Career Resources for You!
Looking for a job or internship? Check out Handshake, which provides the primary database of job and internship postings at UMass. It also offers information about upcoming career fairs and other career-related events.
You can click the text below to find additional supports.
SBS Career Advising knows that professional development doesn’t start when you need a job. It starts now. That doesn’t mean you need to know the career you want after college. It means you should seek opportunities to develop skills that will serve you well in any career (like public speaking, writing, interpersonal, and analytic skills), explore what’s out there, connect with alumni, learn job search strategies, build experience by asking for more responsibility or new projects at work, seek leadership positions in clubs or volunteer organizations, and lay the groundwork for internships.
- Exploring career fields that might fit best
- Searching for jobs and internships
- Preparing materials for application - resume and cover letters
- Practicing for interviews
- Negotiating your salary
For career advising support, please reach out to our advising team.
Marcie Muehlke, Associate Director of Graduate Student Services, or schedule a career advising appointment.
Emily White, Assistant Director of Graduate Student Services, or schedule a career advising appointment.
If you are considering (or sure of) law school, schedule an appointment with
You can learn at Pre-Law Advising about careers in the legal field, the application process, and get support as you apply. Pre-Law advising is available to current students from any major and to alumni.
Internship and job options can be found on Handshake, through networking with lawyers, and more. The following organizations also routinely hire interns: Greater Boston Legal Aid, Community Legal Aid, De Novo, MetroWest Legal Services, Northeast Legal Aid, and Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Graduating students looking for work in the legal field before law school can explore paralegal or project assistant roles at law offices as well as AmeriCorps Legal Advocates of Massachusetts in addition to a variety of other positions.
International City/County Management Association (ICMA) aims to advance professionals in local government through leadership, management, innovation, and ethics. The UMass Amherst ICMA Student Chapter strives to integrate chapter members into the local government management profession by providing resources, introducing connections, and encouraging skill development essential to a career in public administration and policy.
Email: icma@umass.edu, Instagram: @icma_umass, Facebook: @UMassICMA
Public Policy Student Association, open to all UMass Amherst undergraduates, aims to educate the student body about public policy and the ways in which it can be used to create change. By engaging with alumni and professionals, we hope to expose our members to career pathways in policy, nonprofits, and law while exploring a range of policy areas from climate change and social justice to education and healthcare.
Email: fnussbaum@umass.edu
Public Policy Graduate Student Organization, open to all UMass Amherst graduate students, aims to provide student representation in School of Public Policy discussions, such as curriculum, new faculty hires, etc.
Email: thaddeusmill@umass.edu
Getting involved on campus and in the community can help you to learn or grow your passions and skills.
There are a multitude of ways to engage in the community by volunteering near UMass Amherst.
There are also a breadth of ways to get involved on campus:
- Join a club
- Participate in intramural sports or a club sport
- Become a Resident Advisor or a Peer Mentor (undergraduates only)
- Become a Teaching Assistant by talking to your professors
- Get involved in Residence Life through House Council or the Residence Hall Association
- Participate in Civic Learning on Campus
- Become a Tutor, SI, or ExSEL leader in the Learning Resource Center
- Help people find research positions by working in the Office of Undergraduate Research and Studies
- Get a job on campus that is meaningful to you
- Get involved in a center on campus:
- Disability Services
For graduate students who are in the MPA or MPPA program, there is an internship requirement. The details of that requirement and the associated forms may be found here.
Nonprofits
- American Institutes for Research
- American Society for Public Administration
- American Red Cross
- Asian Development Bank
- Bipartisan Policy Center Internships
- Brookings Institution
- CARE
- Care2
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Children NOW
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Citizen’s Climate Lobby Internships
- Collective Power for Reproductive Justice Internships
- Commongood Careers/Koya Leadership Partners
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Council on Foundations
- DevEx
- Ford Foundation
- Free Press
- Harbinger Partners
- Human Service Forum
- Independent Sector
- Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
- Mathematica Policy Research
- Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- National Center on Education and the Economy
- National MultiCultural Institute
- National Women’s Law Center Internships
- NeighborWorks
- New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
- Nonprofitjobs.org
- Nonprofit Times
- Open Secrets Internships
- Oxfam America
- Pew Research Center Internships
- Philanthropy Massachusetts
- Planned Parenthood
- Population Council
- Public Policy Institute of California
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- Tellus Institute
- Third Sector New England
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Urban Institute
- Vera Institute
- Women’s Congressional Policy Institute Research
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
Local Government
- City of Boston Summer Internship Program
- Government Finance Officers Association
- International City Management Association
- National Association of Counties
- Massachusetts Municipal Association's MassTown Careers
- National Civic League
State Government
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Internships
- Connecticut Office of Policy and Management Internships
- Massachusetts State Rep. Mindy Domb Internships
- Massachusetts State Senator Jo Comerford
- Massachusetts Governor’s Office Internships
- Massachusetts Government Human Resources
- Massachusetts State Jobs
- MASSterlist Job Board
- National Conference of State Legislators
- New Jersey Governor’s Internship Programs
- New York State Internships
- New York State Attorney General’s Office Internships
- North Carolina State Internship Program
Federal Government
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Congressional Budget Office
- Congressional Research Service
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Transportation
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Federal Railroad Administration
- Federal Websites from the Library of Congress
- Foreign Service
- Internships with Federal Government
- Library of Congress Jobs
- NASA
- State Department
- US Court - Judiciary Jobs
- US General Services Administration
- US Geological Survey
- US Intelligence Community
- USA Jobs - Federal Jobs Search Engine
- White House
Private Sector
- Accenture
- BearingPoint
- Covance
- Deloitte Consulting
- Economic & Planning Systems
- Ernst & Young
- Fannie Mae
- ICF Consulting
- Lewin Group
- McKinsey & Company
- Moody's Investors Service
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Public Financial Management
- Standard & Poor's Global
Public Affairs
K-12 Education
Higher Education
Social Enterprises, Sustainable Jobs, and Corporate Social Responsibility
- B Work
- Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Data Science and Sustainability
- Global Impact Investing Network
- Net Impact
- ReWork/Koya Leadership Partners
- Social Good Jobs
- Sustainable Business "Green Dream" Jobs
- Sustainable Food Jobs
Search Firms Focusing on Government or Nonprofits
International Opportunities
- Africa-America Institute
- Center for International Policy
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Charity Job
- Children's Defense Fund
- Council for Responsible Genetics
- Earthwatch Institute
- Electronic Network for Latin American Careers and Employment
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Global Impact
- Grassroots International
- Human Rights Watch
- Inter-American Foundation
- International Monetary Fund
- International Red Cross
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Third Sector Magazine
- United Nations Development Program
- United Nations Headquarters
- UN International Civil Service Commission
- World Bank
- World Policy Institute
Fellowships
Other Job Listing Resources
Connect with Marcie Muehlke (mmuehlke@umass.edu) for details.