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Rutgers—New Brunswick Campus Career Ecosystem
Building a Career Ready Campus Together
Shaping the Career-Ready Campus Together
The Rutgers Career Ecosystem connects faculty, staff, students, and employers to embed career readiness across every aspect of campus life. Through shared strategy, professional growth, and collaboration, we prepare students for success beyond Rutgers.
Our Shared Vision for a Career-Ready Campus
Everything in the Career Ecosystem is guided by the A Career-Ready Campus strategic plan. Developed by Career Exploration and Success (CES) in partnership with the Rutgers–New Brunswick community, it defines how we embed career learning throughout academics, employment, and leadership.
Data Sharing & Impact
Career Outcomes Reports
Explore where Rutgers graduates go after earning their degrees. CES collects and analyzes data on employment, continuing education, and other post-graduation outcomes to highlight trends across majors and schools. These reports help students, faculty, and employers understand the real-world impact of a Rutgers education.
CES Annual Report
The CES Annual Report showcases key achievements, partnerships, and impact from the past year. It highlights how our programs, events, and collaborations advance student success and employer engagement across Rutgers–New Brunswick. Explore data, stories, and outcomes that illustrate our progress toward building a truly career-ready campus.
National Trends and Predictions
Founded in 1956, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) connects career services and recruiting professionals nationwide. As the leading authority on college hiring, NACE provides research and forecasts on job market trends, salaries, recruiting practices, and student outcomes.
Campus Partners
Students benefit from the professional collaborations between Career Exploration and Success and campus partners in academic and non-academic departments. We as professionals also benefit as we work together to build towards a students’ career success. Help us connect with your students from their first year on campus, to the time they are about to graduate, and beyond.
Career Exploration and Success (CES) partners with student organizations, faculty/staff, and administrators to offer career-related programs.
- Requests are reviewed and fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Requests must be made a minimum of four weeks prior to the program.
- Evening workshops must end by 10:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday. *Please note: we have limited availability for weekend programming, based on staff availability.
- Choose from the following topics: CES Overview, Graduate School Planning, Internship and Job Search Strategies, Interview Strategies, LinkedIn and Online Branding, Resume Building, Transferable Skills, AI in Careers, Networking 101, Advanced Networking, and Making the Most of your Internship/Preparing to Enter the Workforce. A description of each topic is included within the form for your review.
- If you would like to request a series of workshops, please complete a new form for each request.
Requestor’s Responsibilities:
- Confirm the number of participants. We request that all presentations include at least 10 participants. If there are not 10 students confirmed to participate at least one week prior to the presentation, CES reserves the right to cancel the program.
- Arrange room and AV equipment or virtual room logistics. This includes, but is not limited to, visuals, connectivity, and audio, such as speakers and microphone(s).
Please contact CES_programs@echo.rutgers.edu with additional questions.
While your program request may fit the criteria outlined above, Career Exploration and Success reserves the right to determine whether or not staffing is available to assist you.
Become an Official Campus Partner
Official campus partners are faculty and staff who share information about Career Exploration and Success with their students. Our partners help us in a variety of ways, including sharing information through digital display screens, incorporating a PowerPoint slide highlighting a career-related resource into their presentations, receiving our monthly career newsletter in order to stay informed, and more.
Include Online Tools In Your Syllabus
Whether students are choosing a major/career, planning their job search, or applying to graduate school, the Office of Career Exploration and Success has the online resources to help them develop their career action plan!
Discover Yourself
- Traitify is an innovative career exploration system designed to help assess your skills, interests, and values.
Explore Majors and Careers
- FirstHand Career Exploration Guides is the web's ultimate destination for insider career and job information.
- Student-Alumni Career Connect is an online database of Rutgers alumni willing to provide career advice.
- GoinGlobal provides career information which assists students in pursuing global career paths.
- Linkedin Learning provides training on software or skills.
Pursue Goals
- Rutgers Handshake Job & Internship Postings provides access to thousands of employment and interview opportunities.
- Big Interview Resume AI: Mock Interview allows students to rehearse interview questions online and further develop strong interview skills.
- Peterson's Test and Career Prep provides materials for practicing a wide variety of college and graduate school entrance exams.
Interested in integrating this tool into your syllabus or curriculum? Contact Sue Pye, Director, Self-discovery & Career Exploration to, to assist you in utilizing these tools.
Career Community Advisory Boards
The Office of Career Exploration and Success has developed a career ecosystem at Rutgers-New Brunswick with community members working to ensure positive post-graduation outcomes for all students. Advisory boards comprised of faculty, staff, employers, and student leaders steer each career community's efforts. The groups oversee mentoring programs and plan career development programming, exploration events with alumni, and networking opportunities with employers.
Interested in joining an advisory board? Contact Jennifer Broyles, Director, Career Readiness & Post-graduation Success.
Employment Resources
Career Exploration and Success can provide you with the resources you need to hire students for your department using technology designed to automate much of the process. We also provide post-graduation survey data for our campus partners.
Hiring Students for Your Department
Rutgers Handshake is an online portal to manage all of your campus recruiting activities (e.g., posting positions, organizing interviews, registering for events, etc.) at Rutgers—New Brunswick. Some key features include:
- Access to students—nearly 6,000 students log in weekly
- Monthly student emails—registered students receive a digest of positions submitted as job type "On Campus Student Employment"
- Machine learning algorithms—students receive new listings related to their areas of interest
- Student alerts and notifications—students follow employer accounts and receive alerts
Want to post your positions on Rutgers Handshake? Contact Catarina Caulfield, Associate Director of Industry & Campus Connections, to create your employer account or use the links below. Please refer outside employers who want to post positions or recruit on campus to our Industry and Student Connections team at recruiting@echo.rutgers.edu or 848-445-7287.
Employment Resources & Guidelines
Whether you’re trying to identify fair labor criteria for an internship or you want insights that will help with your decisions on how to recommend or refer students for career-building opportunities, these guidelines below will be useful tools. If you have any questions about curriculum integration or internship guidelines or requirements, contact Sue Pye, Director of Career Development and Experiential Education.
Career Outcomes & Data: First-Destination Survey
Career Exploration and Success collects data from the graduating students in August, October, January, and May. Faculty, staff, and students with valid NETID credentials may view the full reports below. Non-Rutgers affiliated visitors may access the public summary reports.
A Shared Campus Language
Building a Career-Ready Campus starts with a shared understanding of what career readiness means and how we help students achieve it. Common definitions create alignment across Rutgers, ensuring faculty, staff, and partners use the same language to describe how students discover themselves, develop skills, and prepare for life after graduation. Students should hear these terms consistently so the language of career readiness becomes familiar and reinforced throughout their experience.
Student Employee Enrichment (SEE) Program
The SEE Program transforms on-campus employment into a meaningful career development experience. It equips supervisors with training and resources to help student employees connect their daily work to the NACE Career Competencies, fostering reflection and recognition throughout the year.
As part of the program, CES will host an On-Campus Job Fair to help departments recruit student employees and promote opportunities across the university. The program also includes the annual celebration of student colleagues and supervisors during National Student Employment Week each April, honoring excellence in student employment and mentorship.
Post On-Campus Jobs in Rutgers Handshake
Rutgers Handshake is the platform for managing all campus recruiting activities—posting jobs, scheduling interviews, and registering for events. Nearly 6,000 students log in weekly, receiving personalized job recommendations and monthly emails highlighting on-campus roles.
If you need assistance to post positions, contact Catarina Caulfield, Associate Director of Industry & Campus Connections, or use the links below. External employers should reach out to our Industry and Student Connections team at recruiting@echo.rutgers.edu or 848-445-7287.
Recruit at an On-Campus Jobs Fair
The On-Campus Jobs Fair provides Rutgers departments with a focused opportunity to connect with students seeking on-campus employment. Organized by CES Student Colleagues and offered under the Student Employment Enrichment (SEE) Program, the fair is held once each semester—typically within the first two weeks students return to campus—and the inaugural event attracted nearly 700 students. Many of the positions recruited through the fair offer high-impact experiences by intentionally connecting student work to the NACE Career Readiness Competencies. As part of registration, departments are asked to explain how their positions build these competencies, helping students see on-campus employment as a meaningful step in their career development.
Reserve Interview Space
On-campus departments can reserve the CES Interview Suite or individual interview rooms—located in the Busch Student Center—at no cost, based on space availability. These professional spaces are ideal for conducting interviews for cohort-based graduate programs, single or multiple positions, or other recruitment needs.
To check availability or make a reservation, contact Zac Stager, Sr. Assistant Director of Recruiting Programs & Employer Engagement.
Integrating Career Readiness Into the Classroom
Rutgers Faculty Career Fellows (FCF)
The Faculty Career Fellows program, offered by Career Exploration and Success in partnership with the Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy, empowers faculty to connect classroom learning with the skills employers value most. This cohort-based program provides a $2,500 professional development/research stipend for completing the program.
Request a Classroom Presentation
Invite CES into your class for interactive sessions on career exploration, résumés, interviewing, or connecting majors to careers.
Curriculum Integration Support
Access lesson plans, reflection prompts, and sample Canvas modules aligned to NACE Career Competencies—or partner with CES on a syllabus refresh.
Integrate Online Career Tools
Embed career tools directly in your syllabus or Canvas site: Handshake activities, curated job feeds, and self-paced modules that extend learning beyond class.
Employer-Connected Class Projects
Partner with CES to connect your course or program with employers interested in short-term collaborations. We help faculty and staff design and coordinate employer-connected experiences—such as real-world projects, case challenges, or semester-long partnerships—that align with learning goals and bring industry perspectives into the classroom.
Integrate Career Discovery into First-year Transition Courses
Help students begin exploring their interests and goals early in their Rutgers journey. CES offers sample lesson plans and interactive presentations—adapted from our own First-year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS) and Students in Transition Seminars (STS)—that introduce career discovery concepts and tools. We can collaborate with instructors to tailor these sessions for other first-year transition courses, helping students connect academic choices with future pathways.
