Careers in Illinois

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in Illinois? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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Located in the midwestern United States, Illinois comes with a variety of industries and companies to dive into, including 32 of the 2012 Fortune 500 companies. With one of the world’s busiest airports, access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and a passenger and freight rail system, Illinois has made a place for itself as a transportation hub in the Midwest.

Illinois is also one of the nation’s leaders in manufacturing. Approximately 75% of the state’s manufacturers are located in northeastern Illinois. Agriculture is also a large industry for Illinois, particularly in the production of soybeans and corn. Most of the state’s meat processing centers are located in Chicago.

Energy resources also create opportunities in Illinois, both in traditional and alternative energy sources. Illinois has been a leader in nuclear power, with six plants and eleven reactors producing over a quarter of the state’s energy in 2010.

Chicago, the largest city in Illinois, is home to a major business district and a growing number of web companies (did you know One Day One Job is based in Chicago?). Some other cities to look at in Illinois include Chicago, Aurora, Springfield, Peoria, and Naperville.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Illinois

Vibrant Media - Vibrant Media is the NYC based world "leading provider of in-content contextual technology that gets brand content and advertising discovered across platforms."

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Job Title	Location
Online Marketing Manager/Profit Center Manager	San Antonio, TX
Automotive Digital Account Executive	Sacramento, CA
Product Manager	Agoura Hills, CA
Web Developer	Blairstown, NJ
Internet Marketing Consultant - Outside Sales	St. Louis, MO

See all 793 job postings

Chicago Architecture Foundation - Chicago Architecture Foundation is a non-profit organization that is “devoted to celebrating and promoting Chicago as a center of architectural innovation.”

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Job Title	Location
Staff Digital Design Engineer / FPGA Verilog/VHDL / VPX VME	Owego, NY
Careers	Chicago, IL
Documentum / FirstDoc Product Developers	Chicago, IL
Systems Integration Oracle Retail Consultant or Manager	New York, NY
Internship - Exhibitions	Chicago, IL

See all 132 job postings

UrbanBound - UrbanBound is based in Chicago and "helps companies offer a comprehensive transition system to their newly hired and transferring employees" over the web.

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Job Title	Location
LA Copywriting Intern	Los Angeles, CA
Marketing Intern	Chicago, IL
Content and Copywriting Intern	Chicago, IL
Graphic Design Intern	Chicago, IL
Web Application Designer	Chicago, IL

See all 5 job postings

OpenMarkets - OpenMarkets is an Evanston, IL based company that has created “a network of healthcare providers joined together to create cost-savings for capital equipment.”

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Job Title	Location
Associate/Intern, Business Development	Evanston, IL
Intern, Marketing & PR	Evanston, IL
Sales / Marketing Executive	Savannah, GA
Associate, Sales	Chicago, IL
Associate, Client Management	Chicago, IL

See all 8 job postings

Alinea, Next Restaurant, and The Aviary - Alinea, Next Restaurant, and The Aviary are members of a Chicago, IL based group of restaurants that has elevated fine dining to amazing new heights.

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No current job openings.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop - Potbelly Sandwich Shop is a Chicago, IL chain of sandwich shops that is aiming to "be the best place for lunch."

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Job Title	Location
Friendly and outgoing associates	Houston, TX
Executive Assistant	Chicago, IL
Restaurant Management Interviews	Laurel, MD
Musician	Plymouth, MN
Neighborhood Marketing Manager	Bolingbrook, IL

See all 550 job postings

Better Government Association - The Better Government Association, a Chicago, IL based non-profit that “works for integrity, transparency, and accountability in government."

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Specialist - Hospitals and Health Systems	Redlands, CA
Test & Evaluation Engineer 1/2	St. Louis, MO
Senior Policy Analyst	Washington, DC
Healthcare Fraud Investigations and Settlements Consultant	Eden Prairie, MN
Vice President for Health Services Policy, Government Affairs	Washington, DC

See all 290 job postings

Loudpixel - Loudpixel is a Lansing, MI based “digital consultancy that works with companies and brands to deliver unbiased social media monitoring, measurement and insights.”

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No current job openings.

Watchfire - Watchfire is a Danville, IL based company that provides businesses with cost-effective, long lasting LED signage that can be updated easily.

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Job Title	Location
Why Watchfire?: Careers at Watchfire	Danville, IL
Electronics Technician - Repair Center Service Technician	Danville, IL
Manufacturing Production Labor 2nd shift	Danville, IL
Machine Operator, 2nd shift	Danville, IL
'13 Summer I.T. Paid Internship, Applications Developer .net Computer Programmer Intern	Danville, IL

See all 13 job postings

Leo Burnett - Leo Burnett is a Chicago, IL based advertising agency that was founded in 1935 and has one of the most impressive client lists of any agency out there.

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Job Title	Location
Social Media Intern	San Francisco, CA
Assistant Account Executive - West Region	Thousand Oaks, CA
VP Strategy Director	Chicago, IL
VP Strategy Director	Chicago, IL
Associate Creative Director	Chicago, IL

See all 55 job postings

Chopper Trading - Chopper Trading is a Chicago, IL “technology-based proprietary trading firm that operates in a range of global markets and trades on several major exchanges.”

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Job Title	Location
C# .NET Developer	Chicago, IL
Jr.-Mid Level C++ Developer	Chicago, IL
Sr. Level C++ Developer	New York, NY
Sr. Software Engineer	Chicago, IL
Sr. Software Engineer	Chicago, IL

See all 6 job postings

New Leaders - New Leaders is a non-profit that “develops transformational school leaders and designs effective leadership policies and practices for school systems across the country.”

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Job Title	Location
Associate Salon Designer Job	Washington, MO
Director, Corporate Communications	Pleasanton, CA
Sales Manager Trainee- recent college graduates!	Kansas City, MO
Sales Manager Trainee	Fort Collins, CO
Senior Consultant - Health Analytics	Chicago, IL

See all 160,751 job postings

eSpark - eSpark is a Chicago, IL based startup that works with K-8 schools to offer “personalized learning on the iPad.”

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Job Title	Location
Director, Learning Design	Chicago, IL
Senior UX - Interaction Designer	Chicago, IL
Inside Sales Representative	Chicago, IL
Field Representative	Chicago, IL
Software Engineer Intern	Chicago, IL

See all 10 job postings

TransPerfect - TransPerfect is a New York, NY based company with 70 offices across 5 continents that provides “a full range of language and business services."

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Job Title	Location
Production InternshipProgram - Summer 2013	New York, NY
In-Center Interpreter	Tempe, AZ
Quality Reviewer (Part Time)	Milwaukee, WI
Japanese Language Project Intern	New York, NY
French Language Project Intern	New York, NY

See all 142 job postings

LION - LION is a Dayton, OH based company that designs, manufactures, and markets products “to ensure the health, safety and performance of first responders."

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Job Title	Location
Senior Software Engineer	Boston, MA
Summer Associate	New York, NY
BadAss Sales Agent for Web Dev/IT firm	San Antonio, TX
Controls Engineer	Oklahoma City, OK
Sr Manufacturing Project Engineer	Red Lion, PA

See all 4,222 job postings

Affinnova - Affinnova is a Waltham, MA based “high-growth software and services company that enables innovative organizations to drive better ideas to market faster.”

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Job Title	Location
Research Analyst - Waltham, MA	Waltham, MA
Innovation Product Manager	Waltham, MA
Senior Systems Administrator	Waltham, MA
Senior Software Engineer	Waltham, MA
Vice President of Client Services	San Francisco, CA

See all 19 job postings

eshots - eshots is a Chicago, IL based company that ensures their clients “get the highest possible return on [their] event marketing investments.”

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Job Title	Location
QA Lead	Chicago, IL
Web Application Developer (R&D)	Chicago, IL
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst	Chicago, IL
Web Developer (Production)	Chicago, IL
Quality Assurance Lead	Chicago, IL

See all 5 job postings

NORC at the University of Chicago - NORC at the University of Chicago is a non-profit organization that aims to “to conduct high-quality social science research in the public interest.”

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Job Title	Location
Survey Specialist - Health Care Research	Chicago, IL
GRA/Project Assistant - Part Time	Chicago, IL
Field Interviewer-NAHSG Project-REHIRES ONLY-Central Region	Wisconsin
Graduate Research Assistant - General Social Survey (GSS)	Chicago, IL
Graduate Research Assistant – Mobile Technology Innovation	Chicago, IL

See all 53 job postings

Wowzers - Wowzers is a Chicago, IL based company that offers a cloud-based adaptive learning platform that teaches kid math in the form of a video game.

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Job Title	Location
Gameplay Scripter	Chicago, IL
Account Executive	Chicago, IL
Quality Assurance Tester	Chicago, IL
Ruby on Rails Developer	Chicago, IL
Sales Development Specialist	Sunnyvale, CA

See all 6 job postings

Belvedere Trading - Belvedere Trading is a Chicago, IL based proprietary trading firm that has been specializing “in equity index and commodity derivatives” since 2002

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Job Title	Location
Trader Trainee-Summer Internship	Chicago, IL
Business Analyst	Chicago, IL
Database Administrator	Chicago, IL
Software Support Analyst-Trading Systems	Chicago, IL
Jr. Network Engineer	Chicago, IL

See all 5 job postings

The Nerdery - The Nerdery is a Bloomington, MN based company that partners “with creative minds and big thinkers to engineer and build award-winning interactive projects.”

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Job Title	Location
Inside Sales Representative	United States
SEM Search Planner - NY	New York, NY
User Experience Designer	United States
Android Developer	United States
Front-End Developer	United States

See all 18 job postings

Eventup - Eventup is a Santa Monica, CA and Chicago, IL based startup that "connects people who are looking to find and book the perfect venue with venue owners ."

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	Santa Monica, CA
Sales Representative	Santa Monica, CA
Front End Developer	Santa Monica, CA
Sales Internship	Santa Monica, CA

See all 4 job postings

826 National - 826 National works with 8 centers to "provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills.”

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Job Title	Location
Extension 4-H Assistant - Johnson County	Paintsville, KY
Consulting Manager, Financial Services Practice	New York, NY
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer	Columbus, OH
Driver - Class A/TouchFreight	Sacramento, CA
826 National Director of Research and Evaluation	San Francisco, CA

See all 7 job postings

Vivid Seats - Vivid Seats is a Chicago, IL based company that aims to “to reinvent the ticket purchasing experience.”

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Job Title	Location
Email Marketing Analyst	Chicago, IL
SEO Director	Chicago, IL
Recruiter	Chicago, IL
Director/Sr. Manager of Business Development	Chicago, IL
Email Marketing Analyst (Sports Marketing/Sales)	Chicago, IL

See all 12 job postings

Braintree - Braintree is a Chicago, IL based company that is simplifying payments for online businesses.

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Job Title	Location
Business Development Manager	Braintree, MA
Spanish/Haitian-Creole Behavior Specialist	Quincy, MA
Spanish/Haitian-Creole Behavior Therapist	Quincy, MA
Behavior Therapist	New Bedford, MA
Retail Mortgage Loan Officer-State Chartered Bank	Braintree, MA

See all 402 job postings

Resonate - Resonate is a Reston, VA based advertising company that uses "big data to develop a sophisticated understanding of consumer values, attitudes and beliefs.”

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Job Title	Location
Project Manager	Milwaukee, WI
Product Marketing Manager	Jersey City, NJ
Associate Digital Marketing Planner	Lake Forest, IL
Digital Marketing Planner	Lake Forest, IL
Director, Product Marketing	Palo Alto, CA

See all 899 job postings

Silver Chalice - Silver Chalice is a Chicago, IL based company that “builds and operates a fast-growing portfolio of digital media businesses in sports and entertainment.”

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Job Title	Location
Sports Sales Company - Senior Account Executive - Digital Sales	New York, NY
UI Designer	Boulder, CO
Sports Media Company - Vice President, Digital Sales	New York, NY
Senior Account Executive - Digital Sales	New York, NY
Director/Manager, Product Management – Boulder	Boulder, CO

See all 4 job postings

Design Within Reach - Design Within Reach is a Stamford, CT based furniture retailer that makes authentic modern design accessible with stores across the country.

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Job Title	Location
Advanced Designer -With high conversion results	Scottsdale, AZ
Sales Account Executive (Market Research)	New York, NY
Interaction Designer (IXD)	Stony Brook, NY
Senior Media Buyer (Online Space)	Shelton, CT
Product Development (Beverage) Opening - Scientist, Sr Scientist or Principal Scientist	Lakeville, MA

See all 6,609 job postings

Jellyvision - Jellyvision is a Chicago, IL based company that excels at communicating about complex subjects through interactive software.

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Job Title	Location
Multi-Media Marketing Specialist	Hartford, CT
Multi-Media Marketing Producer	Hartford, CT
Benefits Specialist	Chicago, IL

See all 2 job postings

Back to the Roots - Back to the Roots is an Oakland, CA based company that allows you to enjoy the freshly picked mushroom experience at home.

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Job Title	Location
Client Relations Associate	Houston, TX
Commodity Manager Purchasing	Holland, MI
Aerospace Supplier/Vendor Management/Parts Validation	St. Louis, MO
Electronics Development - Senior Software Quality Engineer	Holland, MI
Compliance Analyst	Madison, VA

See all 4,351 job postings

General Growth Properties - GGP is a Chicago, IL based real estate trust that owns and operates shopping centers all across the United States.

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Job Title	Location
Manager, Direct Marketing	Red Bank, NJ
Buyer	New Brighton, MN
Branch Sales Professional/Sales Representative - 100713	Merced, CA
Product Research Analyst – Property Tactical Research	Redmond, WA
Senior Business Systems Analyst Consumer Insights Consumer Digital Technology	Portland, OR

See all 5,416 job postings

Marketing Werks - Marketing Werks is a Chicago, IL based company that “delivers unparalleled service” for their clients and “unique experiences for consumers”

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Job Title	Location
Vz FIOS Market Coordinator_MDU program_NYC	Valhalla, NY
Outside Sales Representative_Vz FiOS_Brooklyn_Russian Bilingual	Brooklyn, NY
Outside Sales Rep_Verizon FIOS	Randolph, MA
Outside Sales for Verizon FIOS - Edison, NJ/Middlesex County	Edison, NJ
Outside Sales for Verizon FIOS - Trenton, NJ/MercerCounty	Trenton, NJ

See all 48 job postings

Belly - Belly is a Chicago, IL based company that is replacing the loyalty punchcard with mobile apps and in-store iPads.

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Job Title	Location
Agent - Real Estate- Bay Area-CA	Santa Clara, CA
Associate Recruiter	Stamford, CT
Trainer / Account Manager	Atlanta, GA
CDL Driver - Mining Operation	Lovelock, NV
Tractor Owner-Operators	Ross, ND

See all 424 job postings

Biodiversity Project - Biodiversity Project is a Chicago, IL based non-profit that works "to protect North America’s most precious land and water resources.”

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Job Title	Location
Research Scientist II - Environmental/Sustainable Development - Oro Valley, AZ	Oro Valley, AZ
Field Base Coordinator on Elephant Forest Reintroduction Project in Northern Thailand	Mae, WA
Research Associate	Ithaca, NY
Assistant or Associate Reseacher (CORRECTION)	Honolulu, HI
Brimley Research Scolar	Raleigh, NC

See all 86 job postings

Imagination Publishing - Imagination Publishing is a Chicago, IL based "custom content agency" that helps companies engage new and current customers through content.

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Job Title	Location
Database & Application Development Manager	Troy, MI
Social Media Intern	Chicago, IL
Editorial Intern	Chicago, IL
QA Software Engineer - Mahwah, NJ	New Jersey
Writer	Bellevue, WA

See all 37 job postings

Technomic - Technomic is a Chicago, IL based food industry consulting and research company that has some great job opportunities for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Research Analyst	Seattle, WA
Summer Consulting Research Intern	Chicago, IL
Contract Research Assistant-Fluent in Italian, Portuguese or Mandarin	Chicago, IL
Contract Research Assistant –Various Languages	Chicago, IL
Research Assistant	Chicago, IL

See all 27 job postings

GasPedal - GasPedal is an Austin, TX based social media company that “teaches businesses to be nicer to you," and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Community Manager - Moderator	Austin, TX
Community Manager - Member Experience Specialist	Austin, TX
Community Outreach	Austin, TX
Community Team @ SocialMedia.org - Multiple Jobs	Austin, TX
Community Evangelist (Membership Sales & Recruiting)	Austin, TX

See all 5 job postings

PrintEco - PrintEco is a Chicago, IL based company that claims they can cut 17% off of most companies’ printing expenses and help the environment at the same time.

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No current job openings.

buildOn - buildOn is a non-profit that aims to solve poverty through education, both domestically and abroad, and they're hiring right now.

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Job Title	Location
Development Director	Chicago, IL
Program Coordinator	Bronx, NY
Development Director, Bay Area	San Francisco, CA

See all 2 job postings

Crate and Barrel - Crate and Barrel has over 170 retail stores that sell furniture and homewares, and they have some great job opportunities for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Furniture Sales Associate	Washington, DC
Customer Service Associate	Arlington, VA
Part-Time Merchandising/Stock Associate	McLean, VA
Sales Manager	Washington, DC
Sales Team Lead	Washington, DC

See all 187 job postings

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