Recruiting Options

Career Development Center

There are many different ways to reach Bucknell students through the Career Development Center! Off-Campus Resume Referrals, On-Campus Recruiting, listing employment opportunities, the annual Employer Expo, numerous industry-oriented career fairs and SummerBRIDGE.

If you are interested in listing an internship or full-time job opportunity with our office, complete the corresponding form and submit it on line.

Internship Opportunities Form Full-Time Opportunities Form

Alumni & Parents,
You are now able to review employment leads and contribute job listings within a database that only BU alums and parents have access to via myBucknell!

In addition, our robust recruiting program includes:

the BRIDGE (e-recruiting.com)
The BRIDGE provides students with access to the CDC 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Job and internship listings, company and industry information, the CDC complete calendar of events and deadlines, and personal space to stay organized and apply for opportunities are included within Bucknell's web-based system, the BRIDGE (eRecruiting.com). Students are able to search a password-protected web site for full-time and internship opportunities targeted by employers specifically to Bucknell students and alumni.

Off-Campus Resume Referrals
The method typically used by employers who have or wish to have more of a relationship with Bucknell. This three step program is done completely via the WWW.

First, the CDC advertises your opportunity to students; second, the students submitting resumes on-line by a particular deadline; and third, the employer receiving the resumes of interested students. The program is done via a web-based recruiting software program called eRecruiting.com, known as the BRIDGE at Bucknell.

Second, students review the site on a regular basis and apply during a designated week.

Third, once the designated deadline date is here, the employer has access to all the resumes. When the student applies, their resume and cover letter are sent via the web to the employer. The employer is able to view the resume/cover letter in Adobe PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader is available free on-line) and/or they are also able to bundle the candidate resumes and print them. The resumes and cover letters look exactly like word documents. We guarantee the system is very intuitive to use, but if you prefer, the CDC can access your file, print the documents and fed-ex, email or fax them to you. To learn more about how our Resume Referral Program works, please contact Megan Adams, Recruiting Assistant at madams@bucknell.edu or call 570.577.1599.

On-Campus Recruiting
Interviewing on-campus provides employers the opportunity to meet and to assess a variety of qualified students in one day. Our staff will coordinate the arrangements for your visit. Options include prescreened and open interviews. Our recruiting program utilizes the experience, inc. web-based software product eRecruiting.com, known as the BRIDGE at Bucknell. Company information, job descriptions, resume and cover letter submissions and interview schedules are all now streamlined through the BRIDGE (eRecruiting.com) program. To learn more about how eRecruiting.com works, please contact Katie McDonald, Bucknell Manager of Recruiting at employers@bucknell.edu or call 570.577.1594.

A recruiting day normally begins at 8:45 am and ends at 5 pm with a 75 minute lunch break and two 15 minute breaks built into the schedule. Interviews are typically 30 minutes in length. Further information on the recruiting program can be obtained by contacting Katie McDonald, Recruiting Coordinator at 570.577.1594. Keep in mind that reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis and that often dates are reserved a year in advance to ensure their preferred timing of a visit to Lewisburg. Our fall calendar is filling up, call Katie to reserve your space soon!

This is considered the next step beyond Resume Referral for those who want the convenience of interviewing all Bucknell students in one place and want to visit Lewisburg. It is a similar process to Resume Referrals (students apply and send resume/cover letter via eRecruiting.com during a designated week). However, the employer responds (via eRecruiting.com) to students indicating whether they have or have not been selected for interviews. Selected students then sign up for interview time slots, also via the web. The employer comes to campus on a designated prearranged day and uses the CDC interviewing facilities here in the Botany Building to meet and interview our students.

SummerBRIDGE
A searchable database of listings which students can research to learn of opportunities. The CDC office enters and maintains the listings. Typically, students apply directly to the employer in whatever way the employer indicates. This website is maintained by the CDC and is password-protected for Bucknell student use only.

Experience.com

The Career Development Center is a full partner school with experience.com. Through the services of experience.com, the CDC is able to offer the Experience Network to Bucknell students and alumni; giving them the ability to search full-time opportunities in an easier and faster way - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via the WWW! The site is password-protected on an individual basis, so confidentiality should not be a concern.

Questions should be directed to:
Pam Keiser
Sr. Associate Director, Career Development Center
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Phone: (570) 577-1238 Email: pkeiser@bucknell.edu