Career Services Office
Workshops
The Graduate College offers numerous workshops to supplement the professional development of graduate students in all disciplines at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- See the Graduate College Calendar of Events for Graduate Student Professional Development for details about workshop offerings.
- No advance registration is required for most workshops.
- Advanced registration is required for the Dissertation Writing Workshop and Career Exploration Seminar.
Core Workshop Offerings
The Graduate College has a number of core workshops that are offered at least once during the academic year, usually each semester. These topics include:
- Getting What You Came For: Thriving in Grad School
- CVs and Cover Letters
- Academic Job Search
- Nonacademic Job Search
- Translating the Advanced Degree: Transferable Skills
- Resumes and Cover Letters
- Interviewing Skills
- Negotiation Skills and Offer Evaluation
- Building Relationships for the Future: Networking Skills
- Crafting a Fellowship/Grant Proposal (for the Humanities)
- NSF Fellowships
- Fulbright Fellowships
- Dissertation Writing Workshop (advance registration required)
- Thesis Deposit Workshop
Other Graduate College events are offered on an ad-hoc basis and are listed on the online Calendar of Events as they are scheduled.


