Help Current Students: Get Involved with CDC Programs

Binghamton Alums can help current Binghamton students in a number of ways!

Do you remember your sophomore year when you didn't know what to major in or what kinds of careers existed? Or, d o you remember wondering about a particular job or career path?

Now you are in a position to give practical advice to students and other alumni facing these same challenging issues. How?

Alumni Career Network
Join over 3,000 alumni who have volunteered to be a resource to students who have questions about careers, majors, graduate schools or the city in which you live. As a Career Network Volunteer, you control what information is shared with the requestor as well as how and where you prefer to be contacted. You can even select to speak with only students, only alumni or both. You can also inactivate your Career Network Volunteer status at any time and reactivate with the click of a button. Sign up online through B-Connected!

Mock Interviews
Students value opportunities to practice their interviewing skills. One way that CDC assists in this area is through a Mock Interview program offered in conjunction with the Employer Fair and Internship & Job Fair. In addition to the employers who attend these events, local employers and alumni assist in providing practice interviews.

Dining for Success
Annual events are held on-campus and in NYC during winter recess to assist students with practicing and developing proper etiquette and building their professional networks. Alumni serve as 'table hosts' to help facilitate small talk.

Employer Speaker Series
Are you a successful entrepreneur? Research biologist? Do you speak on behalf of your human resources department about career issues? If so, consider volunteering for our Employer Speaker Series.  Depending upon the program content and your background you may be invited as a panelist or as a featured speaker. 

What Can I Do With a Major In .?
You may remember this question from when you were in college. One way that CDC assists students in finding answers to this question is to offer programs/panels where alumni who pursued various majors talk about their jobs and how their work relates to what they studied at Binghamton .

Careers in the Non-Profit and Public Sectors
Have you followed your passion for a particular social issue or cause? Have you been in the Peace Corps, Americorps or worked abroad? CDC sponsors programs along the theme, "Tap Your Passion: Explore Careers That Make the World a Better Place " where alumni share their stories and knowledge about resources and jobs for students seeking similar opportunities.

For Information about Getting Involved with Programs, contact:

Nancy Paul, Director
npaul@binghamton.edu
607-777-2400

Bill McCarthy, Associate Director
bmccarth@binghamton.edu
607-777-2329