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Whether you are entry-level or an experienced professional, understanding recruiting processes, hiring timelines and how to prepare, are key when navigating the job search. We will help you take on your search from researching and planning, to preparing and negotiating.
On-Campus Recruiting
On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) provides employers with the opportunity to host information sessions, attend career fairs, industry showcases, and conduct interviews on campus.
6 Tips for Maintaining Balance During the Job Search
We know that balancing a job or internship search with the rest of your life can be a challenge. Try out these tips for finding balance in your search.
Finding a Job: The Employer Perspective
CCE regularly hears from employers who have interviewed Columbia students and alumni for positions at their organizations. We gather this feedback so that we can better inform and prepare you for...
Diversity Recruitment Programs
In order to address historical race and gender gaps in the workforce, many industries have developed diversity recruitment programs. These programs focus on attracting, preparing, and placing...
Understanding the Recruiting Process
Every organization has their own recruiting process and timeline. While finding out this information may seem daunting, doing a bit of targeted research will go a long way.
Tools to Organize Your Job or Internship Search
The job search or internship search can include many moving parts, so it’s important to keep yourself organized throughout the process.
Making the Transition into the Workplace
Getting through the first few months in a new job post-graduation can be exciting but also can present some challenges...
Getting a Great Reference or Letter of Recommendation
During an application process for jobs, internships or graduate school, you may be asked for references or letters of recommendations. What exactly is a reference? Who should you ask? How do you ask? Here are some insights into securing yourself a strong reference or letter of recommendation.
Your Job or Internship Search Checklist
No two job or internship searches will look exactly alike. In creating your search strategy, you’ll want to build in time for research, planning, polishing your professional image, and relationship-building, in addition to applying, interviewing, and following up.
Leadership Development & Rotational Programs
Leadership development and rotational programs provide you with in-depth experiences, ongoing mentorship, and targeted training across a range of business areas within a company. Companies usually...
5 Workplace Etiquette Tips Every Professional Should Know
Whether you are starting your first internship or have many years of professional experience under your belt, how you present yourself to others in the workplace matters.
How to Use LionSHARE: FAQs
Doing well by doing good: how to land a job in the nonprofit sector.
Nonprofit careers are on the rise. Attracted to serving a social purpose or achieving “work-life balance,” more and more professionals are considering...
Gap Year Programs
A “gap year” is a common way that recent graduates gain practical experience, explore a new industry or personal interest, travel, and prepare for graduate school exams before going to graduate school.
Getting a Job On Campus
There are two types of on-campus jobs: federal work-study jobs and casual jobs .
Federal Work-Study...
Identifying Fraudulent Job & Internship Postings
As you research opportunities and take part in interviews, be aware of fraudulent job postings or predatory employers.
Discrimination and Harassment in the Job Search and at Work
Columbia University prohibits any form of discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, gender, pregnancy, religion, creed, marital status, partnership status, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military status, or any other legally protected status.
CCE On the Road in Chicago: What Columbia Undergraduates Should Know
CCE On the Road in D.C.: Employment Opportunities in the Nation's Capital
CCE On The Road In Seattle: Exploring Career Opportunities in the Pacific Northwest
CCE On the Road in Atlanta: How to Break into Growing Industries
What You Need to Know for Consulting Recruiting: Summer 2025
Careers in Tech: Recruiting Resources for Jobs and Internships
The Essential Guide to Industry Recruiting Timelines: 2024-2025
Employer Skills Design Your Next Steps Workshops
CCE On The Road: Tech & Startups in Austin
Multi-Industry Recruiting Timelines (Summer 2024)
Get ready for the 2023 finance recruiting cycle, 3 tips for using linkedin and lionshare to optimize your job search, 3 ways that the financial services industry is responding to the covid-19 crisis, resources for launching your job search after graduation, why it's important to understand, develop, and foster your professional relationships, cce on the road: exploring opportunities in the research triangle in north carolina.
Employers Tell All: How to Ace On-Campus Interviews
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Personal statements are often part of the PhD program application. A personal statement explains why you have chosen this particular PhD, how this choice aligns with your skills, experience, and academic goals, and what you plan to do during your study.
Statement of purpose: sample prompts “Please upload a statement of 500-1,000 words explaining why you are applying to Yale for graduate study. Describe your research interests and preparation for your intended field(s) of study, including prior research and other relevant experiences. Relate how the faculty, research, and
If you are applying for a medical or law degree, you’ll probably be writing a personal statement. A personal statement usually has a stronger narrative element, which may integrate an anecdote or scenes from your experience. As with the statement of purpose, you’ll want the reader to come away with a clear sense of your commitment to the field.
Inside the Graduate School Application: Learn the main component parts of graduate school applications. Graduate School Timelines: Work backward from application go-time to plan ahead. Building Your Research Profile as an Undergraduate: Learn strategies and tips from CCE and URF.
How to Write a Personal Statement for a PhD Program Application Personal statements are often part of the PhD program application. A personal statement explains why you have chosen this particular PhD, how this choice aligns with your skills, experience, and academic goals, and what you plan to do during your study.
The different types of application essays graduate schools may ask you to write; The purpose of the essay(s) within the content of the application; Strategies to get started on, draft, and revise your essays; The resources at CCE, Columbia, and beyond you can use for support in your writing process; WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. This program will be in ...
During an application process for jobs, internships or graduate school, you may be asked for references or letters of recommendations. What exactly is a reference? Whom should you ask? How do you ask? Here are some insights into securing yourself a strong reference or letter of recommendation. References vs. Letters of Recommendation references
Figuring out how to approach and write personal statements for a graduate school application can be challenging. We’re here to help you get started! During this workshop for Columbia undergraduates, we will explore: Different types of graduate school application essays. The purpose of the essay(s) within the context of the application
Writing or speaking to your audience is the key to crafting persuasive application materials and sharing your story effectively in interviews and networking interactions. In this second installment of Humanities Skills for the Job Search, we’re talking about how to use your understanding of audience to begin crafting a persuasive pitch.Read more
A “gap year” is a common way that recent graduates gain practical experience, explore a new industry or personal interest, travel, and prepare for graduate school exams before going to graduate school.