Student Resources:
Where Are the Policy Jobs, and How Do I Get One?
*Names in bold indicate Presenter
Speakers: Kevin Van Dyke, Leanne Ayele, Felix Tettey, and Annaliese Johnson, IMPAQ International
What is the number one thing on public policy students’ minds? Where they will be getting a job after graduation! This practical session will help students better understand their employment options and tactics to help improve their hireability. The panelists will share their extensive hiring and management experience across public, private, and nonprofit programs and policy organizations. This panel consists of a policy expert who manages large research projects and regularly hires and mentors recent graduates, a recent graduate of a public policy Master’s program who successfully navigated the job search process, a human resource professional who screens and hires a high volume of recent graduates, and a student currently interning at a public policy firm and preparing to enter the job market.
Topics will include:
- Up-and-coming areas where we anticipate policy and program management jobs will be created,
- What public policy, research, and program management firms look for when hiring recent graduates, The value of internships, and how to use them to your full advantage,
- Tips on getting hired, including an insider’s view of the hiring process,
- Leveraging data and technical skills for policy research jobs,
- Non-traditional career paths / what else you can do with a public policy degree,
- Non-research employment opportunities at public policy firms, such as communications, project management, and business development, and
- Where and how to network.
