths when circulating their resumés. Two veterans featured in
this article are UIC students – Brian (MBA grad) and Michael
(current MBA candidate at UIC). The skills that lead to success in
the military can lead to success in business, which is why business
schools, recruiters, and firms are on the lookout for veterans.
Veterans on the job market enjoy the respect...
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 by
Karthik Sundar is a full-time MIS candidate graduating from UIC
Liautaud this year. Sundar earned his B.Tech in Communications
Engineering from SASTRA University in India, and has been working
in the security industry with the goal of moving into marketing and
CRM analytics. He recently interned for ADT, a leading provider of
security and automation solutions for homes and businesses in the
United States and Canada. Sundar sat down with our student writers
at the beginning of the Fall 2016...
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Friday, June 3, 2016 by
On any given weekday, a handful of analysts are working in an
office above North Wacker Drive, collecting current data on over
200,000 railcars scattered across North America, the fleet of the
TTX Company. Freight is constantly in motion, and this means data
is constantly pouring in. Miranda Powell, a senior at UIC Business,
is one of the analysts who makes sense of it all. “A railcar goes
over alerts on the tracks, and we get data from each axle or
'truck' on each car,” says Powell. “Alerts...
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Monday, May 9, 2016 by
Four years ago, Richard Lekakh was a freshman at Northeastern
Illinois University taking the necessary steps toward a career in
education. "I was gearing up to become a schoolteacher," Lekakh
says, "and I was looking forward to it. But then, by chance, I took
an internship at Water Tower Financial Partners." The glimpse into
the business world led him to change gears, and change schools,
too. Fast-forward to the present: Lekakh is going into his
senior year at UIC Business, and just returned...
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