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Rutgers-Camden Career Center
Visit our RU-Camden Career Center online and discover many resources available to Rutgers students, incl.
(pick two seminars, make an appointment and attend )
- Alumni Career Network: http://careers1.rutgers.edu/alumni/main.asp
- View videos on interview skills: http://cc.camden.rutgers.edu/video/default.html
- Online Career Path https://www.navagility.com/rutgers_ce/index.htm
What Color Is Your Parachute?
This website is a great resource- collection of information and resources to guide you in doing part of your job-hunt here on the Internet.Career Discovery and Planning (UPenn)
Provides detailed information on the steps involved in starting your career discovery process.America's Career InfoNET
(Lots of great information on occupations, industries and geographic locations, includes videos.)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (DoL)
Search by occupations or occupational clusters; provides information on the tasks involved, salary ranges, and occupational outlook for that field.Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, 2006 (The Washington Post)
Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates through surveys of employers nationwide. This data is drawn from the latest Occupational Employment Statistics Survey. You can browse the data below for estimates by area or occupation.BusinessWeek Online: CAREERS
(Provides much info from a business perspective, including global information, you can even search for the "cost of living" in various regions)
Career Planning by major (Arcadia CS)
Research, Reading and Writing Links
How to improve your Study Skills (how-to-study.com)
Library Resources Online (Sociology Department links directly to Robeson Library indexes and journals - need Rutgers student ID)
Have you seen the Citation Machine? (It automatically converts your source into either MLA or APA style-- Try it! It's great! Anyone can do it effortlessly! Just minor corrections required!--- Do you think this a form of " McDonaldization" in academia?)
Sociology Department's Citation Guide
Sociology Department's Plagiarism Page (Read this page carefully. Familiarize yourself with the University Policy on what is considered plagiarism, i.e., you need to know what needs to be cited. Especially recommended are Dr. Meyer's and Dr. Babbie's links.)
Career Exploration: America's InfoNET (explore career options)
WTO Watch: (Seattle)
Two media reports:
BBC: Genoa Demonstrations in 2001
Deutsche Welle: Antiglobalization Demonstrations
PBS: Winner Take All (society)PBS-NOW: Risk Society , Tax Justice in Alabama ,
Democracy Now: Clips on YouTube from the National Media Reform Conference 2007
PBS - WHYY - Wide Angle: 1-800-India
AFL-CIO/SEIU: Justice for Janitors and SEIU Home Care Workers (unions)AFL-CIO: Paying the Price at Walmart
PBS - Frontline: Is Walmart good for America?
ABC TV: 20/20 "Waiting on the World to Change" (Camden)
Report and video about an exceptional school teacher (Canada)
http://hobartshakespeareans.org/
flash video: http://hobartshakespeareans.org/imagesclips_clips.php
PBS: The Hobart Shakespeareans
>>> read more about this exceptional school teacher's view on teaching
>>> visit their website and view a videoThe Internet Movie Archive. These open source films focus on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. American Thrift, Pt I (1962) Tribute to the "Woman American," her thrifty purchasing habits, the American system of mass production. Consumerism; Gender roles; Families. Word to the Wives, (ca. 1955) Producer: Telamerica, Inc. Sponsor: American Gas Association, National Association of Home Builders, and The Woman's Home Companion - How two women trick a husband into buying a new kitchen. Consumerism; Gender roles. American Distribution of Wealth - propaganda film from the Cold War period.
New York Times (Subscription required! Free of charge!)
New York Times - Student Connections (Great site, especially for aspiring teachers)
Congressional Quarterly - CQ Researcher (Library access code required)
Factiva (Library access code required)
Lexis-Nexis (Library access code required)
Policy
Analysis, "Think Tanks," and Alternative Media Sources
Chart of the US Political Spectrum (depicts a range of perspectives from left to right and links to think tanks)
Global Issues That Affect Everyone (Anup Shah, the editor of this web site grew up in East Africa, lived in England for 23 years and then got the opportunity to work in the USA for almost four years. In June 2001, he moved back to England. His experience of living in the US inspired him to develop this website.)
MediaEducationFoundation: Critical Video Resource (I encourage you to explore this site: Excellent videos, articles and transcripts. Much food for thought!)
The American Prospect aims to contribute to a renewal of America's democratic traditions by presenting a practical and convincing vision of liberal philosophy, politics, and public life. Publishes articles for the general reader that attempt to break through conventional understanding and creatively reframe public questions. It is a magazine of public ideas, firmly committed to a belief in public improvement. America can do much good, and it can do much better.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science (EFNS), incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization in 1949, publishes the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and manages other related programs from its office in Chicago. Its mission of is to educate citizens about global security issues, especially the continuing dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, and about the appropriate roles of nuclear technology.Campaign for America's Future (CAF) Over 100 Prominent Americans - citizen activists and policy experts concerned about our country and our planet - have joined together to launch and build the Campaign for America's Future. This site offers a progressive vision of an economy and a future that works for all of us.
Cato Institute is a right-wing think tank which "seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets... the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government."
Electronic Policy Network (EPN) - now called Policy Action Network
provides policy analysis to the general public, so that students, legislators, advocacy groups, educators, and citizens can easily keep pace with the latest research and goings-on in Washington and beyond.
Heritage Foundation Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation's mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
In These Times provides progressive coverage of the labor movement, environment, feminism, grassroots politics, minority communities and the media. In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter.
Knowledge@Wharton is a bi-weekly online resource that offers the latest business insights, information and research from a variety of sources. According to the Wharton School, knowledge is a source of competitive advantage, here is a link to their "source." (This newsletter is free, but you need to register)
The Nation "will not be the organ of any party, sect, or body. It will, on the contrary, make an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred." -- from The Nation's founding prospectus, 1865
The Progressive is a progressive journal which opposes militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty, and prejudice in all its guises. It champions peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.
Public Agenda Online is an online resource to help citizens better understand critical policy issues so they can make their own more informed and thoughtful decisions.
Union of Concerned Scientists deals with isses of environment and invites participation in initiatives in their ACTION CENTER, where one can influence policy by directly contacting agencies or officials.
TOMPAINE.common sense is a Public Interest Journal which seeks to enrich the national debate on controversial public issues by featuring the ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the mainstream media.
2030 Center - A Public Policy Organization for Young People & America's Economic Future
The 2030 Center is presently implementing two projects. The first, our Social Security project, has brought the organization major national attention as an important advocate for young adults who want to strengthen, not dismantle, Social Security for future generations.
The second, our Jobs of the Future project, is a new effort to investigate the impact on young adults of temporary, part-time, and service-sector work, and to promote policy solutions that will improve the well-being of young workers.Social Security Center (AARP)
Social Security (AFL-CIO)
Social Security Superpage (Institute for America's Future)
Social Security Privatization (Cato Institute)
Social Security Network (Century Foundation/Twentieth Century Project)
Social Security Reform Center (Heritage Foundation)
MySocialSecurity.org (National Center for Policy Analysis)
Understanding Social Security (SSA.org)
International Labour Organiztion (ILO)
American Sociological Association
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