The Career Development Center
The Career
Development Center helps students plan for their careers after leaving
Binghamton University. Most colleges and universities offer traditional,
passive placement activities to assist students in gaining their first job.
The CDC moves from this passive placement model to one that encourages students
to be active and to assume responsibility for examining the many directions
they may take after completing their education at Binghamton. Students may
explore career options, internship opportunities, graduate school information
and job openings. Students are encouraged to visit the CDC early in their
stay at Binghamton to take advantage of its many resources, workshops and
personnel.
The use of computer
technology also assists students in their career efforts. The CDC's catalogs
of colleges and universities can aid summer course selection as well as
searches for graduate programs. World Wide Web access through the CDC
facilitates searching for graduate school and corporate information. Services
include a Career Resource Area; numerous publications; peer assistants;
the Alumni Career Network; and eRecruiting, a Web-based system
for managing on-campus recruitment and job-vacancy information. Currently,
more than 230 companies schedule more than 2,200 interviews with upcoming
graduates each year. The CDC also sponsors an annual Employer Fair and
cosponsors Law Day the Graduate School Fair and Career Day.
School
of Management Resources
The School of Management
and its student organizations are invaluable resources for career exploration.
SOM faculty are readily available to discuss opportunities in the various
management disciplines and can offer guidance on career options, write
letters of recommendation and generally help students make connections
in their fields. Student organizations bring in many corporate speakers,
including representatives of the Big Five accounting firms, who often
focus on recruiting-oriented topics such as interviewing techniques and
pre-professional opportunities. Many speakers are SOM alumni and offer
the opportunity to network with former students. Student organizations
often produce and publish resume books for distribution to firms in their
disciplines.
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