Rutgers Career Cluster Toolkit

Interested in learning more about the career cluster model at Rutgers?  Utilize the resources below to assist you in your endeavors.  Contact William Jones for further information.

• Presentations
  • NACE 2019 Webinar: Scaling Up Engagement: An Update on the Rutgers Career Cluster Model
  • EACE2018 Scaling to 40k: An Update on the Rutgers Career Exploration and Success Model
  • NACE 2015 Webinar Slide Deck
  • NC3 Conference - Rutgers 2.0: Update on Career Clusters in Action Slide Deck
• NACE Articles
  • #RUTGERSWORKS: An Update on the Industry-Centric Career Cluster Model
  • Developing the Industry-Centric Career Cluster Model
• Strategic Planning and Outcomes:
  • Vision 2020 Strategic Plan
  • Building Toward the Future: Strategic Plan 2013 - 2016
    • Triennial Report
  • Career Cluster Outcomes 2014-15
  • Undergraduate Career Services Survey - Used to assess some of our outcomes (2015 & 2014 info)
  • Latest CES Annual Report
• Staffing Materials:
  • Initial Buy-in Presentation to Counseling Staff
  • Updated Career Development Specialist Sample Job Description (newly retooled with the addition of separate job developers on staff)
  • Career Development Specialist Sample Job Description (initial) 
  • Job & Internship Developer (Arts, Communication, and Entertainment)
  • Cluster-specific Lead Peer Career Advisor Student Description
  • Adopted Employer Tool Kit
  • Academic Liaison Tool Kit
  • Updated Organizational Chart (with four distinct units)
  • Organizational Chart (initial)
  • Request to Integrate the First-Year Interest Group Courses
• Technology and Web Resources:
  • Cluster Sub-categories
  • Adding Clusters to Symplicity Student Profiles (Clusters start on pg 19.pdf)
  • Career Cluster Online Inventory Assessments
  • Career Cluster Student Website
• Ph.D Not Required: Utilizing Data to Maximize Effectiveness (download presentation)
  • Items Referenced During the Presentation:
    • Current CES organization chart highlighting data-driven additional resource allocation (download document)
    • Adding Clusters to Symplicity Student Profiles - Clusters start on pg 19.pdf (download PPT)
    • Symplicity Job Blast Email Source Code (download)
    • Position Gap Analysis Template (download)
    • Determine proper sample sizes for stratified random sampling surveys (view checkmarket.com)
    • Undergraduate Career Services Survey (download document | view briefing presentation)
    • International Student Career Services Task Force (download report | view data points)
    • Other Rutgers CES Publications & Research Findings (view here)
  • Videos Featuring Data Sharing
    • Marketing video for the Rutgers Internship & Co-op Program (view on YouTube)
    • Video highlight of the Career Knights of Distinction Awards Dinner where we honor top employers based on post-graduation survey data (view on YouTube)
  • Tools from Presentation:
    • Integrate polls into your presentation (view polleverywhere.com)
      • Responses from brainstorming periods throughout the presentation (download results)
  • Contact Us (view CES Operations & Strategic Initiatives staff)
• Exploration Programs Implementation and Other Documents
  • Sample Cluster Marketing Brochure
  • Cluster Career Modules for Transfer Student Courses
  • Structural Information - Campus to Careers Field Trips
  • Structural Information - Career Exploration Nights
    • CEN Event Timer for Speed Sessions
  • Structural Information - NACE Competencies with Course Peer Instructors
  • Structural Information - Road to Industry Mentoring Programs
    • Additional Information About Mentoring Programs