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

Emmi Solutions - Emmi Solutions is a Chicago based healthcare communications company that has developed “interactive solutions to achieve meaningful business and clinical outcomes.”

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Job Title	Location
Help Desk Analyst	New Providence, NJ
Medical Artist	Chicago, IL
Multimedia Health Writer/Production Intern	Chicago, IL
Patient Engagement Strategist	Chicago, IL
Client Services Associate	Chicago, IL

See all 19 job postings

Liferay - Liferay is a Diamond Bar, CA based company that helps clients “build modern websites and portals to engage customers, partners, and employees.”

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Job Title	Location
Online Marketing Manager	Washington, DC
Contract Developer-Liferay Content Management	Red Bank, NJ
Liferay Solutions / Technical Architect	Atlanta, GA
Software Developer (208819)	Frederick, MD
Java Developer (3 Plus Yrs. Experience)	Westport, CT

See all 357 job postings

xAd - xAd is a New York, NY based company that allows advertisers to pinpoint “target audiences at pivotal moments during the consumer’s decision-making journey.”

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Job Title	Location
Design Intern	New York, NY
Publisher Intern	New York, NY
Brand Journalist Intern	New York, NY
Marketing Department Intern	New York, NY
Software Engineer - Intern	New York, NY

See all 30 job postings

Kellen Company - Kellen Company is a "professional services company serving associations, companies and foundations” with offices in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Chicago, and D.C.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Development Internship, Atlanta	Atlanta, GA
Full TIme Intern	New York, NY
Certification & Education Specialist	United States
Account Executive, Washington	Washington, DC
Manager	United States

See all 21 job postings

Worthee - Worthee is a Chicago, IL based company that offers premium dog walking and care services through a simple mobile app.

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Job Title	Location
Sales & Marketing Intern - Dog Lovers Only	Chicago, IL
Dog Walker	Chicago, IL
Senior Developer	Chicago, IL

See all 2 job postings

Friends of the Forest Preserves - Friends of the Forest Preserves is a Chicago, IL based non-profit that "exists because the Cook County forest preserves need help."

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Job Title	Location
PP Interpreter - #003J	West Chicago, IL
Assistant Golf Course Superintendent - #1151	Addison, IL
Physical Therapist Assistant - Skilled - (PTA)	Eureka, CA
Physical Therapist Assistant - Skilled - (PTA)	Eureka, CA
Pizza Hut Team Member - 4677846	Harwood Heights, IL

See all 12 job postings

Hanley Wood - Washington, DC based Hanley Wood is “the premier media, event, information and strategic marketing services company serving the residential and commercial design and construction industries.”

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Job Title	Location
Interactive Design Intern	Washington, DC
Payroll Assistant	Washington, DC
Physician Seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine physician to join our Urgent Care/Walk in Beautiful Northern Minnesota!	Minnesota
Physician Seeking a Med/Peds physician in Beautiful Northern Minnesota!	Minnesota
Physician Seeking Emergency Medicine or Family Practice (with Emergency Medicine in Beautiful Northern Minnesota!	Minnesota

See all 20 job postings

Digital Intent - Digital Intent is a Chicago, IL based company that helps clients "create and grow digital businesses."

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Job Title	Location
UI/UX Visual Designer - Contract	Foster City, CA
Manager, Brand Development	Cincinnati, OH
Product Manager, Parent Experience	Princeton, NJ
Visual / Creative Designer	Foster City, CA
Manager, Client Solutions	New York, NY

See all 765 job postings

Bottom Line - Bottom Line is a Boston, MA based non-profit that “has helped thousands of low-income and first-generation students stay in college and earn their degrees.”

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Job Title	Location
Investment Counselor (Financial Advisor/Stock Broker Alternative)	San Mateo, CA
SR. SEARCH MARKETING WEB ANALYST: SEM, PPC & SEO	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY
Not Your Typical Investment & Financial Sales Job	San Mateo, CA
Onsite Bridge Operator/Field Technician	New York, NY
Direct Mail Outside Sales Representative - Twin Cities	Saint Louis Park, MN

See all 9,683 job postings

kCura - kCura is a Chicago based company that offers "web-based e-discovery applications for managing large volumes of electronic evidence during litigation or investigations.”

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Job Title	Location
Hosting Team Leader	Chicago, IL
Business Analyst	Portland, OR
Graphic Designer	Chicago, IL
Hosting Team Leader	Chicago, IL
Case Manager	Washington, DC

See all 100 job postings

The Learning Experience - The Learning Experience is a Boca Raton, FL based company that aims to "give every child the opportunity to develop to their greatest potential.”

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Math Editor (temporary)	Vancouver, WA
Science Standards Editor (temporary)	Vancouver, WA
Physical Therapist-Outpatient Ortho/Sports Medicine Setting	McLean, VA
High School Education Coordinator	New York, NY
Education Coordinator	New York, NY

See all 158,896 job postings

Optimal - Optimal “is the leading social advertising and analytics platform, with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, Chicago, and London.”

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Job Title	Location
Program Manger - SNF - OT / PT	Gainesville, FL
Physical Therapist / Therapy (PT) - SNF - Part Time	Oskaloosa, IA
Director of Surgical Services - Full Time	Bradford, PA
Product Manager	Austin, TX
Director of Rehabilitation - SNF - PT/OT/SLP	Cumberland, MD

See all 38,141 job postings

Munchery - Munchery is a San Francisco, CA based company that offers wholesome dinners prepared by top chefs delivered to your door for a reasonable price.

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Job Title	Location
Growth Hacker / Creative Marketing Pro	Mountain View, CA
Food Photographer	Seattle, WA
Designer	San Francisco Bay Area, CA
City General Manager	Washington, DC
Warehouse Crew Member	San Francisco Bay Area, CA

See all 18 job postings

CafeMom - CafeMom is an NYC based digital media company for moms that reaches more than 20 million users every month

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Job Title	Location
Senior Operations Engineering	Redwood City, CA
Manager, IT Operations	New York, NY
Digital Sales Planner	New York, NY
Staff Writer, MamáLatinas	New York, NY

See all 3 job postings

Hillshire Brands - Hillshire Brands is based in Chicago, IL and aims to be “the most innovative meat-centric food company in the U.S.”

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Job Title	Location
Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting Intern	Chicago, IL
IT Planning Intern	Chicago, IL
EHS Coordinator	Tarboro, NC
Maintenance Manager - Traverse City, MI	Traverse City, MI
IT Planning Intern	Chicago, IL

See all 129 job postings

Instacart - Instacart is a San Francisco, CA based startup that offers personal grocery shopping/delivery in a growing number of markets (Chicago and the Bay Area now).

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Job Title	Location
City Launcher	United States
City Manager (Seattle)	Seattle, WA
General Manager (Multiple Cities)	Chicago, IL
Business Development Lead	United States
Data Scientist	San Francisco, CA

See all 21 job postings

Dinner Lab - Dinner Lab is a New Orleans, LA based “membership-based social dining experiment that unites undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners."

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Job Title	Location
Event Staff (multiple positions)	Washington, DC
babysitter for the summer for my son and daughter	Virginia Beach, VA
Hourly Intern 9990	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Weekend evening date night and mid week afternoon sitter	East Greenwich, RI
Administrative Assistant	Milford, MA

See all 98 job postings

Alta Bicycle Share - Alta Bicycle is a Portland, OR based company that provides "solutions for all aspects of bike share" programs.

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Job Title	Location
Membership Fulfillment Coordinator	Boston, MA
Field Bike Technician - Hubway	Boston, MA
Field Bike Technician - Capital Bikeshare	Washington, DC
Safety and Workers' Compensation Coordinator	Portland, OR
Bike Checker (Seasonal) - Citi Bike	Brooklyn, NY

See all 21 job postings

BidPal - BidPal is an Indianapolis, IN based company that uses technology to “improve charitable fundraising events from start to finish."

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Job Title	Location
BidPal Assistant - Louisville, KY	Louisville, KY
Sales & Events Area Director - Central Florida	Tampa, FL
Event Manager - Raleigh, NC	Raleigh, NC
Support Analyst	Indianapolis, IN
Quality Assurance Analyst	Indianapolis, IN

See all 22 job postings

Rand McNally - Rand McNally is a Skokie, IL based company that was founded in 1856. Since then they’ve been specializing “in maps, navigation, road travel, and trip planning.”

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Job Title	Location
CDL A Flatbed Lease Purchase Program (4234778)	Massachusetts
Transportation Operations Manager	Greer, SC
CDL A Flatbed Owner Operators (4234793)	Palm Coast, FL
GREAT HOME TIME** Class A OTR Truck Driver	Hazelwood, MO
Transportation Coordinator-floater	Batesville, SC

See all 267 job postings

Social Media Beast - Social Media Beast is a Chicago, IL based agency that is helping some of Chicago’s most notable brands do social right.

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Job Title	Location
Interactive Design Intern for Web & Graphics	New York, NY
Social Media, Marketing, and Communications Internship	New York, NY
Administrative/Marketing Assistant	New York, NY
Social Media, Marketing, & Communications Intern	New York, NY
Administrative/Marketing Assitant	New York, NY

See all 13 job postings

Tecture - Tecture is a Chicago, IL based firm that "designs and builds custom web and mobile applications, ecommerce websites, and custom content-managed websites”

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Job Title	Location
Web Designer and Front-End Developer Intern	Chicago, IL
Computer Science Web Developer Intern	Chicago, IL
Entry-level Web Designer and Front-end Developer	Chicago, IL
Technology Architect - US	Columbus, IN
Advanced Services Architect	Paris, TX

See all 8 job postings

Poetry Foundation - The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago, IL based “independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.”

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Job Title	Location
Summer Intern, Business Development & Design	New York, NY
Summer Intern, Business Development & Design (NYC)	New York, NY
Science Master Teacher	Brooklyn, NY
Summer Intern, Business Development & Design	New York, NY
Financial Associate	Chicago, IL

See all 11 job postings

DataXu - DataXu is a Boston, MA based company whose “platform enables clients to manage and optimize marketing investments across all digital channels."

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Job Title	Location
Sales Analyst Intern	New York, NY
Engineering Intern	Boston, MA
Engineering Intern - Cloud, Map Reduce & Big Data	Boston, MA
Engineering Intern - Databases & Big Data	Boston, MA
Optimization Intern	Boston, MA

See all 43 job postings

National Collegiate Scouting Association - NCSA is a Chicago based company that helps "student athletes and their families navigate the cutthroat, competitive, and confusing world of college recruiting.”

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Job Title	Location
Men's Lacrosse Sports Club Head Coach (5047U) #17623	Berkeley, CA
Sports Operations Intern	Chicago, IL
Event Operations Intern	Chicago, IL
Product Research Internship	Chicago, IL
Asst or Assoc Coach-Women's Basketball	Corvallis, OR

See all 36 job postings

SocialCode - SocialCode is a Washington, DC based “social marketing solutions provider” that “builds targeted communities, engages those audiences and converts them to customers."

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Job Title	Location
Freelance Designer	New York, NY
Consumer Insights Analyst	New York, NY
Account Manager	New York, NY
Agency Partnership Manager	New York, NY
Data Scientist - San Francisco or DC	San Francisco, CA

See all 15 job postings

View The Space - View The Space is a New York, NY based startup that is built around streamlining the commercial real estate leasing process.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Account Coordinator	New York, NY
Product Manager	New York, NY
.NET/SharePoint Developer	Tracy, CA
Principal Interaction Designer, Design Innovation Group	Mountain View, CA
Human-Computer Interaction (UX) Designer	Arlington, VA

See all 4,028 job postings

Chicago Run - Chicago Run is a non-profit that uses running to promote “the health and wellness of Chicago children through innovative, engaging, and sustainable youth programs.”

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Job Title	Location
Printing Supervisor- Paper Products	Kinston, NC
Production Supervisor	Kinston, NC
Orthopedic Surgery Sports Med Physician	Illinois
Owner Operators - 95% Home Daily with Hub Group Trucking	Downers Grove, IL
Design Intern	Chicago, IL

See all 1,586 job postings

BrainJuicer - BrainJuicer is a U.K. based market research firm (with offices in NYC, LA, and Chi) that aims “to inspire brave clients to do great marketing."

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Job Title	Location
BrainJuicer - Senior Research Executive	Studio City, CA

See all 0 job postings

Base CRM - Base CRM offers is a Chicago, IL based company that “is paving the way by building the next generation of CRM software.”

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Job Title	Location
Account Executive	Delray Beach, FL
Internet Sales Person	Oklahoma City, OK
Sales Executive - B2B Technical Solutions - Raleigh	Raleigh, NC
B2B Account Manager (Inside Sales - Phoenix,AZ)	Phoenix, AZ
Regional Sales Coordinator-	Lisle, IL

See all 6,348 job postings

FROSCH - FROSCH is a New York, NY and Houston, TX headquartered company that provides “high-touch leisure and corporate travel to individuals and companies.”

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Job Title	Location
Script Writer	United States
Private Client Services Intern	Chalfont, PA
Travel Assistant - Leisure Department	Washington, DC
Travel Agent	Los Angeles, CA
ACCOUNT MANAGER	Burlingame, CA

See all 14 job postings

Brandwatch - Brandwatch is a New York, NY based company that is “all about monitoring what people say about your brand, products, competitors, industry or any related topics.”

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Job Title	Location
Community Manager	Brooklyn, NY
Digital & Social Marketing Manager	Waltham, MA
Social Media Analyst	New York, NY
Social Media Analyst -Cake, NY	New York, NY
Media Solutions Specialist	Albany, NY

See all 21 job postings

Unified - Unified is an NYC, SF, and Chi based company that has developed a platform that helps brands "measure, engage and advertise across social media.”

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Job Title	Location
Intern	Burlington, MA
IP Communications Product Manager	McLean, VA
Data Analyst	Jefferson City, MO
AV System Designer	Sterling, VA
Connected Industries and Energy Communications Architect	Austin, TX

See all 12,258 job postings

Chicago Botanic Garden - Back in 2008, I wrote about the Chicago Botanic Garden. I had never even visited at the time, but today I’m getting married there!

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Job Title	Location
Intern Environment Health & Safety (EHS) & Sustainability Group	Round Lake, IL
Physician Outpatient Internal Medicine Opportunities in Chicago	Illinois
Catering Events Operations Manager	Glencoe, IL
Catering Events Operations Manager	Glencoe, IL
CBG - BANQUET SERVERS AND BARTENDERS	Glencoe, IL

See all 21 job postings

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
PPC INTERNET MARKETING EXPERT	Scottsdale, AZ
Social Solutions Consultant	New York, NY
Yield Optimization Manager - Boston	Boston, MA
Director/Sr. Director of Demand Sales - New York City	New York, NY
Art Gallery/Event space internship	New York, NY

See all 1,051 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
Physical Therapist Outpatient Foot and Ankle opportunity, close to Chicago!	Hinsdale, IL
Specification Sales	Chicago, IL
Business & Administration Systems Database Administrator - Chicago	Chicago, IL
Sr. Developer / Tech Lead	Hartford, CT
Business Analyst	Chicago, IL

See all 158 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
Marketing Intern	Chicago, IL
Account Executive	Chicago, IL
Content and Copywriting Intern	Chicago, IL
Sales/Business Development Intern	Chicago, IL
Business Development Manager	Chicago, IL

See all 10 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
Careers at CME Group	Chicago, IL
SharePoint Designer/BSA	Torrance, CA
Careers at CME Group	Houston, TX
Tableau Data Visualization - Report Developer- Timonium, MD	Lutherville-Timonium, MD
Data Integration Analyst	Northbrook, IL

See all 7 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
Associate, Shift leader, and Delivery driver	Houston, TX
Musician	Dulles, VA
Associate- Food Prep	Dulles, VA
Associate	Dulles, VA
Associate- Backline Coordinator	Annapolis, MD

See all 741 job postings

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