Career Planning
Career Services is available to help prospective and current Erie Community College students with all parts of the career and educational planning process. We are available to meet with students individually. Students are also encouraged to explore the career-related websites below.
Job Search Tips
There are many things you can do to prepare for the job you want including: researching companies, networking, having an excellent cover letter and resume, improving your interview skills and following up after an interview. Visit the websites below, and read up on some of these very important topics.
*If you need assistance finding professional clothing for an upcoming interview or employment, please call our office at (716) 851-1183 and request a referral to Dress for Success.
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Who's Hiring
Below are several websites that will provide you with local and regional job listings. Students and Alumni can also create an account with Purple Briefcase to view jobs and hiring events that specifically relate to their program of study at SUNY Erie.
Applied Learning
Applied Learning is an educational experience where students learn by applying knowledge and skills gained from classroom learning to hands-on and/or real-world settings. Applied Learning activities may include internships, volunteer work, service learning, and much more. These activities are a great way to explore different career options and to build experience for your resume. Current students should visit MyECC for more information about Applied Learning opportunities.
SUNY Erie Career Services is available to assist students with preparing for Applied Learning opportunities by assisting with resumes, cover letters, interview skills and professional dress. After you have completed your Applied Learning experience, it is important to communicate your new knowledge, skills, and abilities to prospective employers. The Career Services office will guide you through the process so you are able to present yourself as professionally as possible.
Students interested in completing an internship should visit Purple Briefcase or reach out to Blythe Kaczmarczyk, Internship Coordinator, at kaczmarczykb@ecc.edu or 716-270-5148
Veterans Resources
National Resources
State and Local Resources
Additional Resources
Employment Opportunities for Veterans
The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be hiring thousands of workers as a result of the new contract negotiated by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU).
Teach for America is committed to having a teacher corps that is rich in diversity-ethnic, socioeconomic, gender and diversity of experiences—to ensure the greatest impact on the students our corps members teach. Students and whole schools greatly benefit from a veteran's depth of experience, strength in leadership and desire to continue to serve his or her country.
Your prior military service could qualify you to continue to serve your nation at the Central Intelligence Agency. Opportunities for qualified applicants are available in the U.S. and abroad.
Employer Services
Posting Jobs with SUNY Erie: SUNY Erie Career Services uses Purple Briefcase as our main means of sharing job and internship opportunities with our students and alumni, and we are pleased to invite you to join as well!
You can create your FREE account today by clicking over to Purple Briefcase. After you’ve created your account, you’ll want to navigate over to the My Schools page. On that page you should scroll down to the Request Access section and select New York. After all of the New York State schools load, scroll down until you see Erie Community College and then click on the Request Connection button. Clicking this button will send us a message that you want to be able to browse our students’ profiles and resumes, post jobs and internships, request on-campus recruitment times, registers for career fairs and other events, and so much more.
We will approve your connection in a short while, and then you’ll be ready to post your first job.
Since this is a likely a new platform for you, we want to give you a few quick tips:
- Build out your profile. Students can follow your company’s actions within the site, and a full profile attracts much more attention than an empty one.
- Don’t forget to upload your company’s logo. All of this is managed on the My Profile page of your Purple Briefcase account.
- Once we’ve approved your connection, you’ll receive a notification email to the address that you used to create your account and then you’ll be ready to post opportunities with us. When you go to post, please be sure to set the status of the job or internship to Submit and then click Save at the bottom of the page when you are finished. This will submit the opportunity to our team. We’ll review it and then set the status to Published for our entire community to see.
We’re excited about Purple Briefcase and we can’t wait to have you connected to our community. Purple Briefcase will allow you to connect with us in a more robust and meaningful way than ever before, so please create your account and request a connection to Erie Community College today.
Posting Internships with SUNY Erie: If you are interested in posting an internship opportunity, please contact Blythe Kaczmarczyk, Internship Coordinator, at kaczmarczykb@ecc.edu or 716-270-5148.
On-campus Job Recruitment: If you would like to visit one of SUNY Erie’s campuses to meet with students, please contact us to schedule a date and time:
- South Campus: 716-851-1683
- City Campus: 716-851-1183
- North Campus: 716-851-1484
Career Fair: SUNY Erie hosts a Career and Internship Fair each Spring at all three of our campuses. The Career and Internship Fair is held to acquaint our first year students with career and internship opportunities, and for our second year students and alumni to find employment. Save the date for our 2020 Career and Internship Fair, which will be held from 10am-1pm on March 31, 2020 at city campus, April 1, 2020 at north campus, and April 2, 2020 at south campus. Registration will open in January 2020 via Purple Briefcase, and you must have an account to register. For questions about our Career and Internship Fair, please contact Colleen Terry at terry@ecc.edu.
Posting Jobs with all WNY Colleges: The Western New York Association of College Career Centers (WNYACCC) is also a resource for employers to connect with local students. If you would like to submit a job posting that will reach all WNY college career centers, please visit WNYACCC’s website.