Meet Your Success Partners

The Career Services team at Illinois Tech connects students, alumni, faculty, employers, and community partners to create meaningful career opportunities and professional growth. We work with diverse stakeholders to build Illinois Tech’s career ecosystem:

For Students & Alumni: Personalized career coaching, resume development, interview preparation, salary negotiation, and job search strategies tailored to your goals and Illinois Tech discipline.

With Employers & Organizations: Partnership development, talent recruitment, internship programs, career fair coordination, and workforce development initiatives.

Across Communities: Collaboration with local government, community organizations, and industry leaders to expand opportunities and strengthen Chicago’s architecture, design, science, business, legal and tech ecosystems.

Our professional team brings specialized expertise across engineering, computing, architecture, business, science, and new emerging fields. We understand both the distinctive career paths of Illinois Tech disciplines and the evolving needs of employers seeking our graduates. From first-year students to doctoral candidates, to exploring career options to alumni advancing their careers, we provide the resources, connections, and strategic guidance needed for lifelong professional success.

BJ Engelhardt

Executive Director, Career Services

BJ serves as Senior Director for Career Services. He has worked at Illinois Tech since 2007 in both enrollment management/recruiting roles and Career Services. In his current role, BJ manages the day-to-day activities of Career Services and assists in determining the strategic direction for the office to most effectively engage students, employers, and alumni to ensure that our students are successful in the first step of their career journey.  This also includes the management and development of the Elevate program and Illinois Tech’s Cooperative Education and Internship program.  BJ is a proud alumnus of the Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business, receiving his Master of Science in Marketing Analytics and Communication in 2014.