Unemployed students… You’re in luck!

Setodzi Avoke
Staff Writer

The Center for Careers and Transfer is a resource that advises students in planning their next step while coordinating visits by colleges and employers.

Throughout the spring semester, the Center for Careers and Transfer will have four-year colleges, armed forces and employer representatives scheduled to visit campus and meet with students to discuss opportunities.

Located in the Campus Center’s first floor, the following agents and dates are just some of the dozens of anticipated recruiters set to appear over the course of this semester:

Solutions Link, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017

Valet Park of America, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017

A New England Nanny, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017

Lowe’s, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

Air Force Reserve, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017

US Air National Guard, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017

Time Warner Cable, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017

Attentive Care of Albany, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017

Beyond individual table presentations, the Center for Careers and Transfer also organizes two larger fairs where many representatives gather to educate students on the opportunities they offer, boasting 100 colleges in attendance during the transfer fair and the participation of many smaller, specialized colleges:

Part-Time Job Fair, Thursday, Feb. 1-2, 2017

Spring Transfer Fair, Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2017

During regular hours, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., the office also assists with job search, resume writing, interview preparation, job networking, career counseling and transfer counseling.

The office maintains tools to match degree programs with a career, internship directories, volunteer organization information and is an administration site for the College Level Examination Program and DSST tests, where a student may, for a fee, demonstrate their knowledge of a subject by taking a test of equivalent difficulty to a credit granting course and receive said credits on passing.