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Employment is becoming increasingly skills-focused. Indeed, the abilities to communicate effectively, problem-solve and quickly learn and apply new technologies, for instance, are proving to be of the utmost importance for landing jobs and nurturing early careers.

Written by Shravanthi Budhi

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and NJIT are now partners in education. The institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), as well as two other agreements involving NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), Oct. 25 in Beijing. Joel S. Bloom, NJIT president, and Jianyong Qiao, BUPT president, represented their respective universities, along with faculty and staff, at the signing.

Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) in Livingston, N.J., is no stranger to accolades. Among other notable rankings, the acute-care teaching hospital has received 16 A ratings in a row from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, and is one of less than 41 hospitals in the country to achieve this consistency.

TEDxNJIT aims to bring innovation and remarkable people together to share a TED-like experience in Newark. This year’s event was all about stories of resilience from guest speakers of all different backgrounds, including the following members of Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM).

Tomi Antoljak

They headed out at 8 a.m. on a Friday in September for a whirlwind excursion of Manhattan-based startups, accelerators, incubators and venture capital firms. And after traversing the city, between midtown and downtown, they returned to NJIT at day’s end with a firsthand view and better understanding of the world of entrepreneurship.

As the state of our economy receives greater and greater attention, last week a group of Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) business students were given the opportunity to leave their classrooms and see things for themselves at the New York Federal Reserve in New York City. Organized by Zhipeng Yan, corporate finance professor and associate dean, and accompanied by Oya I. Tukel, MTSM dean, the trip brought business students to the financial capital of the world, where they enjoyed an inside look at the gold vaults hidden some 80 feet beneath its busy streets.

Building on last year’s fruitful trip to Germany, NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), in collaboration with the university’s Office of Global Initiatives, is again offering a faculty-led study abroad trip during Spring Break — this time to Lyon, France, in March 2020. Students will learn about international marketing principles through visits with French companies, including JP Riviere Winery and Groupe SEB, and lectures at ESDES, the business school of UCLy — Lyon Catholic University.

According to NJIT Career Development Services’ most recent annual report, almost one-fifth of undergrads from the Class of 2018 who reported full-time employment indicated an NJIT career fair as their source.

That figure certainly demonstrates the value of students attending the fair, to both mingle with prospective employers and leave a lasting impression on recruiters. But vital to the mix in landing a position is preparedness.

Twenty faculty members from Shanghai LIXIN University of Accounting and Finance (LIXIN) visited Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) this past August and attended a two-week executive training program, “Training on Integrating Blockchain Education and Flipped Courses Into Teaching in the Areas of Finance and Accounting.” During their visit, LIXIN professors were able to engage in Blockchain and design thinking as part of the IBM Skills Academy program.