The Office of Career Management is ready to provide you with a comprehensive suite of services to get you up and running for your internship and job prospects. Our services include confidential career advising, interview preparation and career development workshops.
Confidential Advising
We lead you through an exploration of your career goals, strengths, interests and job or internship search strategy.
Practice Interviews
You should be prepared in every way for the all-important interview. We do the role playing and provide feedback that ensures you walk through the door with the confidence and skills you need to nail the interview.
Your Career Plan
You provide us with the information necessary to develop your career plan. We use a variety of instruments to accomplish this. They include a self-assessment and career exploration guide; a career interests survey, which you will fill out in your first year; a second-year individual development plan, which will inventory your interests, strengths and weaknesses and the organizations you are targeting; and a top five strengths exercise, which will help you identify suitable positions and give you a career direction.
Cornell Career Services may also be a resource you want to explore. The office can provide additional self-assessments such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
Your Résumé
We help take your résumé from good to great and assist you in tailoring different versions of it to the specific jobs you are seeking. Then we collect one of your résumés, which conforms to a template based on best practices, and present it on your behalf to employers looking for your skills.
Networking
Building a wide network is the best way to land your dream job. The MPA Program hosts career networking events in Washington, D.C., and New York City for positions in the private, public, nonprofit NGO and international development sectors. We also maintain an
official MPA Program LinkedIn site for current students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the MPA Program. In addition, we encourage you to attend the Cornell Careers Services Fair, the All Ivy Environmental Sustainable Development Career Fair and the Cornell Nonprofit and Government Career Fair. Check the
events calendar for further details.
How to land an informational interview
Sometimes you do everything you’re supposed to do and still hit a brick wall. It’s time to do some relationship building with an informational interview. We can explain how to get started, identify what you want to learn, whom you should target and other skills that will get you back on track.
Additional Resources
Career Field Guides list career opportunities by sector, as well as salaries, job outlook and other valuable information.
Vault guides include more than 70 industry, employer and career guides.
The Cornell Library is a rich resource for career development.
International Student Resources
