The Center for Career Development is a comprehensive career center providing services and resources serving all Adelphi University freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students, and alumni.
The library currently has three computers for students to use for signing up on PantherZone and for word processing.
Workshops and Seminars
The Center schedules workshops throughout the year on a variety of topics including resume writing, interviewing skills and internships. Students and alumni should attend a resume workshop and follow the Career Center's Job Search Series in preparing a resume prior to meeting with a counselor for a critique. Students and alumni are invited to attend one of the many Career Center seminars which are required for the on-campus recruitment program in their field of interest: arts & sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. See
schedule of workshops and seminars.
On-Campus Recruitment Programs
The Center for Career Development reserves interview dates for employers, sends employers résumés of interested candidates and schedules 30-minute interviews with individuals that the employers select. The process takes several months to execute and students must be well prepared in advance. Eligibility requirements are discussed on our On-Campus Recruitment Updates page.
The Arts & Sciences and Business Recruitment invitation list is updated each year, adding new employers from our recent job listings and from current business publications. Employers are asked to complete a short evaluation of each candidate and a career counselor later reviews their remarks with the student.
For Education/Social Work Recruitment, employers include public and private schools, healthcare providers, and social service agencies in the New York metropolitan area.
Adelphi's Center for Career Development is co-founder of a Long Island college consortium, formed to bring out-of-area public school districts to Long Island to interview candidates seeking employment in school settings. The program has grown each year and about 40 public school districts participate. Candidate eligibility and registration is similar to our other program for educators. The consortium also arranges for the New York City Department of Education to do interviewing and fingerprinting at a Long Island campus.
Job Fairs
Our job fairs bring large numbers of employers to campus to meet with Adelphi students and distribute information about their organizations. Some collect résumés and some conduct on-the-spot interviews. The Center for Career Development organizes fairs for on-campus jobs, part-time and full-time jobs, and internships.
Spring semester: The Annual Job and Internship Expo (usually held in April) is designed to serve all of the schools of the University by bringing employers to campus with job and internship opportunities in business, government, healthcare, social service, and education. Since space is limited and the Center for Career Development aims to serve all career fields, selected employers are invited. Get more information about our most recent Job and Internship Expo.
Fall semester: The Welcome Back Block Party (usually held during the first week of the fall semester) is a means of bringing students together with campus departments who have funds to hire students. The Center makes all on-campus and off-campus job information available to students, helps them process their applications, and verifies eligibility for Work-Study status. In addition, the Center for Career Development invites local employers who are seeking to hire students for their part-time jobs.
Interest Assessment
The Center for Career Development offers several career assessment instruments: the Strong Interest Inventory and the Career Liftoff Interest Inventory. Occupational titles are linked to the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Occupational Information Network (or O*net) published by the U.S. Dept of Labor. You may make an appointment to take one of the assessments at the Center for Career Development by calling 516.877.3130.
Credential File Service
Students and alumni may set up files of confidential and non-confidential letters of recommendation and related documents which will be kept for forwarding to potential employers or to graduate or professional schools. Click here for a complete description of the credential file service.
