Job & Internship Search Resources
General Resources
- Georgia Department of Labor
- Glassdoor
- MojaLink
- Nationwide Public Sector Jobs
- Next City
- SmartBrief Jobs Network
- State of Georgia Career Website
Use to following resources to explore jobs opportunities with the Federal Government:
- USAJOBS – access to more than 30,000 job listings daily, as well as applications, forms, and employment fact sheets
- Go Government – a good source for finding federal jobs and internships
- How to Find Federal Jobs – Put out by the Department of labor, this site gives advice on where to find your ideal position.
- How to Get a Job in the Federal Government – An enlightening article about federal agencies and workers (.PDF)
Working for the US Federal Government provides an almost limitless range of career options. Opportunities are available in public policy and administration, domestic and international issues, information technology, human resources, engineering, health and medical sciences, law, financial management, among many others.
Other Georgia State Resources:
Exploring Within Disciplines
Economics
Resources for Job Search within the Economics Field
Current job openings for economists in academia and with some other employers appear in JOE, Job Openings in Economics. Most of the jobs listed in JOE require graduate study in economics
The Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin also provides a list of websites for searching for jobs and internships.
The American Economic Association Graduate Study in Economics Web Page
National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Job Center
Executive Search Firms
- Alliance Resource Consulting
- Auerbach Associates
- Avery Associates
- Bennett Associates
- Bob Murray and Associates
- DRG
- ExecSearches.com
- Harris Rand Lusk
- Howe-Lewis International
- Isaacson, Miller
- Korn/Ferry International
- L.B. Hayhurst and Associates
- PAR Group
- Phillips Oppenheim Group
- Professionals for Nonprofits
- Prothman Company
- Ralph Anderson and Associates
- Slesinger Management Services
- Spencer Stuart
- Waldron and Company
- Witt Kieffer
National & International Job Opportunity links:
- Americas Job Bank
- Cultural Vistas
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- FHA Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups
- Human Rights Watch
- Policy Jobs
- Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program
- PublicServiceCareers.org
- United Nations
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- World Bank
Policy Research Institutes
- Abt Associates
- American Enterprise
- Brookings Institution
- Cato Institute
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Center for an Urban Future
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Economic Policy Institute
- FHI 360
- Heritage Foundation
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Manhattan Institute
- Mathematica Policy Research
- MDRC
- National Academies
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Progressive Policy Institute
- RAND
- Resources for the Future
- Urban Institute
Private Sector
- Accenture
- Alliance Resource Consulting
- Amex International
- Bain & Company
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Cap Gemini
- Ernst & Young
- Deloitte
- Environmental Career
- Gartner Consulting
- Haas Policy Consulting, Inc.
- KPMG International
- Larson Allen
- Mercer Group, Inc.
- Net Impact
- PAR Group
- Praxis Consulting
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Prothman Company
- Public Strategies, Inc.
- Ralph Anderson and Associates
- Segal Company
- Social Venture Partners
- Springsted Incorporated
Public Finance
- Ambac
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Congressional Budget Office
- Fitch Ratings
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Moody’s Investors Services
- Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Public-Finance.Com
- Standard & Poor’s
- US Government Accountability Office
- United States Office of Management and Budget
- World Bank Group
Salary Formation
Think Tanks
- American Institute for Research
- Carter Center
- Center for Health Care Strategies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Century Foundation
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Economic Policy Institute
- Empower America ( Now known as Freedom Works)
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Greenlining Institute
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Contemporary Studies
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Progress and Freedom Foundation
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Public Health Institute
- Public Policy Institute of California
- Rand Corporation
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
- United States Institute of Peace
- Urban Institute
Public Management and Policy
Local Job Opportunities (Georgia):
- Association County Commissioners of Georgia Summer/Fall Internships
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Georgia Bureau of Investigations
- Georgia Justice Project
- Georgia Ports Authority
- Georgia Office of the Secretary of State
- Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites
- Georgia Government Job Search – for all state government jobs
- Georgia State Policy Internships (Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program)
- Southern Center for Human Rights Internship Program
- State of Georgia – Governor’s Intern Program
- US Department of Housing Internship program
- Zoo Atlanta
Nonprofits:
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Business for Social Responsibility
- CARE
- Center for International Relations
- Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
- Community Farmers Markets
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- The Coca Cola Company (and Foundation)
- Community Career Center
- Counterpart
- DevJ.net
- Environment Georgia
- Environmental Career Opportunities
- ExecSearches
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Feminist Women’s Health Center
- Foundation Center
- GLAAD
- GoodWorks International
- Habitat for Humanity
- Human Rights Campaign
- Idealist.org
- Indeed.com
- International Rescue Committee
- Institute for Global Communications
- JobTarget.com
- NAACP
- NGOWATCH.ORG
- Nonprofit Career Network
- PFLAG
- Rand
- Society for Nonprofit Organizations
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Southeastern Council on Foundations
- Tapestri
- United Negro College Fund
- United Way
- UPS (and Foundation)
- Welcoming America
- Work for Good (previously Opportunity Knocks)
- World Wildlife Federation
- Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
- YWCA of Greater Atlanta
US Government
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
- Best Places to Work
- US AID
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salary Tables
- Student Jobs
- The White House
- Partnership for Public Service
- The Plum Book Online
Education
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Emory University
- University System of Georgia
- Georgia Department of Education
- Teach for America
Executive Search Firms
- Alliance Resource Consulting
- Auerbach Associates
- Avery Associates
- Bennett Associates
- Bob Murray and Associates
- DRG
- ExecSearches.com
- Harris Rand Lusk
- Howe-Lewis International
- Isaacson, Miller
- Korn/Ferry International
- Mercer Group, Inc.
- PAR Group
- Phillips Oppenheim Group
- Professionals for Nonprofits
- Prothman Company
- Ralph Anderson and Associates
- Slesinger Management Services
- Spencer Stuart
- Waldron and Company
- Waters Consulting Group
- Witt Kieffer
National & International Job Opportunity links:
- Americas Job Bank
- Cultural Vistas
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- FHA Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups
- Human Rights Watch
- Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program
- PublicServiceCareers.org
- United Nations
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Top Research Jobs
- Vision in Action
- World Bank
Policy Research Institutes
- Abt Associates
- American Enterprise
- Brookings Institution
- Cato Institute
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Center for an Urban Future
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Economic Policy Institute
- FHI 360
- Heritage Foundation
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Manhattan Institute
- Mathematica Policy Research
- MDRC
- National Academies
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Top Research Job
- RAND
- Resources for the Future
- Urban Institute
Private Sector
- Accenture
- Alliance Resource Consulting
- Amex International
- Bain & Company
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Brimeyer Group, Inc.
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Cap Gemini
- Ernst & Young
- Deloitte & Touche
- Environmental Career
- Gartner Consulting
- Haas Policy Consulting, Inc.
- KPMG International
- Larson Allen
- Mercer Group, Inc.
- Net Impact
- PAR Group
- Praxis Consulting
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Prothman Company
- Public Strategies Group
- Ralph Anderson and Associates
- Segal Company
- Social Venture Partners
- Springsted Incorporated
Public Finance
- Ambac
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Congressional Budget Office
- Fitch Ratings
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Moody’s Investors Services
- Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Public-Finance.Com
- Standard & Poor’s
- US Government Accountability Office
- United States Office of Management and Budget
- World Bank Group
Salary Formation
Think Tanks
- American Institute for Research
- Carter Center
- Center for Health Care Strategies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Century Foundation
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Economic Policy Institute
- Empower America ( Now known as Freedom Works)
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Greenlining Institute
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Contemporary Studies
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Progress and Freedom Foundation
- Public Health Institute
- Public Policy Institute of California
- Rand Corporation
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
- United States Institute of Peace
- Urban Institute
- Worldwatch Institute
- Public Affairs Council
- Hillzoo
- Foreign Policy Association
Social Work
General Resources:
Children & Families:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta
- Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta
- Georgia Department of Human Services
- United Way of Greater Atlanta
Community Engagement/Organizing:
- American Red Cross
- Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- GLAAD
- Human Rights Campaign
- PFLAG
- United Way of Greater Atlanta
Criminal Justice:
Gerontology:
Healthcare:
- American Cancer Society
- Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition
- Grady Hospital
- Northeast Georgia Health System
- Southeast Georgia Health System
- WellStar Health System
Homelessness:
International:
Mental Health:
Research:
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Use the following sources to help in your search for a career in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Public Sector:
Atlanta Public Schools
Central Intelligence Agency
City of Atlanta
Cobb County District Attorney’s Office
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fulton County Government
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Department of Community Supervision
Georgia Department of Child Protective Services
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
U.S. Government Accountability Office
U.S. Department of Justice
Non-profit Sector:
Ahimsa House
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Equal Justice Initiative
Georgia Justice Project
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Gwinnett Sexual Assault and Children’s Advocacy Center
Partnership Against Domestic Violence
Southern Center for Human Rights
The Innocence Project
Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
YouthSpark
Legal Industry:
Bomar Law Firm, LLC
MLQ Attorney Services
Quirk & Quirk, LLC
State Bar of Georgia
Mental Health Field:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Peachford Hospital
Ridgeview Institute
Skyland Trail
Investigations:
ICU Investigations
Martinelli Investigations
Merlin Investigations
Trustify
Academia:
Center for Law and Social Policy
Criminal Justice Degree Schools
General Search Sites:
911HotJobs.com
Copnet for Criminal Justice Careers
Discover Criminal Justice
Government Jobs Database of Criminal Justice Employment Opportunities
USA Jobs
Urban Studies
APD Urban Planning & Management
Federal Transit Administration
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Georgia Department of Transportation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Transportation
Non-Profit Sector
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.
Collaboration for Development (C4D) – World Bank
City Planning Labs (CPL) – World Bank
Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC)
The Southern Conservation Trust
Urban Center for Computation and Data
Private Sector
APD Urban Planning and Management
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
International Housing Partnership
KimleyHorn: Planning and Design
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Foundations
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Job Search Sites
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning – Career Center
City of Atlanta Government Job Search (for city government jobs)
Georgia Government Job Search (for state government jobs)
Urban Land Institute – Career Center
Professional Associations
American Institute of Certified Planners
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Public Transportation Association
Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Environmental Design Research Association
International Federal for Housing and Planning
Professional Associations
Criminal Justice and Criminology
American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Justice Research and Statistics Association
National Criminal Justice Association
Southern Criminal Justice Association
International Association for the Study of Organized Crime
International Association of Professional Security Consultants
Economics
Public Management and Policy
Disaster Policy
- Emergency Management Association of Georgia
- International Association of Emergency Managers
- National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
- National League of Cities (NLC)
Human Resource Policy
- American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)
- International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)
- National Association of State Personnel Executives
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Management and Finance
- Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
- Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM)
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
- Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
- National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)
- African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM)
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
- Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
- National Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA)
- European Group for Public Administration
- International City/County Management (ICMA)
- National Academy of Public Administration
- National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
- Professional Managers Association (PMA)
- American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
- Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA)
Planning & Economic Development
- American Planning Association
- American Public Works Association
- Association of Bicycle and Pedestrian Professionals (APBP)
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)
- Community Development Society (CDS)
- Georgia Economic Developers Association
- International Downtown Association (IDA)
- International Economic Development Council
- National Association of Development Organizations
- National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
- National Association of Regional Councils
- National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
- National Community Development Association
- National Rural Economic Developers Association
- Planners Network
- Urban Affairs Association
- Urban and Regional Information System Association
- US Economic Development Administration
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
- American Evaluation Association (AEA)
- Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (AAPAM)
- National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
- American Educational Research Association
Public Health
- Academy Health (Formerly Association for Health Services and Research)
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American School Health Association (ASHA)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- Mental Health America (Formerly National Mental Health Association)
- Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
- Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
Nonprofit Management
- Alliance for Nonprofit Management
- Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
- Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN)
- Georgia Grant Professionals Association
- National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA)
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN)
- Council on Foundations
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Volunteer Associations (ARNOVA)
Social Work
Professional Associations (Special Interest)
National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP)
National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW)
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)