Have you thought about working in the financial sector? Want to use your communication, teamwork, and data analysis skills? is it numbers and figures you gravitate toward or do you enjoy leading others? Exploring opportunities in a corporate setting? The Business Career Community covers a lot of ground. Delve in to learn more about the opportunities.
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Jimmy Levin
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Fall & Spring Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays: 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Handshake
Handshake is the Career Center’s database of off- and on-campus jobs, internships, co-ops, and volunteer positions. Search on Handshake; Jobs -> Filter by Career Community Label.
Attend Career Programs
Register for Career Labs, career workshops and employer-led events. The Career Center offers many in-person and online educational events. Search for a schedule of upcoming events and Labs, on Handshake ; Events -> Upcoming Events -> Filter by Career Community Label.
Business Positions in Handshake
EXPLORE: Occupations & Broad Interests
Accounting Resources
Learn about how to find the right firm, tips to prepare for the accoutning job search, and hear from accounting recruiters and Stony Brook alumni currently working in the accounting industry on our Accounting Resources page.
O*NET OnLine
O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!
Business and Financial Operations
Career Intelligence (Vault)
The SBU Career Center pays for a subscription to this online resource. Learn more about career advice, read career guides, and more.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.
Business and Financial Occupations
Business and Management (Career Videos)
Buzzfile
BuzzFile is the most advanced company information database with advanced search and productivity tools that enable users to locate the exact businesses they are searching for. Access with your @stonybrook.edu email.
Assess Yourself
Career development is a self-initiated process. We use a 4-part model of career development to help you organize your career development planning activities.
Connect With Alumni
Learn From Alumni
Stony Brook University alumni can be found around the globe in all different industries! Learn more through Alumni Stories and by connecting with alumni on The Stony Brook Alumni LinkedIn.
LinkedIn’s Alumni page provides high-level insights about alumni of your school, as well as access to the more detailed professional profiles they've shared.
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Employers Who Recruit at SBU
Sample Employers
Employers from across Long Island and around the globe recruit at SBU! Here is a sample list of employers that recruit at SBU:
- Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Canon U.S.A.
- EY
- GEICO
- Henry Schein
- KPMG
- Morgan Stanley
- MUFG
- Northwestern Mutual
- Travelers
Find Employers
Search for and learn about employers through Handshake!
Get Involved
Student Experiential Highlights
Find out more about the great experiences students have taken part in through the featured student experiential highlights!
Clubs & Organizations
Here’s a list of all clubs and organizations
Sample list of clubs and organizations:
- MBA Association
- SHRM SBU Chapter
- AMA SBU Chapter
- Accounting Society
- Economics Honor Society
- Investment Club
- Entrepreneurship Club
- Delta Sigma Pi
- Alpha Kappa Psi
- APICS
- Ascend SBU
- Organization of Actuarial Students
Professional Associations
Professional associations are like career-related clubs: organizations of people in particular careers, they often provide information about getting into and advancing in those careers, as well as job & internship listings and networking opportunities. Students are usually welcome!
- Advertising Production Club
- American Statistical Association
- ASCEND/Pan-Asian Leaders
- Association of Latino Professionals For America
- American Marketing Association (AMA)
- Association for Financial Professions (AFP)
- Future Business Leaders of America
- International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA)
- MBA Women International
- National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA)
- National Association of Black Accountants
- National Society of Accountants
- National Society of Hispanic MBA (NSHMBA)
- Reaching Out MBA
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Society of Actuaries
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- The Association for Operations Management (APICS)
- The association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business
- The American Economic Association