Graduate Programs

The Bloustein School Office of Career Development provides career development support and individual career counseling to graduate students and alumni of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Committed to helping students and alumni achieve their goals, this office conducts individual student career advising in person, by phone, or through email regarding career decisions, job and internship searches, and employment preparation. Additionally, the office coordinates regularly schedule career development programs for graduate students and alumni.

• Career Advisement: Dedicated Career Management Specialists for both the Planning/Policy/Informatics and Health Administration programs provide individual support for students career planning and support needs, including strategies for executing a successful internship, AFE (Applied Field Experience for public policy master's students), and employment search. By appointment only.
  
  
• Résumé, Cover Letter, and LinkedIn Profile Critiques: Personal review including stylistic recommendations, content and informational changes.
  
  
• Weekly eNewsletters: Disseminated weekly to all master's and doctoral students with career-related updates, resources, jobs and internship postings, events, and a career tip of the week.
  
  
• Career Development Programs: Career Advisors host and moderate numerous career related events featuring alumni and employer partner organizations including: job talks, panel discussions, information sessions, networking events, professional development workshops, career fairs, career forums, and more.
  
  
• Bloustein Alumni Connections: Career Management Specialists connect students with a support network of alumni willing, interested, and ready to assist students in advancing their career goals.
  
  
• Bloustein School Job Boards: The online databases includes current offerings from employers/hosts in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Postings listed frequently and as they become available, include full-time professional, part-time, internship, volunteer, and fellowship positions.
  

Undergraduate Programs

The Office of Career Exploration and Success provides resources and strategies for choosing a major, developing career plans, finding internships and full-time jobs, contacting alumni, and making successful career transitions. For more information see http://careers.rutgers.edu.

In addition to the Office of Career Exploration and Success, Bloustein School undergraduate programs require the formal internship courses 10:762:400 and 10:762:499. The courses assist with the exposure and placement of students within the field. There is an instructor and weekly seminar whereby students gain experience in the career development process.