Professional Development

Career services for graduate students are provided by a network of offices and resources across campus and online. 

 

  • Cornell Career Services offers offices across campus to help students through counseling, workshops, job posting services, and other services.  Colleges and professional programs offer additional resources.

    • Career Contacts

    College and Grad Program Specific Career Advising:

    Professional master's (MBA, LAW, DVM/VET, MILR,  MPS, MENG, MPH, MMH and CIPA students) are served through their professional master's program career advisers:

    Ph.D. and master's students in fields closely aligned with undergraduate colleges and departments may also be served through those college career service offices:

    Agriculture and Life Sciences
    www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/career
    140 Roberts Hall
    607.255.2257

    Architecture, Art, and Planning
    www.aap.cornell.edu/aap/student-services/careers/students
    240 East Sibley Hall
    607.255.7696

    Engineering
    eng-as-web.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/engineering-coop-career-services/
    201 Carpenter Hall
    607.255.5006

    Hotel Administration
    180 Statler Hall
    607.255.6376

    Human Ecology
    172 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
    607.255.2988

    Industrial and Labor Relations
    201 Ives Hall
    607.255.7816

    • The Office of Postdoctoral Studies provides resources for current postdoctoral fellows.
    • The Versatile PhD is a new career resource for graduate students in the arts & humanities and social sciences who are considering non-academic careers.  This free and confidential web-based community is available to all Cornell graduate students.
      • Cornell Career Services provides updated information on job search basics, how to conduct effective job searches, and how to build a résumé, write cover letters, and more.
      • CCNET is an online listing used for posting jobs, student résumés and career interest profiles, and alumni mentor information specifically for Cornellians. Additional job-search resources are available at the site. Join on the lower right hand corner of Cornell career services website.  http://cornell-students.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp
      • Interfolio Credential Service provides links and information on the service Cornell authorizes to support students in their long-term job searches
      • University Career Center Library, located in 103 Barnes Hall, offers a one-stop reference center for materials on job-search techniques and strategies, career information, graduate study abroad, international and domestic job bulletins, fellowships, and internships; employer directories; and corporate and nonprofit organization literature; also has Bear Access kiosks.