McComsey Career Development Center
Job Search

Make an appointment
We can assist you in developing a resume, cover letter, job search timeline, researching, opportunities, and providing employer contacts. Telephone appointments are available for alumni. Appointments with a career counselor or advisor can be scheduled by calling 607.871.2164 or by filling out an online appointment request form.

CareerShift job/internship search resource
CareerShift’s set of tools and applications provide a very unique opportunity to job and internship hunters. While other web services provides bits and pieces of the search process, only CareerShift provides an easy-to-use approach for bringing all these parts together to crack the “hidden job market” and for managing the job/internship hunt all in one place.

  • Go to CareerShift
  • Click sign up.
  • Fill out required information using your Alfred.edu email address.
  • Alumni may create accounts without an alfred.edu email address by adding ‘alumni’ to the already existing ‘alfred’ in the group code box on the sign up page: making their group name ‘alfredalumni’
  • Select a security question and answer.
  • Answer the human verifier question.
  • Check user agreement.
  • Click Next.
  • You will be brought to your CareerShift account.
  • Contact CareerShift if you have any questions or concerns

Saxon JobLink - Alfred University's online job posting and campus recruiting system. We are grateful to Owens-Illinois for sponsoring JobLink.

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On-Campus Employment: listing:

  • Go to my.alfred.edu
  • Click on the 'Sign In For More' tab
  • Click on the 'Board@Alfred' tab
  • Click on 'Jobs'
  • Click on 'Job Board

CDC Handouts to get you started:

What Students Say...

"The career check-up appointment really made me realize I needed to get started on some things for my future like a resume which I also got help on and actually made within about an hour: a very successful appointment."

Job search links:

  • Career search links by major - View the database of links collected by the AU Career Development Center
  • Job Openings in New York State
  • SimplyHired.com - "The world's largest job search engine, with 5 million jobs in the U.S. alone, you can think of us as the Google for jobs"
  • CareerBliss - offers a behind the scenes glimpse at thousands of companies, including salary ranges and job reviews written by former employees.
  • JobCentral - JobCentral is a job aggregator providing job seekers with access to millions of national and international job postings from top notch employers
  • CareerRookie - Find internships, part-time and entry level jobs
  • CollegeGrad.com - Collegegrad.com posts thousands of new entry level job postings every day.
  • Careerladders.com: Contact the Career Development Center to receive a discount good for 20% off the premium services, in addition to links to world class career advice editorial content.
  • Idealist.org: an excellent site for jobs and internships with nonprofit organizations.

Salary calculator or negotiation resources: