Job & Internship Search Resources
Resources to help students and alumni of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies launch and sustain meaningful careers in the public and private sectors.
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
Nonprofit
- American Institute for Research
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Cato Institute
- Center for an Urban Future
- Center for Health Care Strategies
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Century Foundation
- Clean Energy Leadership Institute
- Clinton Health Access Initiatives
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Economic Policy Institute
- Empower America
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- FHI 360
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Monetary Fund
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
- Mathematica
- MDRC
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Public Health Institute
- Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program
- Public Policy Institute of California
- RAND
- Resources for the Future
- Russell Sage Foundation
- The Brookings Institution
- The Burning Glass Institute
- The Carter Center
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- The Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- U.S. Institute of Peace
- UNICEF Innocenti
- United Nations
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
- Urban Institute
- World Bank
- World Resources Institute
Private
- Abt Associates
- Accenture
- Amazon.com, Inc: Consumer Behavior Analytics – Campaign Measurement & Optimization (CBA-CMO)
- American Enterprise Institute
- Apple
- Bain & Company
- Baker Tilly
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Cap Gemini
- Clifton Larson Allen
- CMSPI
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- Fitch Ratings
- Gartner Consulting
- KPMG International
- Mercer Group, Inc.
- Microsoft
- Moody’s Investors Services
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Segal Company
- Social Insights
- Standard & Poor’s
Public
- Board Of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention
- Congressional Budget Office
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Center for Financial Research
- Federal Housing Finance Agency
- Georgia Health Policy Center
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service
- U.S. Department of Commerce – Bureau of Economic Analysis
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Search Platforms & Tools
- Net Impact
- America’s Job Bank
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- DevJ.net
- Environmental Career
- Environmental Career Opportunities
- Georgia Government Job Search (Team Georgia Careers Site)
- Idealist
- Public Service Careers
- Public-Finance.com
- Salary.com
- The Plum Book Online
- The Wall Street Journal
- Top Research Jobs
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Wages
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salary Tables
- Work for Good
Public Management and Policy
Job Listings & Resources:
Nonprofit
- Achieve Atlanta
- American Cancer Society
- American Institutes for Research
- American Red Cross
- Association County Commissioners of Georgia
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Candid
- CARE
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Cato Institute
- Center for an Urban Future
- Center for Health Care Strategies
- Center for International Relations
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Century Foundation
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Clinton Health Access Initiatives
- Community Action for Improvement, Inc.
- Community Farmers Market
- Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Counterpart
- Economic Policy Institute
- Empower America
- Environment Georgia
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Feminist Women’s Health Center
- FHI 360
- Foreign Policy Association
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- GALEO
- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI)
- Georgia Justice Project
- Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites
- Global Governance Watch
- Greenlining Institute
- Habitat for Humanity
- Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- Human Rights Campaign
- Human Rights Watch
- Institute for Global Communications
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Rescue Committee
- Manhattan Institute
- Mathematica Policy Research
- MDRC
- Minnesota International NGO Network
- Music Forward Foundation
- National Academies
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Office of the Georgia Capital Defender
- Partnership for Public Service
- Partnership for Southern Equity
- Pew Hispanic Center
- PFLAG
- Progress and Freedom Foundation
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Public Affairs Council
- Public Health Institute
- Public Policy Institute of California
- Rand
- Resources for the Future
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Society for Nonprofit Organizations
- Southeastern Council on Foundations
- Southern Center for Human Rights Internship Program
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Stand Together Fellowships (Charles Koch)
- Susan G. Komen
- Tapestri
- Teach for America
- The Brookings Institution
- The Carter Center
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations
- United Negro College Fund
- United States Institute of Peace
- United Way
- Urban Institute
- Welcoming America
- World Bank
- World Wildfire Federation
- Worldwatch Institute
- YWCA of Greater Atlanta
- Zoo Atlanta
Private
- Abt Associates
- Accenture
- Ambac
- American Express
- Bain & Company
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Capgemini
- Central Atlanta Progress
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Deloitte
- Emory University
- Ernst & Young
- Fitch Ratings
- Gartner Consulting
- Georgia Ports Authority
- GoodWorks International
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- ICF
- KPMG International
- Larson Allen
- Mercer Group, Inc.
- Metro Atlanta Chamber
- Moody’s Investors Services
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Praxis Consulting
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Public Strategies Group
- Roots Down GA
- Segal Company
- Select Fulton
- Southern Company/Georgia Power
- Springsted Incorporated
- Standard & Poor’s
- The Coca Cola Company (and Foundation)
- The Home Depot (and Foundation)
- UPS (and Foundation)
Public
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention
- Congressional Budget Office
- DeKalb County Government
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Fulton County Government
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation
- Georgia Department of Administrative Services (DOAS)
- Georgia Department of Community Affairs
- Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning: Bright from the Start
- Georgia Department of Education
- Georgia Department of Human Services – Division of Family & Children Services
- Georgia Department of Labor
- Georgia General Assembly
- Georgia Governor’s Office of Budget & Planning
- Georgia Health Policy Center
- Georgia Office of the Secretary of State
- Georgia State Charter Schools Commission
- Government Office of Student Achievement (GOSA)
- National Park Service
- Office of Inspector General (OIG) – US Department of Commerce
- State of Georgia
- The White House
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US HHS)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
- U.S. General Services Administration
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- United States Office of Management and Budget
- University System of Georgia
- US AID
- USA Jobs (Student Jobs)
Search Platforms & Tools
- American Enterprise
- America’s Job Bank
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- DevJ.net
- Environmental Career
- Environmental Career Opportunities
- Georgia Government Job Search (Team Georgia Careers Site)
- Idealist
- Indeed.com
- JobTarget.com
- Net Impact
- Nonprofit Career Network
- Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program
- Public Service Careers
- Public-Finance.com
- Salary.com
- The Plum Book Online
- The Wall Street Journal
- Top Research Jobs
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Wages
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salary Tables
- Work for Good
Social Work
Nonprofit
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
- Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
- Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition
- Atlanta Mission
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta
- Boys & Girls Club of America
- Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta
- CARE
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- CHRIS 180
- Community Friendship Inc.
- Clinton Health Access Initiatives
- Covenant House Georgia
- EmployAbility
- Family Counseling Center of Georgia
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Georgia Justice Project
- GLAAD
- Grady Hospital
- Gwinnett Sexual Assualt and Children’s Advocacy Center
- Habitat for Humanity International
- Human Rights Campaign
- Lost n Found Youth
- MARR Adictions Treatment Centers
- Our House Georgia
- Partnership Against Domestic Violence
- PFLAG
- Piedmont Healthcare
- Southeast Georgia Health System
- Southern Center for Human Rights
- The Innocence Project
- United Way of Greater Atlanta
- Vashti Center for Children & Families
- WellStar Health System
- Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
Private
- AMN Healthcare
- Atlanta Detox Center
- Counseling Associates for Wellbeing
- Family Ties, Inc.
- Georgia Health Partners
- Lake City Nursing & Rehabilition Center
- Northeast Georgia Health System
- Riverwooods Behavioral Healthcare
- United Behavioral Health Solutions
Public
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Cherokee County Government
- City of Atlanta
- Clayton County Government
- Dekalb County Government
- Fulton County Government
- Georgia Department of Community Supervision
- Georgia Department of Corrections
- Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
- Georgia Department of Human Services
- Georgia Department of Human Services – Division of Family & Children Services
- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
- Georgia Health Policy Center
- Gwinnett County Government
- Henry County Government
- Office of the Fulton County District Attorney
- U.S Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S Department of Veteran Affairs
Search Platforms & Tools
- America’s Job Bank
- Georgia Government Job Search (Team Georgia Careers Site)
- Idealist https://www.idealist.org/en
- NASW Social Work Career Center
- Public Service Careers
- SocialService.com
- SocialWorkJobBank
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Wages
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salary Tables
- USA Jobs
- Work for Good
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Nonprofit
- Ahimsa House
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
- Equal Justice Project
- Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Georgia Justice Project
- Gwinnett Sexual Assault and Children’s Advocacy Center
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Partnership Against Domestic Violence
- Skyland Trail
- Southern Center for Human Rights
- State Bar of Georgia
- The Innocence Project
- Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
- YouthSpark
Private
- Allied Universal
- Amazon Security
- Bomar Law Firm, LLC
- Garda World
- ICU Investigations
- Martinelli Investigations
- Merlin Investigations
- MLQ Attorney Services
- Peachford Hospital
- Quirk & Quirk, LLC
- Ridgeview Institute
Public
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Cherokee County Government
- City of Atlanta
- Clayton County Government
- Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
- Dekalb County Government
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Fulton County Government
- Georgia Board of Pardons & Paroles
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation
- Georgia Department of Child Protective Services
- Georgia Department of Community Supervision
- Georgia Department of Corrections
- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
- Gwinnett County Government
- Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
- Henry County Government
- Internal Revenue Service
- MARTA Police Department
- National Park Service
- National Security Agency
- U.S. Customs & Border Protection
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
- U.S. Government Accountability office
- U.S. State Department
- Cobb County District Attorney’s Office
Search Platforms & Tools
- America’s Job Bank
- Copnet for Criminal Justice Careers
- Georgia Government Job Search (Team Georgia Careers Site)
- Government Jobs Database of Criminal Justice Employment Opportunities
- Idealist
- Public Service Careers
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Wages
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salary Tables
- USA Jobs
- Work for Good
Urban Studies
Nonprofit
- Atlanta Beltline
- Atlanta City Studio
- Atlanta Housing Authority
- Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- City Planning Labs (CPL)
- Clinton Health Access Initiatives
- Collaboration for Development (C4D) – World Bank
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Ford Foundation
- Georgia Conservancy
- Groundwork Atlanta
- Habitat for Humanity
- Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC)
- Knight Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Metrolab Network
- Southface Energy Institute
- The Conservation Fund
- The Southern Conservation Trust
- Trees Atlanta
- Urban Center for Computation and Data
- Urban Institute
- Urban Land Institute
- Urban Studies Foundation
Private
- Alight
- Alta Planning and Design
- APD Urban Planning & Management
- Century Communities
- Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- HNTB Corporation
- International Housing Partnership
- KimleyHorn: Planning and Design
- The Atkins Corporation
- The Coca-Cola Foundation
Public
- City of Atlanta
- Clayton County Government
- Cobb County Government
- Dekalb County Government
- Federal Transit Administration
- Fulton County Government
- Georgia Department of Community Affairs
- Georgia Department of Transportation
- Georgia Health Policy Center
- MARTA
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of Transportation
Search Platforms & Tools
Professional Associations
Criminal Justice and Criminology
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
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
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 State Facilities Administrators (NASFA)
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)