Placement

Public Policy students are trained for a wide variety of jobs in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Below are some of the places where students can find information about jobs:

• Electronic Job Listings
  Monster (http://www.monstertrak.com
  JobBank (http://www.ajb.com
  listing of jobs across country plus links to state employment services
  Brass Ring (http://www.brassring.com)
  listing of jobs in the high-tech area
  Employment Guide (http://www.employmentguide.com ) links to
  a number of different employment boards
  

• State and Local Government
  National Governor's Association (http://www.nga.org)
  National League of Cities (http://www.nlc.org)
  Providence City Government (http://www.providenceri.com)
  Rhode Island State Government (http://www.ri.gov )
  State and City Websites (http://www.statelocalgov.net ) list of
  links to state, city, and county government
  Council of State Governments (http://www.csg.org )
  National Council of State Legislatures (http://www.nscl.org )
  U.S. Council of Mayors (http://www.usmayors.org )
  Connecticut Department of Labor ( http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/ )
  Mass. Division of Employment & Training ( http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=dlwdhomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Edwd)
  NYS Department of Labor (http://www.labor.state.ny.us/ )
  RI Department of Labor & Training (http://www.dlt.state.ri.us/ )
  Student Jobs in Government (www.studentjobs.gov )
  

• U.S. National Government
  Federal Government Jobs (http://www.usajobs.opm.gov)
  Official Job listings for the United State National Government
  FIRSTGOV.gov (http://www.firstgov.gov) U.S. Government
  portal site with links to all government agencies.
  Congressional Budget Office (http://www.cbo.gov)
  Congressional Research Service (http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/ )
  General Accounting Office (http://www.gao.gov )
  Office of Personnel Management (http://www.opm.gov )
  Office of Management and Budget (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb)
  General Services Administration (http://www.gsa.gov )
  Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
  Department of Health and Human Services(http://www.hhs.gov)
  Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov)
  Department of Commerce (http://www.commerce.gov)
  Department of Defense (http://www.defenselink.mil)
  Agency for International Development (http://www.usaid.gov)
  Federal Reserve (http://www.federalreserve.gov )
  U.S. Government Accountability Office (http://www.gao.gov/)
  Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/careers/index.html )
  Department of Homeland Security (http://www.dhs.gov/)
  US Department of Housing & Urband Development (http://www.hud.gov/)
  US Department of Labor ( http://www.dol.gov/)

• Non-Profit Organizations
  Access (http://www.accessjobs.org)
  Listing of job and internship possibilities in non-profit organizations )
  AFL - CIO (http://www.aflcio.org)
  American Bar Association (http://www.abanet.org)
  Brookings Institution (http://www.brook.edu)
  Pew Charitable Trusts (http://www.pewtrusts.com)
  American Interprise Institute (http://www.aei.org)
  Heritage Foundation (http://www.heritage.org)
  Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfound.org)
  Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (http://www.jointcenter.org)
  Kaiser Family Foundation (http://www.kff.org)
  Rand Corporation (http://www.rand.org)
  Urban Institute (http://www.urban.org)
  APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management http://www.appam.org)
  ASPA (American Society for Public Administration http://www.aspanet.org)
  APA (American Planning Association http://www.planning.org)
  APSA (American Political Science Association http://www.apsanet.org)
  Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (http://www.ripec.org)
  Rhode Island Foundation (http://www.rifoundation.org)
  Center for Law & Social Policy ( http://www.clasp.org/ )

• International Organizations
  Asia Job Search (http://www.asiajobsearch.com)
  European Union Jobs (http://www.europeanvoice.com)
  Overseas Jobs (http://www.overseasjobs.com)
  World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org)
  United Nations (http://www.un.org)
  Inter-American Development Bank (http://www.iadb.org)
  International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org)
  Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
  (http://www.oecd.org)
  

• Private Sector Organizations
  Career Builder (http://www.careerbuilder.com)
  Abt Associates (http://www.abtassoc.com)
  Deloitte and Touche (http://www.deloitee.com/us)
  Forrester Research (http://www.forrester.com)
  Gartner Group (http://www.gartner.com)
  Mathematica Policy Research (http://www.mathematica-mpr.com)
  Price Waterhouse Cooper (http://www.pwcglobal.com)
  Booz-Allen Hamilton (http://www.boozallen.com)

• Public Service Careers
  

• NP/Foundations/Research
  William J. Clinton Foundation ( http://www.clintonfoundation.org/job-openings.htm)
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/WorkingWithUs/Jobs/ )
  Carnegie Corporation of New York ( http://www.carnegie.org/sub/about/employment.html )
  Rockefeller Foundation ( http://www.rockfound.org/about_us/careers/jobs.shtml )
  Kaiser Family Foundation (http:// www.kff.org )
  Ford Foundation ( http://www.fordfound.org )
  Heritage Foundation ( http://www.heritage.org )
  Kellogg Foundation ( http://www.wkkf.org )
  MacArthur Foundation ( http://www.macfound.org )
  Henry Luce Foundation ( http://www.hluce.org )
  Pew Charitable Trusts ( http://www.pewtrusts.com )
  Soros Foundation ( http://www.soros.org )
  United Nations Foundation ( http://www.unfoundation.org )
  Rhode Island Foundation ( http://www.rifoundation.org )
  Manhattan Institute (http://www.manhattan-institute.org )
  Institute for Public Policy Research (http://www.ippr.org.uk/ )
  National Institute for Research Advancement (http://www.nira.org )
  American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (http://www.aei.org )
  American Foreign Policy Council (http://www.afpc.org )
  The Aspen Institute (http://www.aspen.org )
  Association on Third World Affairs (http://www.atwa.org )
  The Brookings Institution (http://www.brookings.edu )
  California Budget Project (http://www.cbp.org )
  Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (http://www.carnegiecouncil.org )
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (http://www.carnegieendowment.org )
  The Carter Center (http://www.cartercenter.org )
  The Cato Institute (http://www.cato.org )
  Center for National Policy (http://www.cnponline.org )
  Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org )
  Committee for Economic Development (http://www.ced.org )
  The Commonwealth Institute (http://www.comw.org )
  Council on Foreign Relations (http://www.cfr.org )
  The Discovery Institute (http://www.discovery.org/ )
  Earth Policy Institute (http://www.earth-policy.org )
  Earth Policy Institute ( http://www.earth-policy.org/ )
  Economic Growth Center ( http://www.econ.yale.edu/~egcenter )
  Economic Policy Institute ( http://www.epinet.org/ )
  Employee Benefit Research Institute ( http://www.ebri.org/ )
  Ethics and Public Policy Center ( http://www.eppc.org/ )
  Hoover Institute on War, Resolution, & Peace ( http://www.hoover.org/ )
  The Hudson Institute ( http://www.hudson.org/ )
  The Independent Institute ( http://www.independent.org/ )
  Institute for Research on Poverty ( http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp)
  International Food Policy Research Institute ( http://www.ifpri.org/ )
  The Milken Institute ( http://www.milkeninstitute.org/)
  National Bureau of Economic Research ( http://www.nber.org/ )
  National Center for Policy Analysis ( http://www.ncpa.org )
  National Health Policy Forum ( http://www.newamerica.net )
  New American Foundation ( http://www.newamerica.net/ )
  Nixon Center ( http://www.popcouncil.org/ )
  Project for the New American Century ( http://www.newamericancentury.org/ )
  Public Policy Institute of California ( http://www.ppic.org/ )
  The Russell Sage Foundation ( http://www.russellsage.org/ )
  Social Science Research Council ( http://www.ssrc.org/ )
  The Urban Institute ( http://www.urban.org/ )
  Education Sector ( http://www.educationsector.org/ )
  Women in Government Relations ( http://www.wgr.org/ )
  The Center for Democracy & Technology ( http://www.cdt.org/ )
  New Energy Associates ( http://www.newenergyassoc.com/ )
  New England Board of Higher Education ( http://www.nebhe.org/ )

• General Job Search Links
  Human Rights Jobs ( http://www.humanrightsjobs.com/)
  Ethical Jobs ( http://www.ethicaljobs.net/)
  Political Jobs ( http://www.politicaljobs.net/)
  Policy Jobs ( http://www.policyjobs.net/)
  Federal Jobs ( http://www.usajobs.net/)
  Foundation Jobs (http://www.cof.org/index.cfm)
  Indeed (http://www.indeed.com/)
  Public Service Careers ( http://www.publicservicecareers.org/)
  Moving Ideas (http://www.movingideas.org/)
  Idealist (http://www.idealist.org/)
  Non-Profit Times (http://www.nptimes.com/)
  Non-Profit Career Network (http://www.nonprofitcareer.com/)
  Opportunity Knocks (http://www.opportunityknocks.org/)

• Consulting
  Center for Health Care Strategies (http://www.chcs.org/)
  Abt Associates ( http://www.abtassociates.com/)
  Mathematica Policy Research (http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/)
  RAND Corporation (http://www.rand.org/)
  Avalere Health Consulting (http://www.avalerehealth.net/)
  The Advisory Board Company (http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com/)
  Westat (http://www.westat.com/)
  RTI International (http://www.rti.org/)
  ORC (http://www.orcmacro.com/)
  SRI (http://www.sri.com/policy)
  LMI (http://www.lmi.org/)

• NGO
  CARE International (http://www.care.org/)
  Human Rights Watch ( http://www.hrw.org/)

• IGO
  International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
  Pan American Health Organization (http://www.paho.org/)
  United Nations Childrens Fund (http://www.unicef.org/)
  United Nations Development Fund (http://www.undp.org/)
  United Nations Institute for Training and Research (http://www.unitar.org/)
  United Nations Population Fund (http://www.unfpa.org/)
  United Nations Secretariat-Office of Personnel Services (http://www.un.org/documents/st.htm)
  World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/)
  

• Specific Jobs