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Personal Resources
- Identify and utilize your personal network of family, friends, neighbors, local merchants, coaches, the clergy, and health professionals. Get your name and resume out there!
- Pass out your personal business card with contact information on one side and bulleted skills and qualifications on the other.
- Join student organizations, become active and seek leadership positions.
- Get to know faculty and staff members and ask them for advice.
- Get in touch with young alumni or past interns for personal insights into their employers.
- Identify and work with a mentor—a professor, work supervisor, neighbor, or relative.
Professional Resources- Join professional associations related to your major or fields of interest.
- Utilize the Rutgers Alumni Career Network to make contact with alumni by major or industry. Set up informational interviews with alumni.
- Join the Rutgers University Linkedin group, current students are allowed to join.
- Attend employer information sessions, career days, and off-campus employer programs.
- Attend a professional conference and talk to people in your area of interest.
- Pursue high-visibility part-time jobs, bringing you into contact with executives in establishments such as country clubs or restaurants.
- Follow Career Services on Facebook and Twitter for helpful announcements.
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