Online format allows notable parent and alumni mentors from all over the world to network with students interested in learning more about various careers.

Paige Durrant ’19 pens a first-hand account of the Skidmore Career Development Center’s largest on-campus networking event, Career Jam.

Career Jam, Skidmore's largest on-campus networking event, is now its in eighth year. The event brings parents, alumni, employers, and students together during Celebration Weekend for a conversation about careers. Students are encouraged to stop by Career Jam on Friday, October 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. on the second floor of Murray-Aikins Dining Hall. More than 60 alumni, parents, and friends of the College, representing a wide range of careers, will offer informal networking and advice to Skidmore students.

Skidmore alumni, parents and friends of the College will be flocking to campus to help host Career Jam on Friday, October 17.

The key to a good life after Skidmore? Some would say its Career Jam, the annual event that helps students network with alumni, parents, and friends who can provide helpful information on the job front.

Well over 1,000 family and friends of Skidmore students will visit the campus this weekend for the college's annual fall celebration. Highlights will include the Career Jam, tours of North Broadway and Saratoga-area sites, student athletic contests and entertainment.

The reality of graduation, and an improving economy, brought many students to Case Center last Friday, where parent, alumni, and faculty offered advice on job searches. Five lucky students received funds for summer internships.