Welcome to CDS

MISSION STATEMENT

Career Development Services is a value-added contributor to the career planning and preparation of NJIT’s diverse population of students in pursuit of their first-destination career goals. Together with our academic, employer, and community partners, we seek to immerse all students within a progressive and comprehensive approach to career advising, coaching, skill-building, and practical experience opportunities, which best ensure career readiness upon graduation. Our work is dependent upon developing and sustaining relationships with employers who provide career and experiential education opportunities for students.

CORE VALUES

Excellence
We maintain a five-star customer service approach in client service collaboration. We innovate in the pursuit of excellence in all that we do and continue to improve in order to meet and sustain the highest standard of performance.

Collaboration & Transparency
We operate in a way that creates openness and trust among all stakeholders, leading to enhanced communication and collective decision-making.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We celebrate the inclusiveness of our university community and are sensitive to cultural and personal differences.  We offer services and resources that address the career development needs of our diverse student population.

Civility & Respect
We treat each other with respect and with dignity

Social Responsibility
We pride ourselves on engagement and partnerships to enhance the communities in which we live.

Integrity
We are honest and ethical in all we do, we keep our promises and acknowledge our mistakes. 

Leadership
We are dedicated to continuously improving our client services and to assuming leadership in the profession of career development.

PILLARS

Pillar 1
Preparing Students for Career Success.  In collaboration with our many campus partners, we offer comprehensive career education and professional development opportunities designed to increase our students’ awareness, decision-making, self-efficacy, and career readiness. 

Pillar 2
Employer Connections and Engagement.  Expand and diversify our employer relationships to ensure that all of our students have career development and employment opportunities in fields related to academic and career interests. Engagement takes various forms of experiential learning including internship, co-op, and leadership development programs and alumni mentorship Initiatives.

Pillar 3
Experiential Learning. Career Development Services emphasizes experiential learning as an essential component of each student’s career exploration, preparation, and professional development.  Conducted through internship, co-op, major-related summer or part-time employment, service learning, or other programs, experiential learning provides students with meaningful knowledge and critical skills development opportunities outside the classroom that lead to successful career outcomes upon graduation.

Pillar 4
Community Investment. Expand our relationships with our surrounding public sector organizations for the purpose of increasing student engagement in service projects, which serve community needs, student professional development goals, and university mission statement objectives.