Students who are not in the School of Management, but read last week’s article about SOM’s job-seeking resources, may be wondering, “what about me?”

The answer is that there are still many sources of help available through the Career Development Center (CDC), a University-wide resource that “… provides a spectrum of services to all students,” according to Bill McCarthy, associate director of the CDC.

“The CDC connects with students from freshmen through doctoral students,” McCarthy said.

One of the CDC’s most publicized resources is “eRecruiting,” an online job and internship search Web site. Students can post resumes to the “Public Resume Book” which recruiters can look through — and search by keyword — to find potential job candidates. They also have notification of local on and off-campus job fairs, access to job listings and to a schedule of recruiter visits to Binghamton.

Another online resource for students is Wetfeet.com, a career resource site available to Binghamton University students as a result of a donation by Ernst & Young. The Web site features career advice articles and downloadable guides, as well as industry information such as job salaries and profiles of cities where students may be interested in working.

Current students can connect with BU alumni though the “Alumni Career Network,” which is co-sponsored by The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations and the CDC. Alumni sign up to help students, offer advice and career insights.

While the CDC has a wealth of resources online, they also strongly believe in face-to-face interaction. Because of this combination, they have two separate offices, CDC North and CDC South, which are both located on the ground floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library.

CDC North, in Library North Ground, room 300, is focused more on employer relations, such as on-campus recruiting. Students can go there if they need assistance with their eRecruiting account. This office can be contacted by phone at (607) 777-2553 and by fax at (607) 777-4499.

CDC South is the office most geared toward the needs of students. This office offers a “career counseling” service, where students can meet with an on-call counselor to discuss issues like possible majors and careers as well as resume and interview preparation. Counselors are on call Mondays from 1 to 2:15 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3:25 p.m., and on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Library South Ground, room 500, according to the Web site.

Students can also make appointments with a career counselor, either by calling (607) 777-2400 or simply stopping by the office.

Also located in CDC South are the Career Resource Area and Credentials Service, resources which may not be as highly known by students as their online e-Recruiting accounts. The Career Resource Center (CRC), considered by the CDC as a “reference collection for researching careers,” is open on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It contains information such as company addresses to send resumes to, as well as various reference guides discussing everything from different career options to internships and graduate schools.

Another resource, the Credentials Service, expedites job and graduate school applications. Undergraduate and graduate students can create a credentials file which can include official transcripts, resumes and recommendation letters.

By utilizing this service, students can have a recommendation letter inserted into their file by a faculty member, which can then be sent to multiple employers or schools, without the professor being required to make duplicate copies or the confidentiality of the letters to be compromised. The requested items are then sent from the CDC to the recipients specified, along with an official credentials cover document, showing the recipient that it has been sent through the University.

It is recommended that students open the file anywhere from three to six months before applying for such positions to ensure documents will be collected and sent before application deadlines. The file will remain open 10 years from the date of its last use.

For more information about the CDC and its resources students can stop by one of their offices or check out their Web site at cdc.binghamton.edu.