
Students and Alumni
What your Interfolio account provides
The Center for Career Education offers online dossier or credentials file services through a partnership with Interfolio, Inc. Highlights of the service include many features frequently requested by student and alumni dossier file users:
- One-day service on all file send requests
- Complete online management of reference letter files
- Online storage of other application documents: e.g., CVs, writing samples, cover letters
Interfolio.com manages the operation of the dossier file service and stores dossier contents, while Center for Career Education staff provide counseling and guidance on how to obtain reference letters and prepare effective applications. The Center also provides on-line and in-person support for the dossier service.
What can go into your Dossier file
Interfolio's internet-based service allows you to build a complete file of all your professional credentials where you can store your critical documents in a secure system, including:
- Confidential letters of recommendation
- Curriculum Vitae(CV)/resumes
- Writing samples
- Dissertation abstracts
- Teaching evaluations
- Transcripts
- Anything else you may need for your job search.
Creating a new Interfolio account
New Users
New dossier service users can register for a new Interfolio account (www.Interfolio.com) at any time. Creating a new Interfolio account is simple. The annual account registration and maintenance fee of $15 per year is required. For more information, please visit the Interfolio web site.
Please make sure to select "Columbia University - Dossier Service, Center for Career Education" as your "affiliation" on the Interfolio registration page. For immediate questions or concerns, please contact dossierservice@columbia.edu.
Predecessor Dossier Service Users
Dossier Service users who held online accounts with the predecessor Center for Career Education Dossier Service have been advised via email (to their address of record) that they should NOT register independently to open new accounts with Interfolio. Columbia's Center for Career Education has already done so on their behalf and their letters of recommendation on record have been added to this Interfolio account. Interfolio notified Columbia's predecessor Dossier Service account holders by e-mail that their new Interfolio account was created and ready for activation. If you held an account with the previous Dossier Service but have not received your new login information, it may be because it was sent to an outdated email address that was not updated. Please email dossierservice@columbia.edu for your login credentials.
Submitting letters of recommendation via the Center for Career Education
Letters of recommendation may be submitted in physical form, together with the document ID assigned by Interfolio to the recommendation writer, to the Center for Career Education Dossier Service, using the address below. The Dossier Service will upload your confidential letters to Interfolio on your behalf. Document IDs can be found at the bottom of the form recommendation writers received from the person who asked them to write a recommendation. Document IDs can also be obtained from support@interfolio.com or by calling an Interfolio customer service representative at 1-877-77-FOLIO (36546). Should you have questions about submitting a letter to a student/alumna/us Interfolio account, please contact:
Center for Career Education Dossier Service
East Campus,
Lower Level
2960 Broadway,
MC 5727
New York, NY
10027
(address for
deliveries: 70-74 Morningside
Drive, NY, NY
10027-6902)
Phone: (212)
854-9464 or (212) 854-3376
Via E-mail:
dossierservice@columbia.edu.
Fax: (212)
854-5640
Or:
Interfolio Customer Service
By toll free phone:
(877) 77-FOLIO (36546)
Phone: (202)
223-3358
Fax: (267)
295-8740
Submitting letters of recommendation via Interfolio
If you are a letter of recommendation writer, your letters may be submitted electronically, using the web address provided below and the document ID assigned to you by Interfolio. However, in order to electronically submit letters you will need to create a free Interfolio Recommendation Writer's Account. Document IDs are at the bottom of the form you received from the person who asked you to write a recommendation. Document IDs can also be obtained from support@interfolio.com or by calling an Interfolio customer service representative at 1-877-77-FOLIO (36546). More detailed information about creating a Recommendation Writer's Account and using Interfolio can be found on the Dossier Service Tip Sheet for Faculty or on Interfolio's Web site.
Mailing address for all mail deliveries and other correspondence is:
Interfolio,
Inc.
Expedited
Processing Center
1900
L Street NW
Suite #603
Washington, DC 20036
Customer
Service
Center for Career Education Dossier Service
East Campus,
Lower Level
2960 Broadway,
MC 5727
New York, NY
10027
(address for
deliveries: 70-74 Morningside
Drive, NY, NY
10027-6902)
Phone: (212)
854-9464 or (212) 854-3376
Via E-mail:
dossierservice@columbia.edu.
Fax: (212)
854-5640
Or:
Contact Interfolio Customer Service:
Via Web: Interfolio Web site
By phone toll
free: (877) 77-FOLIO (36546)
Phone: (202)
223-3358
Fax: (267)
295-8740
















