The University of St. Francis Career Success Center staff assists students with their internship and employment needs. We are devoted to helping students and alumni research career options. In doing so, we focus on the individual needs, goals, and values of each student. The Career Success Center believes in personal and professional development therefore assistance with job search, resume and cover letter writing, along with career counseling are among the services available.
Keep checking back for new opportunities to be posted! Contact the Career Success Center at 815-740-4295 or careerservices@stfrancis.edu with questions.
Career Success Center Resources for Alumni
The Career Success Center is here to help you with seeking employment. Whether you live locally or out of state, you can view employment listings.
What can I do with CCCI?
Searching Opportunities in CCCI
Search opportunities specifically for CCCI consortium students and alumni – CCCI System
The University of St. Francis and the Career Success Center are not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of employment. It is the responsibility of each individual to research the integrity of the organization(s) to which he/she is applying and verify the specific information pertaining to the job posting.
Access Job Boards
To gain access to the job boards, including the job leads being recruited for at the Career Fair, please visit the following links in order to set up FREE accounts. NACElink and College Central Network are web based employment/internship job posting systems.
Problems with the system? Can’t get logged in? Please contact us.
Career Success Center Resources for Current Students
The Career Success Center is here to help you with seeking employment! Whether you live locally or out of state, we’ll get you information on various opportunities.
View Employment Listings
Read below for two options for viewing employment listings: Careerlink and CCCI.
What can I do with USF Careerlink and/or CCCI?
The University of St. Francis and the Career Success Center are not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of employment. It is the responsibility of each individual to research the integrity of the organization(s) to which he/she is applying and verify the specific information pertaining to the job posting.
USF Internship Resources
Are you stuck on where to find an internship? Here you’ll find all the resources that the University of St. Francis Career Success Center offers to help you find and apply for internships in your field.
Handshake: We use Handshake to help you discover great resources to find full-time jobs, part-time jobs, and internships. There are over 200,000 employers on Handshake. The Career Success Center provides you with easy access to Handshake. It is available for both students and alumni. In Handshake, you can:
View jobs and apply for jobs and internships posted by employers.
Sign up for employer events quickly and easily including job fairs and training.
If you need further assistance or would like to make an appointment for a resume review or mock interview, contact Betty Kohl in the Career Success Center at 815-740-4295 or 815-740-3384, or email at bkohl@stfrancis.edu.
Career Success Center Internship Overview
If planning to do an internship for academic credit, please meet with your academic adviser to learn more about potential credit hours and scheduling. For each credit hour earned, you, the student must work 45 hours at your internship. For example 3 credit hours require 135 hours worked.
Internships provide the opportunity for a student to integrate work and formal education with experts in his/her major field of study, to test the chosen career path, and to be involved in activities like those of full-time employees.
The University of St. Francis expects that the objectives of an internship be content based, skill related, academically substantive, value related, and integral to the students’ academic and career path. If you need assistance developing learning objectives that align with your Internship goals, please speak with your Faculty Supervisor.
Internship Learning Contract & Procedures
USF Internship Resources
Are you stuck on where to find an internship? Here you’ll find all the resources that the University of St. Francis Career Success Center offers to help you find and apply for internships in your field.
If you need further assistance or would like to make an appointment for a resume review or mock interview, contact Betty Kohl in the Career Success Center at 815-740-3384 or bkohl@stfrancis.edu.
Career Success Center Resources for Employers
Thank you for your interest in a potential USF Intern, the Career Success Center is excited to assist you, here is some information to help get you started.
Overview of Internships
Internships are full or part-time, credit or non-credit bearing, short-term, supervised, work experiences. They can be established on or off-campus and may be paid or unpaid. Faculty members, collaborating with an on-site supervisor, monitor and supervise student progress, detail content, and evaluate final achievement. Not included in the internship category are field work, practica, student teaching, clinical experiences, and independent study experiences.
Internships provide the opportunity for a student to integrate work and formal education with experts in his/her major field of study, to test the chosen career path, and to be involved in activities like those of full-time employees.
The University of St. Francis expects that the objectives of an internship be content based, skill related, academically substantive, value related, and integral to the students’ academic and career path. If you need assistance developing learning objectives that align with your Internship goals, please speak with your Faculty Supervisor.
We offer on campus recruiting for employers both throughout the year and at our annual Career Fair. The Career Success Center can assist you in promoting job and internship opportunities. Please contact Betty Kohl at 815-740-4295 for more information and to book your recruiting table.
Pay, Course Credit or Both?
Think about if you can pay the intern, if not, you will have to offer course credit. The only organizations exempt from these requirements are government agencies and non-profits. Credit can be offered to students on a 1 credit hour basis. The number of semester hours of credit granted on an internship is dependent upon the expected learning experience, amount of challenge, exposure to the field, number and difficulty of oral and written papers and presentations, and contact or clock hours. The intern must meet the minimum requirement of 45 clock hours for each semester hour of credit.
Academic Credit Internships:
Non-Academic Credit Internships:
How to Post an Open Internship
Please submit a job description to our free online job database! Here are links to our job boards…
Join Handshake: The University of St. Francis uses the Join Handshake platform. To post jobs, please click here and register your information.
College Central Network: Click here to connect with the College Central Network— a job board that reaches 18 small Illinois colleges and universities that are part of the College Career Consortium of Illinois (CCCI).
Employer Responsibilities
Betty Kohl
Employment and Internship Support Specialist
815-740-4295 or 815-740-3384 | bkohl@stfrancis.edu
