For Employers

Get involved with NIU.

We support your hiring goals by connecting you with NIU's diverse and talented student body. By partnering with NIU Career Services, you can build campus visibility, strengthen your employer brand and access a career-ready talent pipeline of more than 16,000 students across 170+ academic programs, prepared with in-demand skills for today's evolving workforce.

Explore key student demographics, academic offerings and workforce-relevant data at NIU Fast Facts.

Post a Job

Huskies Get Hired, powered by Symplicity, makes posting your position easy – and it's free. The platform connects you with motivated NIU students and recent graduates. Whether you're looking to fill internships, part-time roles or full-time positions, Huskies Get Hired puts your opportunities right where students are searching.

Host an Internship

Design, launch and scale internship programs that deliver value to both your organization and students, creating meaningful internships that support your hiring goals and prepare future professionals.

Build Your Talent Pipeline With Parker Dewey Micro-Internships

Looking to connect with early-career talent? Parker Dewey gives you the opportunity to engage NIU students, assess their skills beyond the resume, and create a long-term talent pipeline. Whether you’re enhancing your recruiting strategy or launching a new one, Parker Dewey helps you connect with our students in a meaningful way.

Parker Dewey allows you to make informed hiring decisions for internships and full-time roles based on proven performance. This data is populated by engaging students in Micro-Internships: short-term, paid, professional projects that allow you to assess candidates’ skills in real time. Parker Dewey makes it easy to evaluate talent and hire with confidence: they handle the logistics, and you get the data.

Learn more at Parker Dewey.

Connect with Students

Build relationships with NIU students and enhance your organization's brand on campus through multiple on-campus engagement opportunities designed to increase your visibility, strengthen your employer brand and support your hiring goals. Employers who engage across multiple touchpoints (information sessions, fairs and interviews) build stronger brand recognition and more meaningful connections with students.

Huskie Elite Partnership

Strengthen your partnership with NIU while expanding your visibility across the NIU community. The Huskie Elite Partnership is our top-tier employer engagement package, designed for organizations seeking year-round visibility and deep student connections.

Employer Policies and Guidelines

NIU Career Services is dedicated to fostering a fair, inclusive and professional recruiting environment for all students and employer partners. To support this commitment, we ask all employers to follow ethical recruiting practices and comply with university policies, equal opportunity employment laws and NACE Principles for Ethical Professional Practice.