Rutgers University
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Fun work place
Media Assistant (Former Employee), Newark, NJ –
Helping professors and other students with media equipment and solutions was a typical day at work. Great team and learned a lot about media. The management was great and encouraging co-workers were supportive and enthusiastic.
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Lots of job diversity
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), New Brunswick/Piscataway –
Many opportunities for advancement in different areas. Professional development training is great. Great to work with college students.
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Very Diverse Culturally
Federal Work Study Student Manager (Former Employee), Piscataway, NJ –
Pros: learning to manage time, manage workers, and delegate responsibility efficientlyiently
Cons: no benefits
I have learned to work with a multitude of people and the diversity has helped shape my understanding of workers as individuals. The hardest part of my job was to leave at the end of my work shift. I enjoyed working with the students very much. Being on top of my students was the main initiative throughout my day. I had to make sure all tasks were being – more...  done and completed in a timely manner. – less
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Great school and place to work
Research Assistant (Former Employee), New Brunswick –
People are nice and ready to help.
State of the art researches and a great place to learn.
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Typical Graduate School Experience
Teaching/Research Fellow (Current Employee), New Brunswick, NJ –
Pros: free food
Cons: egomania
Understand that your goal is to be trained to be a collaborator, not a serf.
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Fun
Community Assistant (Former Employee), Piscataway, NJ –
Low pay, fun working envionment nice people, diverse population
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Full time student - Major (Former Employee), Newark, NJ –
Pros: finish school
Cons: no money coming in - not working
I went to school full time after leaving Coopers & Lybrand to complete my Bachelors Degree.
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Excellent academic work environment.
Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work (Current Employee), Newark, NJ –
Pros: pervasive sense of moving forward.
Very supportive atmosphere for both faculty & students. Well organized anf forward thinking public university serving a vast array of diofferent constiotuencies.
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Research Associate (Former Employee), Piscataway, NJ, Ernrst Mario School of Pharmacy –
Pros: creative atmosphere
Cons: no
The job:
Development and validation of methods of determination (HPLC-MS/MS) of anti-cancer drugs in vivo (dog blood plasma) and in vitro. Sample preparation, method development, sample analysis;

I learned:
How to handle numerous projects simultaneously;

Co-workers:
Communication with graduate students helping them with their projects; Fresh minds, – more...  new ideas;

Management:
Good ideas always appreciated and supported by the boss.

The hardest part:
Financing can stop unexpectedly;

The most enjoyable:
Freedom to use or create novel, or even new approaches, new techniques. Easy to get access to any literature source;

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Limited Advancement
Operations Area Manager Supervisor (Former Employee), Newark NJ –
Worst place I've ever worked Great office staff Poor management
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A typical day at Rutgers University
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Jersey City, NJ –
My typical day at Rutgers University involves working on various functions Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and Access; I also was doing Budget, copy and fax using the Xerox Printing/Fax machine, Time Record,Time and Effort (T&E), Weekly Itinerary, Ordering office supply and arranging meeting in and outside the office. I had learned how to do a hard draft – more...  of the budget from the beginning to the end of the fiscal year, and how to make sure that the number were acquire all the way down to the very last penny. co-workers what make the day go by, we may have our ups and down but still we get along. The hardest part of the job was the budget the supervisor and I sometime had to work late just to make sure that every number was right that the University was giving us, I used to go to bed dreaming about numbers. The most enjoyable part about the job was getting along with others and learning hand on how to do the budget. – less
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Working as a student to gain experience for the real world
House Crew (Current Employee), New Brunswick, NJ –
Pros: job is on campus
Working at the one of the student centers of this university allows you to learn the importance of striving for perfection. You learn how to deal with clients and make sure they have a good experience by meeting their demands and making sure everything is setup exactly how they want their events to be set up.
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Relaxed Environment
Research Assistant (Former Employee), Newark, NJ –
Supervisors and co-workers are very helpful and schedules are very flexible for the most part.
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University
Math Tutor (Former Employee), New Brunswick, New Jersey –
This is where I began my engineering curriculum. It had a very large and diverse campus setting.
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Great Job
Research Assistant (Former Employee), Piscataway, NJ –
Don't graduate from school without working at Rutgers. It allows you to learn as much as you can and give you a lot of room to express yourself creatively.
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Enjoyed work atmosphere and worked around class schedule
Administrative Office Assistant (Former Employee), Newark, New Jersey –
Pros: free coffee, had classes in the same building, liked my supervisor.
Cons: none that i can think of except it ended.
It was a work study position, so being a student at the University while working there was great. The office atmosphere was very calm and professional,
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Education oriented, positive work environment, very enjoyable
Tutor / Intern / Research Assistant (Former Employee), Douglass, College Ave, Livingston and Bush –
Pros: being able to work and complete my education goals
Cons: was not able to continue into the masters program
I have enjoyed working at Rutgers for the past 1 1/2 years. Now that I have completed my bachelors, I am looking for new opportunities to combine my previous work experience with the Labor Studies and Employment Relations science degree.
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