Northwestern University Career Services Office connects you to a smart, flexible, and high achieving workforce. Employers continually tell us that they value Northwestern’s students and alumni because they possess strong analytical, technical and communication skills and an exceptional work ethic. A point to remember is that not only do our alumni have Northwestern University degrees, but also many alumni have advanced degrees, including MBA and JD, from other prestigious schools.



Advertise internship and job vacancies to students and registered alumni

Schedule on campus recruiting visits

Engage Students at Northwestern

Build Visibility with Students and Alumni

How to advertise internship and job vacancies to students and registered alumni

We use two online systems to promote your employment opportunities to thousands of Northwestern University students and alumni. 

1. CareerCat (NACELink). Register and post jobs and internships to Northwestern students and alumni only, for FREE through our primary online system, CareerCat.  Additionally, you can post employment opportunities for a small fee to other universities across the area and nation via CareerCat (NACELink).  If you are a first time user, you will need to complete the profile section. We will review your profile, approve you as an employer, and send you a password to use for posting internships and jobs. This approval process will take one business day.

2. iNet internship consortium. Post your internships once and reach students throughout the country at eight leading universities: Georgetown, MIT, NYU, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania and Yale. Go to the iNet web page and post your internships free of charge. iNet is a partnership between NACElink and Symplicity and the eight consortium universities. To open an iNet account, go to https://inet-csm.symplicity.com/employers and click the REGISTER tab. After completing the short registration form you will be emailed your user name and password.

3. To achieve the best recruiting results regarding your family and home care needs (i.e. child care, assistance with holiday dinners) and or your part-time local needs (retail, clerical, office), you may want to place an ad in The Daily Northwestern, the student newspaper, in addition to or in lieu of posting in the databases. The telephone number to the ad office is 847-491-7206.

3. To recruit current Kellogg MBA students
4. To recruit current Northwestern Law School students

How to schedule on campus recruiting visits
We want to make scheduling on campus recruiting easy for you. All recruiting requests are taken via e-mail (preferred), or telephone. Contact Dianne Siekmann at ucs-recruiting@northwestern.edu or at 847-491-5785 to begin the interview reservation process. All recruiting requests are taken via e-mail (preferred), or telephone. Inquiries should have the following information:

• Three potential recruiting dates, with one from another week – these dates should be within our recruiting schedule
• The number of schedules/interview rooms
• The length of interviews ( 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes)
• The number of administration rooms, if needed
• A concise and detailed job/internship description which includes the following: the organization overview, duties and responsibilities, and preferred and required skills and abilities. Our staff is available for assistance with composing job/internship descriptions
• Special requirements: documents or recommendations for the students such as GPA, transcript, standardized scores, cover letters or other documents.
• Dates, time frames and room size for presentations and/or pre-nights<hyperlink to Presentations and Pre-nights>

After we receive your request, we will confirm the recruiting dates, presentations and pre-nights, and send you our Campus Recruiting Information Form (CRIF) and the Recruiting Agreement.
Presentations/Information Sessions and Pre-nights
Presentations are typically held three weeks prior to on campus recruiting and before the resume submission deadline. Pre-night information sessions occur the night before the event.
The preferred location for these events is the Norris University Center located at 1999 Campus Drive. While there is no cost for the use of the rooms, there is a cost to order catering and AV equipment. You may ship presentation and pre-night materials to Norris University Center only if they arrive one day prior to your event. Be certain to mark your boxes with your organization’s name and the date of your event.
Our students have given us feedback as to what makes a successful presentation.

Visiting campus for recruiting activity
Northwestern University has assembled information for transportation, hotels and maps for your visit to Evanston.

Engage Students

Our staff is available to assist you in crafting a successful recruiting plan. Here are some ideas for you to consider:

• Partner with a student group to sponsor a meeting or conduct a presentation.
• Sponsor programs or a student team competition, such as for a case study or a design concept.
• Offer an educational workshop on a topic in your field of expertise such as Engineering Project Management, Hedge Funds 101 or Life as a Consultant.
• Offer internships for academic credit through the Humanities or Chicago Field Studies programs.
• Recruit and hire an intern for a campus liaison role.
• Be accessible for student inquiries on such topics as the job and the field.

Build Visibility with Students and Alumni

       1. Volunteer for panels/discussion tables such as Career Conversations or Internship Initiative to give students exposure to your organization while sharing career and industry information with freshmen and sophomores.

• Share your tips to the “Weekly Featured Employer” section of University Career Services newsletters and an on-line career course InternAdvantage.
• Encourage Northwestern Alumni who work at your organization to register as alumni in CareerNet, a database of alumni available for students who want to connect with professionals and learn about organizations and fields.
• Place an advertisement in the student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern – contact 847-491-7206.
• Donate to UCS for career resources - contact Lonnie Dunlap, Director, at ucs-recruiting@northwestern.edu or at 847-491-3707.