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  • NJCAN: New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator
    The New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN) is an online career resource with job descriptions and projections, self evaluation tools to help determine your best career path, further educational and training opportunities, and current, New Jersey labor market data and projections. It also provides strategies for job searching, resume and cover letter creation and job interview preparation.
  • Career One Stop
    Tools to assist job seekers with topics such as exploring careers, education and training, resumes and interviews, salaries and benefits. Sponsored by the Department of Labor.

Exploring Careers

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Information resource for hundreds of different professions describing the training and education needed, average earnings, working conditions and what workers do on the job, as well as job search tips and links to information about the job market in each state.

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Working in New Jersey

  • New Jersey Career Connections
    Career navigation resources with interactive tools, including a job board to assist those looking to explore career opportunities in New Jersey and prepare for the process of finding and entering into a new profession.

Test Preparation

  • Learning Express Library
    Practice tests for graduate school entrance exams like GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT. Practice tests for professional exams like PRAXIS for teaching, and preparation for law enforcement, military, nursing and real estate exams. Learning Express also includes communication and skills improvement modules, and a job search and career success area. Registration is required.

Researching Companies

  • Reference USA Directories
    Search US businesses within a specific geographic location for corporate and contact information. Search U.S. Businesses/Employers USA for business descriptions within a specific industry, competitor reports and financial expenditures.
  • Business Source Elite
    Includes industry reports, profiles of companies and SWOT Analyses of companies (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats).
  • Hoover's Company Records
    Profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives.
  • Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
    View the positive and negative impacts of over 4,000 companies worldwide.

Office of Career Services

The Office of Career Services is dedicated to helping students and alumni connect to the majors, internships, and jobs, as well as graduate and professional schools that will advance their careers.

  • Phone: (973) 290-4215

Writing Style

Online Writing Lab: Guide for Professional Writing
(Resumes, Cover Letters, Memos & Reports)

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