Career counseling provides students the opportunity to discuss career-planning ideas, issues, and concerns, such as deciding on an academic major and the employment opportunities that may exist for that area of study. Practical considerations, including résumés and cover letters, skills assessment, job search strategies, and any other career-related topics are also matters in which the career counselors are trained to offer expertise. Personal information revealed during the course of counseling sessions will be kept in the strictest confidence.

Receive one-on-one feedback on your résumé and cover letter by scheduling an appointment with your Career Specialist. For a quick (15) minute review of your doucments, visit the center during our Career Consultation Hours.

In-Person Career Consultation Hours:

• Monday: 11AM-12PM
• Tuesday: 2PM-3PM
• Wednesday: 3PM-4PM
• Thursday: 4PM-5PM
• Friday: 1PM-2PM

Students can practice their interviewing skills and techniques by participating in mock interviews. You can schedule a Mock Interview with your Career Spcecialist on Handshake  Symplicity.

On-campus and off-campus interviews and seminars are arranged with companies and agencies interested in hiring Lehman students. During these recruitment activities, you will have the opportunity to speak with and submit your resume to representatives from many different businesses. (For current information on Career Fairs, click on our Frequently Asked Questions section.)

Some recruitment events may be open to the entire Lehman College student body and others are available only to students majoring in particular areas of study; e.g., sociology, accounting, etc. Therefore, it is important that you read your Lehman mail, e-mail, and check periodically the CEDC Events or the Handshake website.

• Current sudents: Claim your account now with Handshake using your @lc.cuny.edu email address
• Alumni: An account is already created for you. If you are having difficulty accessing your account, you may contact us at 718-960-8366 for assistance

Prior to utilizing any of our services, all students must access their Handshake account. This database enables us to maintain effective contact with all current students and alumni, as well as to update and maintain jobs/internship postings, post upcoming events and workshops, and review and approve résumés. Registration on this platform ensures that you receive the most current information available.

Deciding on a career is an important, complex, and serious undertaking. You must consider your interests and talents, abilities, skills, values, life goals and personality. We use the following assessments to assist you:

• What can I do with this major? Helps you to connect academic majors to careers. Click on a major that is of interest to you and you will see outlines of common career areas, employers  and strategies designed to maximize your career opportunities.
• Focus 2: Focus 2  is an online career guidance software program to collect information about you and organize it so that it provides the potential for optimum career exploration and planning. The summary of your interests, abilities and values is presented in an integrated manner that allows you to easily understand your results by relating them to the working world.
• Strong Interest Inventory (SII). This inventory matches an individual's interests with employment opportunities, education and leisure activities.
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). This indicator identifies valuable differences between people. It is a helpful tool for assessing your own personality type. The results are used to assess how your personality type affects your career choice, as well as its impact on your personal development.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Using this resource you can read about the nature of the work, education and training requirements, work environments, salary and ten-year job growth outlook for your desired career.  
• O*NET: The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. O*NET Online contains information and descriptions of hundreds of occupations.
• THRIVE Technical Assistance Program: Using this resource you can read about the Careers and Criminal justice-Affected People in New York.  

If you are interested in utilizing any of the above resources and/or if you need further assistance with your career path, please contact us at 718-960-8366. 

The CEDC computer lab is located in Room 229 of Shuster Hall for student and alumni use on career related projects. In order to use one of our computers, you must bring your validated student or alumni CUNY Card with you.