Professional development
Shadow for Success
A credit-bearing course that partners students with successful Rider Alumni and community business leaders in a unique learning experience. By matching with a successful professional the student will have the opportunity to observe the daily realities of the actual work environment.

Enriched Career Experiences
Your path to career success begins long before graduation. That’s why Rider encourages incorporating an Enriched Career Experience into your academic journey and integrating it into your Engaged Learning activities to help achieve your future goals and transform your professional dreams into reality.

The Cranberry Investment
The Cranberry Investment is a guarantee that Rider students will gain an entry level position or acceptance into a graduate or professional program within six months of graduation, or we’ll provide career coaching and may recommend either nine additional credits of undergraduate coursework in your field of study at no cost or a paid six-month internship.
Career resources
One of the roles of a great education is to prepare you for a fulfilling career. That's why we want to provide you with resources to set you up for success.
Launch your career
... or maybe you'll even create your own company.

Career and internship opportunities:
- ABC-TV
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- ExxonMobil
- Johnson & Johnson
- NJ State Police Forensic Anthropology Lab
- New York Mets
- Perelman School of Medicine
- NJM Insurance Group
Students
Get your future career started now with unique opportunities just for you.
Employers
We look forward to helping connect you with Rider talent.
Alumni
Our career experts are here to help you accelerate your career.
Parents
Providing you with the the support and tools your student needs to succeed.
Faculty and Staff
Career Services is ready to enhance your classroom experience.
Facts and figures
96%
Of undergraduate students are employed, in graduate school, volunteering or in the military within one year of graduation
99%
Of graduate students are employed, pursuing further education, volunteering or in the military within one year of graduation
7
Fifth-year graduate options make it easy to get your master's
400+
Employers participated in job fairs in 2022
95%
of students expected to complete internships, fieldwork and other enriched career experiences
900+
Rider alumni are CEOs, presidents or organizational leaders