Career Advancement provides dedicated support to ensure that student-athletes of all interests and backgrounds are empowered to apply their skills developed on and off the field to a meaningful career.
Career Resources for Student-Athletes
- Personalized, flexible one-on-one advising with a Career Adviser
- Experiential learning opportunities across all industries
- Access to the Jeff Metcalf Internship Program, which provides 3,000 paid, substantive internship opportunities each year with a highly diverse range of organizations
- Professional development and networking events with former student-athletes
Game Time: Student-Athlete Networking Nights
Winter Event: February 28th, 2022, 6-7pm CST (Virtual)
Join us on February 28th for a virtual evening of networking with Athletics alumni and top employers. By participating in this event, you will have the opportunity to learn about the recruiting processes of top employers, hear from Athletics alumni about how you can leverage your student-athlete experience in the application process, and grow your professional network.
This event will feature four rounds of 15-minute, small group networking and will focus on a variety of industries with later recruiting cycles:
- Arts
- Education
- Entrepreneurship
- Journalism
- Law
- Non-Profits
- Policy
- Science
Register here by February 17th, 2022 to secure your spot at the event!
Our Fall 2021 Game Time event featured Athletics alumni from the following companies:
- Accenture
- Ariel Investments
- Citadel
- Deloitte
- Deutsche Bank
- EY
- IMC Trading
- LEK Consulting
UChicago Wisr
Finding new contacts and growing your professional network is easier than evern with Wisr, UChicago’s mentoring platform. Wisr allows you to find alumni mentors working in your field of interest and schedule conversations with them.
To sign up, first create a LinkedIn account and then register for Wisr here.
Start connecting with former Maroons by joining our Athletics Community page on Wisr.
Questions?
To learn more about career resources for student-athletes, please contact Steven Balla at stevenzb@uchicago.edu.