About ECSO

Purpose of the ECSO ?

  • To assist students, alumni, and faculty in their search for education-related employment;
  • To assist faculty and administrators in providing their students with information regarding educational careers, and job search protocol and procedures;
  • To assist employers in locating qualified applicants for positions in elementary and secondary schools, community/junior colleges, colleges and universities, and other educational-related settings.

To achieve this purpose, the ECSO offers the following services to all UIUC students, alumni, and faculty:

  • Career guidance and information about education-related employment, as well as career alternatives for educators,  a weekly updated on-line listing of job vacancies posted by ECSO and employers, a career information center, and a series of placement seminars, workshops, Speakers Bureau and Teacher Placement Day.
  • ECSO Director who is available to assist individuals in preparation of and during their job search process. Call to make an appointment.
  • On-campus interviews which are arranged with recruiters from public and private schools and agencies in Illinois and other states (including higher education) during both fall and spring semesters.

In addition to the above, the following services are provided on a year-by-year basis (September 1 to September 1) to those individual students, alumni, and faculty registered with our office.  (Registration fee information may be found by returning to the previous screen and linking to Setting Up a Placement File).

  • Housing of permanent placement files of students and alumni who have completed at least one course in any department or college on campus.
  • Computer access to job vacancies listed through eRecruiting on the ECSO web site.
  • Computer access to interview schedules, personal job referral history, and registration for seminars, etc., through eRecruiting on the ECSO web site.
  • Ability to request Placement File to be sent to prospective employers. (Ten such requests are included with the fee payment.  Additional requests are billed at $5.00 each).
  • Access to letters of recommendation through on-line placement file.