Illinois Tech Career Services · Handshake
Jobs & Internships
Opportunities from employers who recruit at Illinois Tech — plus 100 proven boards for everywhere else.
Handshake is Illinois Tech’s official platform for career opportunities — connecting students and alumni directly with employers hiring for full-time roles, internships, co-ops, and events.
Start with Handshake, then work outward. The sections below hold 100 established job and internship boards, grouped so you can go straight to the one that fits your search.
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Open HandshakeBefore you apply anywhere: every board here is established and reputable, but postings are not. If one asks you for money, bank details, or simply feels off, read Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Job Postings before you reply.
1Start Here: Illinois Tech’s Own Boards & Tools
Employers on these are looking for Illinois Tech students on purpose▾
- Handshake — Illinois Tech’s primary job board; employers here recruit Illinois Tech students on purpose
- Illinois Tech Connect — alumni network with job postings and referrals
- CareerShift — deep job search and employer-contact research, free through Career Services
- Interstride — built for international students: visa-friendly employers and filters
- Parker Dewey — paid micro-internships you can complete during the semester
- Forage — free virtual job simulations from real companies; resume-worthy experience with no application
2The Big General Boards
Broad reach — set alerts and let them work in the background▾
- LinkedIn Jobs — the largest professional network; set alerts and use “Easy Apply” sparingly
- Indeed — the biggest aggregator on the web
- Glassdoor — jobs plus salary data and company reviews
- ZipRecruiter — strong matching and one-click alerts
- SimplyHired — aggregator with salary estimator
- Monster — long-established general board
- CareerBuilder — general board with resume-matching
- The Ladders — professional and higher-salary roles
- Adzuna — aggregator with market-value salary tools
- Jooble — international aggregator, 60+ countries
- Getwork — verified, direct-from-employer listings
- Snagajob — hourly and part-time work, great for during-school jobs
3Internships & Early Career
Built for students and new graduates▾
- WayUp — internships and entry-level roles for students and new grads
- RippleMatch — matches you to early-career roles; build one profile, get recruited
- Simplify — internship tracker plus autofill applications; beloved by CS students
- College Recruiter — internships and entry-level, all majors
- Chegg Internships — large dedicated internship board
- Untapped — early-career roles with diversity-first employers
- Levels.fyi Internships — tech internship listings with real compensation data
- ProFellow — 2,700+ funded fellowships and professional development programs
4Tech & Engineering
Including the professional-society boards employers actually watch▾
- Dice — the long-running tech careers board
- Built In — tech companies by city, with culture profiles
- Wellfound — formerly AngelList Talent — startup jobs with transparent salary and equity
- Welcome to the Jungle — formerly Otta — curated tech roles with strong matching
- Hired — employers apply to you; engineering, data, product
- Levels.fyi Jobs — tech roles with verified compensation bands
- Hacker News “Who’s Hiring” — monthly thread, first of the month; startups hire straight from it
- IEEE Job Site — electrical and computer engineering roles from the professional society
- ACM Career Center — computing roles from the ACM
- ASME Career Center — mechanical engineering society board
- ASCE Career Connections — civil engineering society board
- EngineerJobs — engineering roles across every discipline
- ClearanceJobs — roles requiring or sponsoring U.S. security clearance
- CyberSecJobs — dedicated cybersecurity board
5Startups
Smaller teams, wider responsibilities, faster hiring▾
- Y Combinator: Work at a Startup — every YC company’s openings, one application
- Techstars Job Board — roles across the Techstars portfolio
- Startup.jobs — startup roles worldwide, filterable by remote
6Remote-First
Companies that hire remotely by design, not as an exception▾
- FlexJobs — hand-screened remote and flexible roles; paid, and screened for scams
- We Work Remotely — one of the largest remote-only boards
- Remote.co — curated remote roles by category
- RemoteOK — remote tech roles with salary tags
- Remotive — remote jobs plus a strong community
- Working Nomads — curated remote list, daily digest
- Himalayas — remote roles with detailed company profiles
7Design, Media & Creative
Where your portfolio does most of the talking▾
- Dribbble Jobs — design roles; your portfolio is your application
- Behance Jobs — Adobe’s creative job board
- Coroflot — industrial and product design
- AIGA Design Jobs — the professional design association’s board
- Krop — creative and tech roles plus portfolio hosting
- ArtStation Jobs — game art, VFX, and entertainment design
- Mediabistro — media, content, and communications roles
- JournalismJobs — the standard board for journalism
8Business, Finance & Consulting
With the salary and culture intel to go with it▾
- eFinancialCareers — banking, fintech, and finance roles
- Wall Street Oasis — finance community with job board and interview intel
- Firsthand (Vault) — employer rankings, industry guides, and listings
- RepVue — tech sales roles with transparent quota and culture ratings
9Healthcare & Science
Clinical, industry, and research▾
- BioSpace — biotech and pharma’s main board
- Health eCareers — clinical and healthcare roles
- PracticeLink — physician and advanced-practice careers
- MedReps — medical and pharma sales
- Science Careers — from AAAS and Science; research roles worldwide
- Nature Careers — research and academic science from Nature
- New Scientist Jobs — science roles, strong in the UK and EU
10Government, Policy & Nonprofit
Public service, mission work, and global development▾
- USAJOBS — the official U.S. federal government board
- GovernmentJobs.com — state and local government roles nationwide
- Go Government — Partnership for Public Service’s guide to federal internships and careers
- Idealist — the nonprofit world’s main board
- Work for Good — nonprofit and social-impact careers
- Devex — global development careers
- ReliefWeb Jobs — humanitarian roles from the UN’s OCHA
- UN Careers — the United Nations system
- Peace Corps — two-year service positions worldwide
11Education & Research
Universities, K–12, and funded research placements▾
- HigherEdJobs — university faculty and staff roles
- The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs — academia’s paper of record
- Inside Higher Ed Careers — higher-ed roles at every level
- SchoolSpring — K–12 teaching and school staff
- HERC — Higher Education Recruitment Consortium; dual-career friendly
- Zintellect (ORISE) — paid research internships and fellowships at national labs
- NSF REU Sites — funded summer research experiences for undergraduates
12Identity & Access-Focused
Employers who have committed to reaching specific communities▾
- Jopwell — careers platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students
- PowerToFly — roles with employers committed to gender diversity
- DiversityJobs — employers actively recruiting diverse talent
- abilityJOBS — the largest board for job seekers with disabilities
- RecruitMilitary — veterans and military spouses
- HBCU Connect — career center serving the HBCU community and beyond
- WomenTech Network — women-in-tech roles and community
- Honest Jobs — fair-chance employment
13Chicago & Illinois
Hiring in the city you are already studying in▾
- Built In Chicago — Chicago tech companies hiring right now
- City of Chicago Careers — municipal roles and internships
- State of Illinois Jobs — state agency roles
14International Students & Freelance
Sponsorship data, and paid work you can start this semester▾
- MyVisaJobs — which employers actually sponsor H-1B visas, with historical data; pair with Interstride above
- Upwork — the largest freelance marketplace; build a portfolio while you study
- Toptal — elite freelance network for developers and designers
- Fiverr — productized freelance gigs; a low-stakes way to sell a skill
How to use this list without drowning: pick Handshake plus two boards from your category, set alerts on all three, and spend the time you save on people instead — the networking and informational interview route fills roles before they are ever posted. Questions about any board? Email us at elevate@illinoistech.edu.