By Augie Colantuono

Philip Auman, a consular for the Career Development Center (CDC) here at Buffalo State College, held a lecture this past April 3 in the Science Building on how to get a job out of town. He emphasized the importance of a good cover letter and networking.

The first thing to do, said Auman, is to figure out what exactly it is you want to do. Then figure out who is hiring.

He says looking on Web sites such as Monster.com and Yahoo is one way, but networking works best.

“Everyone you know should know you are looking for a job,” Auman said.

He also says the cover letter will have more of an effect on the person who is doing the hiring than the actual resume itself.

“The cover letter demonstrates your ability to communicate. It illustrates more of your personality than does the resume,” said Auman.

Shannon Jordan is in graduate studies for a master’s in public health and community education. She has plans to go out West where, she says, there are more jobs for people in her field.

“I’m glad that I was told about the CDC and what it offers, because I never used it before. So I’m glad to find out about the different avenues that I can use, and people that I can contact, and other methods for a job search,” Jordan said.

The CDC is in 306 Grover Cleveland Hall. Auman says his office puts their services into three different categories:

• to help undecided students choose direction for themselves
• job searches for graduating students
• graduate school researching