This career interest area focuses on advocating for the common good. Opportunities may include nonprofits, public policy, law or advocacy.
Resources
Explore the list of resources below to learn more about career paths in Public Service. These resources will help you discover opportunities, grow your network and more!
Join the Public Service career interest area in Handshake:
- Log in to Handshake
- Click on your name in the top right corner of the screen
- Select 'Career Interests'
- Navigate to the question 'In what career interest areas are you most interested?'
- Select the 'Public Service: Non-profit, Education, Government & Law' career interest area
- Click the 'Save My Career Interests Button'
Explore offerings in departments, programs and centers such as these:
General exploration
Industry-based exploration
- bcorporation.net: certified "B Corporations" are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability
- Idealist: search for jobs and internships at social impact firms, nonprofits and NGOs
- Nonprofit exploration
- Psychology Careers Blog
Job-based exploration
- Director of Volunteer Services
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher
- Environmental Consultant
- Forensic Expert
- Fundraiser
- Legal Occupations
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
Opportunities and listings
- Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Internship List
- Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program
- CCEL Scholars
- CWRU School of Law Partnerships
- Department of Justice of Ohio Summer Law Volunteering
- The Fund for American Studies D.C. Summer Programs
- GoGovernment - Federal Internship Finder
- Indeed
- International Studies Practicum
- Internships on Capitol Hill
- Partnership for Public Service
- Summer on the Cuyahoga
- Teach For America
- U.S. Government "Pathways" Internship
- USAJobs
- The Washington Center
- Careers in Government
- Government Jobs
- Idealist
- Jobscoop
- PSJD
- Public Affairs Council
- Roll Call
- PoliCorner
Funding
Networking the best way to tap into the hidden job market—an immense underground marketplace where jobs open up and then are filled through word of mouth and personal referrals.
There are many ways to network at CWRU:
Economics
- American Economic Association
- International Economic Development Council
- National Association for Business Economics
Education
- American Association of School Administrators
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
- NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
- Association for Career and Technical Education
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Educational Research Association
Foreign Language and Global Studies
- American Translators Association
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Disaster Relief Agencies
- Foreign Policy Association
- International RelationsEDU
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Law
Nonprofit
Political Science and Government
- American Political Science Association
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- International Association for Political Science Students
Public Administration and Urban Studies
Here is a selection of organizations that might interest you:
- Boys and Girls CWRU
- Camp Kesem
- Case Cares
- Case College Republicans
- Case Democrats
- CWRU Society for Constitutional Policy
- Kids Against Hunger CLE
- Phi Alpha Delta (pre-law society)
- Project Sunshine
- Radical Student Union
- Sunrise CWRU
- Students Demand Action
- Undergraduate Student Government
For a full list of student clubs and organizations that match your interests, visit CampusGroups.
- Data USA: facts about employment, salary and more by major/industry category
- GovLoop career resources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics by Industry
- Read about outcomes and data for CWRU students