Recruit Now

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Our industry-specific employer relations staff will help you hire top talent by serving as a strategic thought partner, recommending engagements, promoting opportunities, and connecting you to UChicago students.

To schedule virtual or on-campus engagements, please contact a member of our employer relations staff!

Meet Our Students

INFORMATION SESSIONS

One of the best ways to engage with students is through a virtual or in-person information session where you can showcase your organization, introducing students to your workplace, career pathways, and advancement. Most employer sessions are held in the evening after 5pm CT. Typically employers schedule sessions 2-3 weeks prior to first-round interviews.

COFFEE CHATS

Make connections with students in 1:1 or small group settings. These informal discussions provide a relaxed environment to explore potential fits for your organization and offer valuable industry insights to our student body.

INTERVIEWS

Our team will guide you in coordinating a seamless interview process by booking and managing day-of interviews. To make an interview reservation, log in to UChicago Handshake, our online job portal.

CAREER FAIRS

Connect with undergraduates across all majors seeking internship and full-time opportunities. We're committed to creating a high quality experience that will benefit your organization in identifying UChicago talent, expanding your brand, and establishing a meaningful connection to the student attendees.

Fall 2026 Career Fair

Thank you to the 90+ employer partners who joined us for the Fall 2025 Career Fair! Employers connected with 2,000+ UChicago students. We look forward to next year's annual career fair: join us on Monday, September 28, 2026 at Ida Noyes Hall. Register here! Questions? Contact .

Recruiting Resources

Employer Recruiting Guidelines

• To help you in your recruiting process and create a positive experience, please review the Recruiting Guidelines and Expectations for Employers.

Recruiting Calendar

• Reference the 2025-2026 calendar for key event dates and academic timelines!
• Career Advancement provides virtual and in-person support to employers and students.

Explore UChicago Handshake

• Post jobs and internships: UChicago Handshake is an all-inclusive recruiting platform for job and internship opportunities used by undergraduates and College alumni who graduated within the last five years. For quick overview on how to use Handshake, including how to post a job, please refer to the following support page.

Jeff Metcalf Internship Program

Metcalf Program Employer Overview

The Jeff Metcalf Internship Program is the flagship internship program for University of Chicago undergraduate students. For over 25 years, the Metcalf Program has provided paid, substantive internships to UChicago students and empowered generations of students and alumni to launch successful careers. The program pays tribute to Harold “Jeff” Metcalf (AM’52), who was Dean of Students at the Graduate School of Business (now Chicago Booth) from 1956 to 1975. Jeff’s dedication to helping students both within the University and beyond inspired one of his former students Byron D. Trott (AB’81, MBA’82) to establish an internship program in his honor.

The Program connects organizations with a pool of skilled candidates and resources of the University. The flexibility of the Metcalf Program allows organizations to work with students in a virtual, in-person, or hybrid capacity and to seamlessly incorporate them into their own internship programs. Participating organizations have used it as an opportunity to scout talent for full-time positions and broaden their UChicago reach.

Benefits to Employers

• Access to students with technical skills and professional acumen, coupled with a rigorous liberal arts education, which prepare them to be strong performers in the workplace
• Partnership with dedicated employer relations staff to support the full-cycle internship recruitment process and attract competitive talent
• A proven track record - employers seek Metcalf interns year after year because of their meaningful work and contributions to the organization

In the 2024-2025 academic year, over half of the student body pursued internships through the Metcalf Program. In partnership with a global network of employers, UChicago supported students with 4,500 Metcalf internships.

Metcalf Program Employer Participation Requirements

Provide a meaningful, practical, and substantive experience for a College student

Enhance student critical skill sets, provide industry exposure and network, and support career exploration and development

Provide immediate supervisor/mentor who will support student's professional development

Both academic-year and summer experiences are eligible for the Metcalf Program.

Academic-year experiences can be short-term or last over multiple quarters.

Summer experiences can be as brief as 3 weeks; internships of 8 weeks or longer qualify as full-time.

Host a UChicago Metcalf!

Please contact careeradvancement@uchicago.edu.