Career Services

The College of Engineering has its own ``Engineering Career Services" whose office is located in Carpenter Hall. When we contacted the director, Mark Savage, he told us the following:

``The main thing I want graduate students to know is that they are welcome to use the services of the Engineering Career Services Office, including advising, resume critiques, job search/interview strategies, offer negotiations, and on-campus recruiting interviews. There is a rumor out there that graduate students (especially Ph.D.s) cannot use these services and they are more or less on their own, and that is incorrect.... [Our] office has traditionally had grad students on the order of nearly 50% of our registrants. We don't get a lot of opportunities for those who do pursue academic careers, but we get some and can email those to students registered in our database."

A summary of some of the services offered by this office is given below.

• A resume book is prepared by Career Services each summer. If one plans to graduate by August 2005, one must submit a resume to the office by July 15th 2004 for publication in the 04-05 resume book. The book is made available to hundreds of employers every year. For specific information about preparing a resume for inclusion in the resume book, contact Career Services.

• Every year a University-wide career fair is attended by more than 200 employers. This fair is generally scheduled around the middle of September.

• ``Orientation to On Campus Recruiting" is a program which occurs several times during the first two days of the Fall Semester; graduating students are encouraged to attend this event to register for on campus recruiting opportunities. All services are web-based. Students must sign on to InterviewTRAK to learn about interview opportunities on campus. Two thirds of all job interviews occur during the Fall Semester.

• The Engineering Career Services Office is willing to speak with research groups in the College to address questions regarding job searches.

• The Cornell University Job Search Guide, available from the Career Services office, includes sample resumes, cover letters, and articles about the job search process.

The Graduate School also has a career development office
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In addition to the services provided by the Engineering and Graduate School career services offices, every other semester the Engineering Graduate Student Association (producers of this fine handbook) also organizes a workshop on the academic job search. Email egsa@cornell.edu for more information. From time to time, the Big Red Barn and the Graduate School also hold career-related workshops and programs.