On-Line Credentials Service

References or Letters of Recommendations are an important part of a candidate's search for Professional Employment as well as application for admission to Graduate / Professional School.

Existing Credentials Account Holders:
If you have an existing Credentials File with the R-N Career Development Center, your file and its contents have already been uploaded to Interfolio.com and your account is available for your usage. You simply need to log-in and register with our system. Be sure to mention that you are an existing file holder when registering. Your existing file will be 'linked" to your on-line file within 24 hours!

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Do you want to create and open your new account ???

Since the Fall of 2000, the Career Development Center at Rutgers-Newark Credentials File service has been supported by a partnership with ReferenceNow, now Interfolio which brought our popular Credentials File Service "on-line" ! If you have any questions, please contact the Career Development Center at 1-973-353-5311.

The Career Development Center On-Line Credentials File Service is easy, effective, comprehensive, and very inexpensive.
It is a unique reference collection and distribution system that may be used in conjunction with both standard and electronic resumes/applications. Now Rutgers-Newark students can create an "on-line" reference file using this system, and organizations will have the option of receiving the students' recommendations electronically or in hard-copy (paper) format. No delays, no hassles!

Instant electronic access or 24 hour mailing
It is a great way to present your Credentials File when applying for employment OR grad school. Because our system is powered by Interfolio.com, the CDC recommends users add the words "References On-File at www.interfolio.com" to the bottom of your resume or graduate school application to alert readers to the instant access you are offering about you as a candidate. The Career Development Center On-Line Credentials File service is a fully secured web site using encryption and other distinct security features to protect the files placed in its system. It is SAFE !!!

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Confidential Letters of Reference
Many graduate and/or professional schools prefer what are known as "confidential or waived" Letters of Recommendation. Students / applicants wishing to waive their right of access to their written references will do so on-line, and will print out a form from their account that they will present to their reference writer. This form will provide the required waiver signature and will provide the writer with three (3) options for writing and submitting that reference letter to the specific student's file. It is easy and convenient for both reference writer and reference gatherer.

Open Letters of Reference
Students choosing not to waive their right of access to these letters (and their file) will follow the same process as noted above BUT will be able to see their letters on-line once the writer submits them. The Career Development Center recommends that students consider "waiving" their right of access to all letters since such letters are generally considered by Admissions Reps and Employers to be stronger letters.

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