For Employers
From startups to Fortune 500 firms, workplaces around the globe turn to Skidmore for qualified, engaged, and creative interns and employees. (Hyperlink to numbers page: Read on to learn the many ways Creative Thought Matters in the career paths of our Skidmore students and alumni.)
We encourage you to explore our variety of recruitment options to connect your company with Skidmore talent.
Options include:
- Posting a job or internship.
- Visiting our beautiful campus in Saratoga Springs, NY for on-campus recruitment.
- And if your organization is hiring graduates, don't miss our annual Skidmore Recruitment Day, an exciting interviewing event where we bring talented seniors to New York City!
However your company wishes to connect, our team is committed to helping employers determine the best fit for your recruitment needs. Welcome to Skidmore!
Psychology major Jazmin Paredes '17 accepted a full time offer after a summer internship with BET.
Summer funding award winner Ryan Hall '18 brought his physics background to NASA.
Theater major Sam Grant '18 was inspired by a Media & Entertainment trip to NBC Studios to apply for a production assistant role.
French & Gender Studies Major, Marley Amico '19, was awarded summer funding to intern with Heal the World Foundation.
Members of the Finance & Consulting Career Community learning from Skidmore alumni at Credit Suisse.
Psychology major Cecilia Fu '18 spent a summer interning with Vogue & GQ Thailand.
New to Recruiting with Skidmore College
Skidmore College's Career Development Center utilizes Handshake, an online application system to connect employers to students. Within Handshake employers are able to post and promote internships, fellowships and job opportunities to current undergraduate students.
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Enrollment: approximately 2,500 students from 44 states and 67 countries
Gender Mix: 41% men, 59% women
Diversity: Domestic students of color: 23%; international students: 11%; students with dual passports:
5%; first-generation college students: 14%
Retention Rate: 95% (fall to fall)
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Though your intellectual foundation will come mostly from the classroom, lab, and library, it makes sense to test your new knowledge and skills in real-world environments. That's why Skidmore encourages students to take advantage of its numerous academic and career exploration offerings, which include faculty-student collaborative research, internships, service-learning courses, off-campus study, and independents, capstones, and theses.
In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, it is crucial to be able to understand and communicate effectively across different cultures, identities, and perspectives. In the past decade, Skidmore's percentage of domestic students of color nearly doubled, from 12% to 22%; the percentage of international students rocketed from 1% to 9%, with another 7% holding dual passports; and 13% of students are first-generation collegians. Currently, students hail from 45 states and 60 countries. This generation wants to connect across all sorts of boundaries, and Skidmore's strong ethos of pluralism makes that happen.
Our founder, Lucy Skidmore Scribner, believed in putting academic theory and creative expression into practice. She called it educating "the mind and the hand." Today we call it "Creative Thought Matters." As we state in our Goals for Student Learning and Development, the Skidmore experience is about cultivating in students the kind of mind that understands and appreciates how creative thought matters in all pursuits. That's our mantra, our motto, our core, and the world is desperate for it.