Our SPEA Career Guides are your link to the top fields and professions historically popular with our alumni. Researching and targeting organizations of interest is the first step in your career search. Each guide provides the following information:
- What to expect in that career field
- General qualifications necessary
- Employers
- Online resources and networking sites
Be sure to also use the general career resources for your search and network with SPEA alumni through LinkedIn and SPEACareers.com!
Guides are listed in alphabetical order by interest area (major/concentration).
- Arts Management/Administration
- Associations
- Capitol Hill
- Conflict Resolution
- Consulting
- Corporate Responsiblity
- Education (Domestic)
- Education (International)
- Energy
- Environmental
- European Union/Commission
- Federal Government/Service
- Foreign Service
- Foundations
- Government Relations/Lobbying
- Health Administration/Management
- Human Resources
- Human Rights
- Humanitarian Aid and Relief
- International - General Internship and Job Searching
- International Business
- International Consulting
- International Development
- Local and State Government/Service
- Management, Retail, and Hospitality
- Marketing
- National Security
- Non-Profit Management
- Public Finance
- Public Policy (Policy Analysis), Science, and Technology
- Social Entrepreneurship/Enterprise
- Think Tanks
- United Nations - Under Construction
Please Note: Many of these guides have been edited for the use of SPEA students by the staff of SPEA's Office of Career Services. The information contained in many of the guides was written by the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.
More Information
- Understanding International NGO's and Non-Profits
- Transnational NGO's
- Federal Excepted Service