Graduates often find opportunities with private companies that need policy expertise, or with consulting and law firms that specialize in developing relationships between private companies, nonprofits, and government bodies both domestically and abroad. Private companies often require policy experts over a wide range of topics and specialties.
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Top job boards
- CareerBuilder (General employment listings)
- CareerJet (General employment listings)
- CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor sponsored career resources including a job board called AJB)
- CareerWomen (General employment listings catered towards women)
- Econ-Jobs (Employment listings for economists)
- GIINJobBoard (Employment listings from the Global Impact Investing Network that is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of impact investing)
- Glassdoor (General employment listings, career resources, employer and position reviews)
- Guardian Unlimited (General employment listings based in the U.K.)
- Icrunchdata (Employment listings for analytical and statistical work)
- Indeed (General employment listings)
- JuJu (General employment listings)
- Linkedin (Social network catered to professionals, general employment listings)
- Monster (General employment listings)
- SimplyHired (General employment listings)
- Washington Post (General employment listings based in Washington D.C.)
Industry trade associations and interest groups
Sample employers in consulting
- Public Sector Consulting 101 (by an alum with BAH)
- Lists of employers in the consulting field
- Top 50 Consulting firms (2023)
- Top 25 Consulting Firms (2023, another view)
- Consulting Firm Directory (lists both major and slightly less well known players)
- Vault’s 20 Best Consulting Firms for Public Sector Consulting
- Vault’s Top 50 Consulting Firms (General)
- A few firms not listed in the consulting directory above
- Alliance Resource Consulting
- AIG – American International Group
- Atlas Network
- Baker Tilly
- BBC Research & Consulting
- BCI – Borkerage Consultants
- BCW Global
- Boston (BCG)
- Cassidy and Associates
- DAI
- Deloitte
- Edelman
- G Strategies
- Global Energy Security Analysis
- Guidehouse
- Honeywell
- Houlihan Lokey
- J.P. Morgan
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lazard
- PAL-TECH Planning and Learning Technologies Inc.
- Resource Innovations
- RTI International
- Unisys Corporation
- Weber Shandwick Worldwide