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Graduate Intern

Title:
Graduate Intern

Department:
Career Planning and Placement

Reports To:
Associate Director, Cooperative Education

Position Type:
Staff

Position Summary:
As an intern at NJIT Career Development Services, you will have the opportunity to work with diverse undergraduate and graduate students with their career preparation and job search strategies.

Essential Functions:

Work with students studying in the STEM disciplines as well as liberal arts.
Gain valuable exposure to the different tools and resources (i.e., Handshake, TypeFocus, and iStrong) utilized for career development and career counseling.
Receive training in resume writing techniques, interview preparation, and job search strategies for students within the majors represented at NJIT.
Serve as an important part of the Student Success Team.
Conduct one-on-one advising sessions with students under the supervision of a career counselor.
Participate in planning and implementing a series of events and/or workshops catered to the success of students in their career development during the academic year.
Assist in managing the CDS Peer Mentor Program
Create your own workshop/program on a topic agreed upon with the Student Success Team.
Assist with New Student Orientation programming for Career Services.
Assist with marketing, social media, and developing educational tools.

Prerequisite Qualifications:

Non-NJIT Grad Student studying psychology, counseling, student affairs; social work, etc. Must be actively enrolled in a current Graduate Program.
At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

FLSA:
Non-Exempt
Part-Time

As an EEO employer NJIT is committed to building a diverse and inclusive teaching, research, and working environment and strongly encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women.
Diversity is a core value of NJIT and we are committed to make diversity, equity and inclusion, part of everything we do. We celebrate the diversity of our university community and
recognize the cultural and personal differences. We strive to cultivate an inclusive campus culture that promotes excellence among
our faculty, staff and students. Building a robust and diverse community is critical to NJIT’s continuing status as a premier institution
of higher education and a leading polytechnic university.
Employment at NJIT is subject to the provisions of New Jersey First Act which mandates new employees, who are not NJ residents, to establish primary residence in New Jersey within one year of their appointment to certain positions. The law does not apply to any individual employed at NJIT on a temporary or per semester basis as a visiting or adjunct professor, teacher, lecturer, researcher or administrator. For more information on the act
If special accommodations are needed in applying for a position, please visit the Department of Human Resources located in Fenster Hall, Room 500, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102 or call (973) 596-3140. If you have questions, please email the Human Resources Department at hr@njit.edu.
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By New Jersey Institute of Technology

A public research university, New Jersey Institute of Technology offers about 100 undergraduate and graduate programs, including 19 doctoral programs, in fields including architecture, engineering, computer science, and liberal arts. The school al...

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