Past Events

This talk introduces an important theory in evolutionary biology: the r/K strategy theory.

Please join us to learn more about the IBM HR Internship Program from the professionals themselves. This session will offer an inside view of HR at IBM while giving you the opportunity to ask your most pressing questions about our intern program.

Organizations increasingly use algorithms to determine who gets hired, how workers are evaluated, and even who gets fired. To examine the implications of organizations’ use of algorithms in the labor process, I conducted a longitudinal study of one the largest digital labor platforms for high-skilled work. I found workers were confronted with and responded to the algorithms controlling them in ways that existing theory does not adequately account for. First, new workers engaged in practices which inadvertently contributed to suboptimal wages and inefficient job matching when then they encountered the “cold start” problem: the algorithm struggled to recommend new workers to jobs primarily because they had no prior rating history. Second, for experienced workers who obtain a rating evaluation, the platform's algorithms create what I call "reputational interdependence": the platform's algorithms share workers' rating scores within and across other digital platforms and organizations, without workers' consent or control. Together, I theorize how algorithms enable platforms to control high-skilled workers within an “invisible cage”: an environment in which organizations embed the rules and guidelines for how workers should behave in opaque algorithms that shift without providing notice, explanation, or recourse for workers. It is ‘invisible’ because organizations can use algorithms to change the rules and criteria for success at an unprecedented speed and scale without notice or explanation. It is a ‘cage’ because these algorithms increasingly control our opportunities without our say.

Join SMLR in-person at the Rutgers-New Brunswick Fall Career & Internship Mega Fair at Jersey Mike's Arena on our Livingston Campus. An anticipated group of over 400 employers will be available to network with 7,000+ candidates to discuss full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities in various fields. 

The Office of Graduate Student Life and the Graduate Student Association invite all graduate and professional school students to stop by to enjoy food, networking, and learn about Graduate Student Organizations and University Department support services! All graduate students are welcome! Halal and vegan options will be provided for the reception.

Do you have your resume ready for the upcoming career fairs? Stop by this event in person or remotely to meet with a career specialist, review your resume, and get ready to navigate the fair!

Stop by our Style Station to browse and purchase professional attire that will help you look and feel confident. First 30 SMLR students  that show up and register for the career fair will receive a style box for free!

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE), Rutgers Global, and the TUP Academy (based in New Jersey, U.S.) partnered to launch TUP@Rutgers, an innovative non-degree, pre-college preparatory program for highly qualified international students.

Please join us on August 14 at Zeppelin Hall for a fun evening of drinks, food and networking with the SMLR Alumni Association and the Rutgers Alumni Association! 

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE), in partnership with Rutgers Global, hosted the 5th Summer Camp, Frontiers of Labor and Human Resources Management, at Rutgers’ New Brunswick campus from July 28 to August 19, 2025. Nine students from Renmin University of China, Macau University of Science and Technology, and Korea University participated in the program.