Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni
Now that I have graduated, what services/resources can Career Services provide to me?
The OCS Director and advising staff are available to provide job-search advice and to review résumés and cover letters for alumni. Using our database of alumni organized by employer, job title, and location, we can also often provide names of other alumni for you to approach for career-related information and networking. Alumni often find email or phone consultations to be most effective for this kind of assistance. You may also be interested in identifying contacts with employers who have been to campus for on-campus recruiting. We make this information available online through our searchable Employer Business Cards database.
How can I post a job to current students? To alumni?
Current Students: Through our CornellTRAK partnership with MonsterTRAK, one of the largest on-line job listing services for colleges and universities, you can easily post your position openings for our students and young alumni to see. We offer free summer job and internship postings to all employers. Full-time job postings for nonprofit, education, and government employers are also free of charge. The fee for a basic posting of a position in the profit-making sector is $30. We also offer special incentives for alumni employers and those posting with us for the first time. Please call Demetra Dentes, 607-255-7464, for more information.
During the Spring semester employers may find that they have open positions that they had not anticipated earlier, but they cannot get to campus to interview for those positions. We provide an ILR-specific job-posting service. Please complete the online form or see our Job Posting service information sheet. You may also call our office at 607-255-7816 to obtain more information on posting positions through this service.
Alumni: The Alumni Bulletin is circulated weekly electronically and monthly in print (to members who request this format), and is accessible from a members-only web site. Postings are free of charge to organizations that are filling positions directly. Search firms are charged a modest fee for job postings. Employers can post positions online. Should you have questions, please contact the Alumni Bulletin Coordinator at 607-255-5584 or via email at ilrab@cornell.edu for more information.
How do I set up an On Campus Recruiting visit?
Once you know the date you would like to come to campus, please complete a reservation request form online at MonsterTRAK.com (employers) or if you will be recruiting at multiple colleges at Cornell, or if you have never recruited at ILR or Cornell previously, contact Mary Ellen Murphy, Recruiting Coordinator, Cornell Cornell Career Services, at 607-255-6934, mm81@cornell.edu.
Is there a program that would provide an opportunity for me to serve as a career mentor to current students?
Other ways to serve as informal career mentors for current students are to sponsor experiential learning opportunities through the Freshman Externship Program (FEX), the Winter Intersession Program (WISP), and the Credit Internship Program. Sharing your career stories and current job information at our Sophomore Futures Fair provides valuable information to students starting to plan for the future. Participating in career panels, forums and workshops are also ways to help students explore career options.
How do I join the ILR Alumni Association?
Many of our graduates join the ILR Alumni Association to stay connected with the School and with fellow graduates who may live nearby. One of the benefits of membership in the Association is receipt of and online access to the ILR Alumni Bulletin, which includes postings of ILR-related positions for which employers are targeting candidates with some experience in the field.
Is there another way for me to connect with Cornell alums?
You can help us help current students. The Cornell Career Contact Network is an online connection with current Cornell students and several thousand alumni. When you register, you offer to serve as an informal career mentor to others who search the database and identify you as someone who might be able to share information of interest to them.
How can I subscribe to the Alumni Bulletin?
Contact Paulette Manos; Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs; phone: 607-255-6512; e-mail: pvm1@cornell.edu
