Columbia Alumni, Participation and CCE

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Columbia Alumni, Participation and CCE
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Goals of Todays Presentation

• Learn about services for Columbia alumni within
  the Center for Career Education
• Lifelong career development
• Recruiting Columbia students and alumni
• Participation in CCE programs

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CCEs Mission
The mission of the Center for Career Education
is to help students and alumni develop the key
competencies necessary to make informed decisions
and take the necessary steps to achieve their
career goals. The Center establishes connections
and facilitates interaction among undergraduate
students, graduate students, alumni, employers,
and organizations to generate opportunities that
help students pursue their personal and
professional objectives.
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The Schools We Serve

• Columbia College
• Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied
  Science
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and
  Preservation
• School of General Studies
• School of the Arts
• School of Continuing Education

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Our Departments

• Employer and Alumni Relations
• Undergraduate Career Development
• Graduate Career Development
• Experiential Education and Student Enterprises
• Programming
• Administration and Planning

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CCE and Alumni Services

• A lifelong service.!
• How we can help you
• Career counseling phone or in-person
• Events tele-seminars, workshops, speaker and
  networking nights, other events
• Web site resources
• Job listings
• Networking opportunities
• Visit us at www.careereducation.columbia.edu/alum
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Columbia Career Connections

• www.alumni.columbia.edu/career
• Online database of alumni who have signed up to
  talk with alumni as well as students for the
  purposes of information sharing, networking,
  advising
• Alumni share an existing connection and want to
  stay connected to alma mater
• Important to respect communication preferences
  and maintain professionalism when using tool

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LionSHARE

• A new and robust online job search tool for all
  alumni
• Columbia targeted job postings all schools
• Employer presentations
• Career center events
• Jobs syndicated through MonsterTRAK.

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Alumni Participation and CCE

• Mentoring opportunities
• CCC, Internship Programs (CCE)
• ACOP, CCW
• Programs
• 116th to Wall Street
• Panels
• Keynotes
• Networking Nights
• Site Visits

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Recruiting Services for Alumni

• Career Fairs Networking Nights
• Fall Career Fair, Engineering Career Fair,
  Not-for-Profit Public Service Career Fair
• Super Saturday, Media Networking Night, Green
  Careers Networking Night
• On Campus Recruiting
• Online resume collections
• On campus interviews
• Employer presentations

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Recruiting Services For Alumni

• Marketing and Branding
• Consultations with CCE staff to develop a student
  marketing strategy tailored to your firm
• Educational events that increase student
  awareness of your firm such as site visits,
  career panels and alumni profiles
• Structured Internship Programs
• A streamlined employer hiring process
• Pre-program professional training for student
  participants

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Thank You and Questions
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Webpagewww.careereducation.columbia.edu/employer
sGeneral Email careereducation_at_columbia.eduM
ain Number 212-854-9167Mailing
AddressCenter for Career EducationColumbia
UniversityEast Campus, Lower Level2960
Broadway, MC 5727New York, NY 10027