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About GCCSO

Services

The Graduate College Career Services Office utilizes its knowledge of graduate education and understanding of the distinctive needs of graduate students to:
  • Provide career planning resources and job search support to graduate students and postdocs  throughout their studies at Illinois
  • Collaborate broadly to enhance the career and professional development of Illinois master’s and doctoral students based on an understanding of their specific needs
  • Educate the campus community on the diverse career opportunities available to advanced degree holders as well as the distinctive nature of the job market for these candidates

Advisory Committee

The Career Advisory Committee, which includes faculty, staff, graduate students, advises the GCCSO on the changing nature of graduate education and career opportunities.
The final report of the Career Advisory Committee in 2003 can be downloaded as a pdf.

Graduate Career Consortium

The GCCSO staff are active in the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) whose members provide career services to graduate students at research institutions nationwide. In March 2009, the University of Illinois hosted the first Midwestern regional meeting of the GCC.

Staff

Rebecca Bryant, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean and Director, Graduate College Career Services Office

As Assistant Dean and Director, Rebecca Bryant provides leadership for numerous programs to serve graduate student career and professional development at Illinois. She also oversees doctoral committee and thesis deposit processes in the Graduate College Thesis Office, and has led college efforts to implement electronic thesis deposit (ETD) at Illinois. She previously served on the University of Illinois's UI Integrate Project, leading the design and implementation of pre-registration processes. Bryant attended Butler University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), and earned her PhD in musicology from the University of Illinois.

Katherine Eriksen
Assistant Director, Graduate College Career Services Office

As Assistant Director for Career Services, Katherine provides career advising, workshops, and other professional development programs for graduate students at Illinois. Before joining the Graduate College Career Services Office, she developed and coordinated continuing education programs at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs. Katherine attended Washington University in St. Louis and holds graduate degrees in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois and Academic Advising from Kansas State University.

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