Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is considered to be the premier college of its type. Ranked among the best in their disciplines, CALS offers 23 undergraduate and 33 graduate major fields of study that provide a tremendous pool of skills and interests for employers. The CALS Career Development staff will gladly assist you in developing a strategy to connect with students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College.
Alumni Career Link
(ACL) is a database of 500+ CALS alumni that works to connect students and alumni. If you have CALS alumni in your organization, encourage them to join ACL. Please contact Jo-Lynn Buchanan (jb44@cornell.edu) for more information.
Career Fairs
Career Fairs help organizations meet CALS students. These include the General Interest Career Fair, the Technology Career Fair, the Nonprofit & Government Career Fair and the All-Ivy Environmental Career Fair.
Postgraduate Survey Report
The Postgraduate Survey Report is an annual publication that provides an overview of B.S. recipients' activities. Information reported includes job titles, employment fields and sectors, salary statistics and graduate/professional school pursuits.
Faculty & Staff Connections
Faculty and staff connections can be an effective partnership for you. If you are interested in guest lecturing in a class or presenting to a career-related club, we can connect you with the appropriate faculty and/or staff members.
Job Postings
In addition to on-campus recruiting, you have several options to reach students and alumni:
Full-time Job Postings and/or Internships/Summer Job Postings are advertised in a weekly newsletter posted on our website and available to all CALS undergraduates, disseminated to appropriate academic departments, posted on the CDO Alumni Job Posting website, and filed in our Career Library. On-line resume collects can also be arranged. If interested, please contact Jo-Lynn Buchanan, Recruiting Coordinator, at 607-255-9858. In addition, summer job postings and internships are maintained in a database of nearly 500 ongoing opportunities. Fill out the appropriate form found when clicking on the link above and fax to 607-255-7180 or email to our office.
On-Campus Recruiting
On -campus recruiting offers employers a convenient way to interview highly talented candidates for a wide variety of positions. Visits can be scheduled for both fall and spring semesters for full-time as well as summer positions and are managed using our web-based recruiting system.
The Fall 2008 recruiting calendar runs from September 24 until December 5, and the Spring 2009 calendar runs from February 9 until April 30. Once you know the date you would like to come to campus, please contact Mary Ellen Murphy, Scheduling Coordinator, Cornell Career Services, at 607-255-6934, employerscheduling@cornell.edu.
All employers, whether recruiting our students on campus or at their own locations, are expected to adhere to Cornell Career Service's recruiting policies.
For more information on recruiting at the CALS Career Development Office, please contact Jo-Lynn Buchanan, Recruiting Coordinator, 607-255-9858, jb44@cornell.edu.