Come to the Spring 2025 Career Fair at Rutgers University-Newark!

The Spring 2025 Career Fair is for all Rutgers-Newark students and alumni looking to connect with recruiters from companies, organizations, graduate schools, and professional schools.

No matter your class year or major, this career fair is for you. The event will …

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Mary [uConnect] Customer Success Manager
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How to find a job if you’re a convicted felon

Especially in today’s market, it’s not easy to find a job. For a convicted felon, it might even seem impossible; in fact, just trying to figure out how transparent to be about your felony during the hiring process might feel …

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Answering Interview Questions Like “Why Are You Currently Unemployed?”

When you’re currently out of work and job hunting, you might feel like your unemployment status is a red flag for recruiters and hiring managers. Certainly, some employers are going to look at your lack of employment as a problem, …

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Ivy Exec is your dedicated career development resource.
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How to get a job if you’ve been arrested but not convicted

Getting a job can be a long, difficult process. With many steps, tests, interviews, and a lot of waiting, it’s almost never a simple process. For those with a criminal record, the experience is often a lot more complicated, and …

By College Recruiter
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4 tips for job hunting students, recent grads with criminal records

I recently reached out to career experts to learn more about what college and university students and recent graduates who have misdemeanor, felony, and other criminal records should do when searching for a part-time, seasonal, internship, or entry-level job.

I …

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10 tactics to get hired for an internship or entry-level job as a student or recent grad with a criminal record

I suspect that if I were to ask a bunch of people what percentage of currently enrolled students of one-, two-, and four-year colleges and universities had criminal records that they would grossly underestimate the actual number. I also suspect …

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7 Tips for Ensuring You Pass Employment Background Checks

The landscape for job seekers has changed dramatically over the past six months. With many office roles now based at home, remote work has become the norm and interviews are mainly carried out via video link rather than in person. This …

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How to Tell If a Company Truly Values Diversity and Inclusion (or Is Just All Talk)

Employers talk a lot about diversity and inclusion. In fact, you'll be hard-pressed to find a company that doesn't say they're diverse and inclusive. Companies make these claims on their web sites, in job descriptions, and at career fairs. But how …

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We Should Help Prison Inmates Become Entrepreneurs Upon Their Release

Jeff Smith was once an up-and-coming star in the Missouri State Senate. He went to prison for a year for covering up an election law violation. Since his release, he’s created a new space for himself as a professor, writer, …

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Students, grads with criminal records should consider non-traditional methods to find a job

More and more people are charged with misdemeanors, felonies, and other crimes and more and more of them are convicted of them. As bad as that is for those people, their friends, their families, and society, it can be even …

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Jobs for felons and other criminal backgrounds: Tips for students and grads

 

College graduation should be one of the most exciting days of your life, but it can seem like a nearly impossible task to find jobs for felons, or if you have any kind of criminal record. Don’t be discouraged. …

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