Career Services

For Students

Our services include counseling, mock interviews, resume and cover letter critiques, workshops, a jobs and internships database, recruiting, an online resume database and resume CD, publicizing jobs and internships, testing, job search guides, special events and a career library. Access resources for students >>.

Our expertise includes presenting workshops in the following areas:

• Interviewing
• Resume Writing
• Networking
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Career Choice
• Figuring Out What You Want
• Salary Negotiation
• Case Interviews
• Getting an Internship and Full-time Job
• Looking for a Job in a Different City

We organize other events including panel discussions on specific fields (e.g, international, education, health), working closely with Harris School student groups.

Comprehensive how-to guides on resume writing, cover-letter writing, interviewing and salary negotiation are posted on the student intranet and also available in the Career Services library. Guides covering Harris School concentrations are available as well. All guides are specifically targeted to public policy students and alumni.

Organizations offer presentations and interview students for full-time and internship positions. Download a list of organizations that recruited on campus, participated in resume referrals, or attended Harris School career-related events since August 2006.

Browse the University's Alumni Careers Network, a searchable database of university alumni who have volunteered to share their knowledge and expertise with other alumni and with students. access database >>

Harris School students have access to both Harris School Career Services and also to Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS), the career office for the University of Chicago.

In order to participate in CAPS' on campus recruiting program, students are required to use the InterviewTRAK component of UChicagoTRAK (a system that provides students with job and internship listings). Students must attend an information session to obtain access to InterviewTRAK. Click here for further information. Generally, organizations interested in hiring students from many degree programs at the university will schedule their recruiting visits through CAPS; those primarily interested in MPP students will arrange their sessions through Career Services at the Harris School.

In addition to recruiting events, CAPS offers workshops, job fairs and other programs. It also maintains a web site with many career-related guides and resources and has an extensive library. CAPS is located in Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street.

Where Do Harris School Students Accept Positions for Jobs and Internships?

• Harris School Employers (PDF)