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City Tech Library - The Ursula C. Schwerin Library at New York City College of Technology is integral to the educational mission of the college, and fosters connections with and supports students, faculty, and staff in their academic pursuits. Library faculty and staff are committed to student success as we implement and acquire those services and resources that will have the greatest positive impact on the diverse City Tech community. The library offers physical and online access to academic resources, information technology, and study space. Our collections provide our students with opportunities for intellectual exploration, and library faculty empower students to find and critically evaluate information and its uses. As members of an academic department in the college, library faculty research, innovate, and lead on issues in library and information studies, scholarly communications, instructional technology, pedagogy, and higher education.
CUNY LEADS Program Linking Employment, Academics and Disability Services CUNY LEADS is a unique program of the City University of New York created to provide students with disabilities the skills to make realistic academic and career choices that will result in successful career outcomes. LEADS students receive individualized academic and career guidance and training for the world of work in areas including, but not limited to: Academic Advisement Career Counseling Resume Preparation Assistance Interview Preparation Assistance Internship Assistance Job Seeking Assistance Advocacy Skills Referral Assistance with ACCES/VR Start planning your transition from school to work with the LEADS Advisor through professional networking, internship and employment opportunities. For more information on this FREE and exciting program and to find out if you are eligible, please contact: Linda Rivera MSEd, CUNY LEADS Advisor, E-mail: lrivera@citytech.cuny.edu
Federal Work Study - The Federal Work-Study Program is a program that provides part-time jobs for undergraduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses. Jobs are available both on and off- campus and include community service work.
International Students - The Office of International Student Services (OISS) promotes diversity and highlights the importance, as well as the value of international and cross-cultural exchange. Additionally, OISS offers support throughout your academic journey at City Tech. Through counseling and advisement, we provide you with in depth assistance on F-1/J-1 status rules and regulations, compliance, immigration policy updates, employment options, personal matters, student life at the college and information about living in New York City. OISS is available to assist in transitioning you into a new environment. We help and encourage you to make connections with peers and the administration who will share in your experience as a City Tech student.
Undergraduate Research - The goal of City Tech's undergraduate research program is to ensure that all students have access to undergraduate research opportunities. We are committed to the principle that research is a learning experience leading to deeper understanding of concepts taught in the classroom, through their application to discover new knowledge or solve societal problems.
Transfer Students- The Transfer Student Center & Recruitment unit recognizes that transferring can be a daunting process. Our goal is to prepare students for success by helping them understand the application process and admission criteria, giving general information on majors and programs, and fostering communication with the appropriate department(s).
The Office of Veteran Support Services (VSS) The Office of Veteran Support Services (VSS) - aims to ease transition from military life to scholar by providing a wide array of programs, services, resources, and activities on campus that support student veterans and encourage post-graduate success. As a specialized unit of New York City College of Technologyâ€™s Department of Counseling, VSS also provides short-term personal, academic and career counseling to student veterans, military personnel, and dependent students.

Quora.com This site is a research and reference site that provides information and trends on different Tech topics.
InfoQ.com This site has curated articles, presentations, and posts about software development.
LinkedIn Learning with Lynda This is an online site for skills building (offers a 10 day free trial). The New York and Brooklyn Public Library have free subscriptions.
Uncubed.com This site provides online learning platform consisting of short, behind-the-scenes videos that show how the world's most exciting tech companies are solving problems in engineering, design, marketing and more. Use (cuny.edu) email address to get preselected Tech videos.
Resources.skillcrush.com This site provides free e-books download and provides a comprehensive overview of how to prepare for Tech interviews. This site provides accessible language for first-time Tech job seekers.
Hackerrank.com This is a Coding prep site that companies are starting to use for technical interviews. (CodePair – is a tool within Hackerrank.com that allows companies to watch you code in real time remotely.)
Nyhackathons.com This site lists current hackathons in the New York City area.
DevPost.com This site is a Q&A collaboration site for programmers to solve problems.
Stackoverflow.com This site is a Q&A collaboration site for programmers to solve problems.
freecodecamp.com This site provides guidance for making open source contributions.
codingforinterviews.com This a collaborative free site where the group practices on the same problem and then reviews answers the following week. This site also contains a list of useful Tech practice resources.
Coding Interview Problem: Least Disruptive Subrange — Jackson Gabbard This site provides guidance through an entry level coding problem that you might face in an interview at a tech company.
Skillcrush.com This site contains advice on how to master a whiteboard test while interviewing for a Tech job.
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Idealist This is the world's largest job search engine for nonprofit, government, and social enterprise jobs. Idealist list jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities and graduate fairs.
Indeed This is a job site, with over 200 million unique visitors per month. It is a worldwide employment-related search engine for job listings. Indeed has given job seekers free access to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards.
Glassdoor Glassdoor is one of the fastest growing jobs and recruiting sites. Reviews, salaries and benefits from employees. It has interview questions from candidates and millions of jobs posted. Glassdoor holds a growing database of millions of company reviews, CEO approval ratings, salary reports, interview reviews and questions, benefits reviews, office photos and more. Unlike other job sites, all of this information is entirely shared by those who know a company best — the employees Add to that millions of the latest jobs — no other site allows you to see which employers are hiring, what it's really like to work or interview there according to employees, and how much you could earn.
ONet OnLine The ONet program is the nation's primary source of occupational information site. Central to the project is the ONet database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. The database also provides the basis for the Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.
TheMuse This career advice and job hunting platform. It has 50 million unique visitors annually it offers advice, information about employers, videos that teach skills, and career coaching services.
Work it Daily This career advice site provides daily personal branding tips and job search advice from approved career experts and business to over 1,000,000 visitors each month.
LinkedIn This is a social networking site designed specifically to connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. On this site you can establish your professional profile, build your professional network, connect with colleagues/ classmates, learn about companies and obtain industry insights, finding other professionals in the same industry, share your thoughts/insights and search for jobs.
ZipRecruiter College Jobs Students can apply to jobs quickly with one click, get matched to relevant jobs based on your job search history, and get alerted as soon as hiring managers view your application.

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