STARR CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SCDC)

www.baruch.cuny.edu/careers

The Starr Career Development Center (SCDC) provides career counseling and arranges on- and off-campus recruiting for Baruch’s undergraduate students. A staff of professional counselors administer vocational tests, provide individual career counseling, and offer workshops on a wide array of career-related topics, including job searching, interviewing techniques, resume writing, and networking. Students are encouraged to have their resumes reviewed by counselors or to participate in a videotaped mock interview.

Corporate Relations staff invite recruiters, collect resumes, and arrange schedules for hundreds of companies that visit the campus to interview Baruch seniors. Recruiters include representatives from many areas of business, including accounting, finance, retail, technology, as well as government, and non profit organizations. Additionally, full and part-time jobs are posted on the bulletin boards, filed in binders located in the Center, and posted on the Center’s Web page. An internship coordinator posts information about internship opportunities; works with students individually and in groups to ensure that they are prepared to meet with employers; and sets up interviews on campus. A graduate school advisor is available to work with students interested in applying to graduate school and can help with school selection and personal statements.

Each year the SCDC sponsors four major college-wide events: Career Days in the fall and spring, a Diversity Job and Internship Fair in the fall, and an Internship Fair in the early spring.

The Center operates three specialized programs: Peers for Careers, a training program for undergraduate students who serve as peer educators on topics such as career exploration, resume writing, interviewing and job searching; the Wall Street Careers Program which provides intensive preparation to juniors interested in the most competitive positions in finance, including investment banking, sales and trading, asset management, and research; and the Max Berger Pre-Law program which provides information, advisement, law school visits, and mentoring for students interested in pre-law.