Using Career Services...
Rutgers alumni are eligible to use many resources through the Career Development Center. If you are considering a career change, feel uncertain of your future career plans, or seek to advance in your career, see the links below to learn about how Career Services can help!
Informational Links
If you are a Rutgers University graduate, you may utilize career centers at any campus statewide. Please read the following information carefully:
Alumni/ae can utilize the following services at any location:
- Attend career fairs
- Attend workshops, seminars and employer information sessions
- Conduct research in our career library
- Search online for current positions
- Utilize the online Alumni Mentors Network to contact alumni
- Receive an orientation to the career center
- Receive a resume critique (*Fees may apply check with each campus for policy)
- Schedule a professional career counseling session (*Fees will apply)
***Please Note: Alumni/ae cannot participate in on-campus interviewing at Rutgers campuses they did not graduate from. Please check with the campus you graduated from for eligibility policies.
- Alumni Mentors - Consult the Alumni Mentors Network to speak with Rutgers alumni concerning their fields of employment. Hundreds of alumni are willing to provide informational interviews and career advice. Also, register to be a career mentor for others.
- Career Assessments - Assessment instruments are available in conjunction with career counseling appointments to help with career changing and decision making.
- Career Counseling Guidelines-Effective January 12, 2009
- One-Year Grace Period for Recent Graduates—Recent graduates can schedule appointments for free for one full year following their graduation. May graduates will have until May 31 the following year; October graduates until October 31 the following year; and January graduates until January 31 the following year.
- Counseling Fee—The fee for a one-hour session with a career counselor is $50. Alumni are expected to pay this fee, which supports our counseling services.
- Hardship Requests—Note to Alumni: If you are currently unemployed and would like to request a fee waiver, please send an email message to the career center director from your “home campus.” Your cover note should include the reason for requesting the fee waiver.
NB—Richard White; riwhite@echo.rutgers.edu
CAM—James Marino; jmarino@camden.rutgers.edu
NWK—Thomas Hopkins; thopkins@newark.rutgers.edu - Multiple Sessions—Alumni who are unemployed but who anticipate two or more sessions will be asked to pay $25 per session (half price) after the initial free session. This fee may be waived at the discretion of the designated career center.
- Counseling Locations—Graduates of the New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark Campuses should seek service at the campus from which they graduated. If an alumnus/a graduated from one Rutgers campus but lives within 25 miles of another campus, he or she can request “reciprocal services” at the closer campus by contacting the appropriate director by email (see item #3 above for contacts).
- Career Days - Career days bring alumni, students, and employers together to talk about career opportunities. Events are free to alumni. Career Fair information can be found on this website and includes: the Rutgers-Newark/ NJIT Collaborative Fall Career Fair; the Rutgers-Newark Criminal Justice Career Fair, the Rutgers College of Nursing Career Fair, and the Rutgers-Newark Spring Career Fair event. The Big East Career Fair takes place each March at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
- Career Resource Library - Visit our mini-career library and computer lab to research careers, employers, graduate schools, and jobs. Located at 360 King Boulevard in Hill Hall, room 112.
- College Majors and Career Information - Review your career options by Rutgers-Newark major to learn about, types of occupations by major, types of employers that hire each major, and jobs obtained by Rutgers alumni for each major.
- Credentials Service - Utilize our online credentials service to support your applications for professional employment or graduate school. Set-up and manage your own personal reference file at www.interfolio.com . Request letters of recommendation from three professors who know you and your work well.
- Career Opportunities - Discover available opportunities daily via eRecruiting, monsterTRAK and NACELink
- Reciprocity at Other Colleges - As a graduate of Rutgers University-Newark, you may be able to gain access to the career services offices of your choice around the country. Please email your request to Assistant Dean Thomas J. Hopkins at: thopkins@newark.rutgers.edu.
- Workshops, Seminars and Panels - Attend programs on all campuses.
$50.00 Career Counseling Fee–UNIVERSITY WIDE POLICY: Effective July 1, 2008, the alumni counseling fee at the Newark, New Brunswick, and Camden career centers will be $50 for each one-hour session. There will be no fee for recent graduates within one year of graduation. Alumni who are more than one year out are encouraged to make individual appointments. Our "Walk-In " period services are designed for quick resume critiques and quick answers for currently enrolled students.
Strong Interest Inventory / Myers Briggs Type Indicator: These interest and personality assessments are available to alumni for further career exploration. They are offered at $25.00 each.
***Please Contact the Career Development Center at 973-353-5311 for more information.
Free Services for alumni:
- Career Fairs: Many career days are held each year to bring students, alumni, and employers together to discuss career opportunities.
- Seminars: Workshops are presented on topics such as interview techniques, job search strategies, networking, and more.
- eRecruiting, MonsterTRAK, and NACELink: Provide access to thousands of job listings and a resume referral database.
- Alumni Career Network: A database of alumni willing to provide career advice and mentoring. Contact alumni members for information and register to become a mentor as well.
RUTGERS-NEWARK
Career Development Center
http://cdc.newark.rutgers.edu
Thomas J. Hopkins, Director
360 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Hill Hall Room 112
Newark, NJ 07102-1801
973-353-5311
thopkins@Newark.rutgers.edu
RUTGERS-CAMDEN
Career Center
http://cc.camden.rutgers.edu
James A. Marino, Director
326 Penn Street
Student Center, Room 006
Camden, NJ 08102
856-225-6046
jmarino@camden.rutgers.edu
RUTGERS-NEW BRUNSWICK
Career Services
http://careerservices.rutgers.edu
Dr. Richard L. White, Director
56 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8541
732-932-7353
riwhite@rci.rutgers.edu
