CAREERS & WWS MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in WWS have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Woodrow Wilson School Majors*

• Production Assistant - CNN, Atlanta, GA
• Special Assistant - Agency for Healthcare Policy, Walnut Creek, CA
• Program Manager - NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation, New York, NY
• Volunteer - Peace Corps, Latin America
• Leadership Analyst - Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, VA
• Bilingual Elementary School Teacher - Teach for America, San Francisco, CA
• Marketing Assistant - General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
• Intelligence Analyst - U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC
• Analyst - Warburg Dillon Read, London, England
• Consultant - Boston Consulting Group, Boston, MA
• Paralegal - Children's Rights, Inc., New York, NY
• Research Assistant - Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
• Staff Writer - The Miami Herald, Miami, FL
• Research Analyst - The Lewin Group, Washington, DC
• Comptuer Science Department - Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Princeton in Asia), Singapore
• Fellow - Disability Rights Advocates (Project 55), Oakland, CA
• Medicare Rights Center, New York, NY
• Assistant to Chief Counselor for Privacy - White House, Washington, DC

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Careers in Child and Family Policy
• Inside a U.S. Embassy, How the Foreign Service Works for America
• Managing a Non-Profit Organization
• Public Interest Job Search Guide
• Careers in International Affairs
• Career Opportunities in Politics, Government, and Activism
• Guide to Careers in World Affairs
• Policy Passages: Career Options for Policy Wonks
• Red White & Blue Jobs: Finding a Great Job in the Federal Government
• Directory of Jobs & Careers Abroad

Resources and Information Online

• O*NET - Government Service Executives
  http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/11-1011.01
  
  
• Call to Serve - Federal Government Careers
  http://www.ourpublicservice.org/workforusa/workforusa_show.htm?doc_id=195369
  
  
• The Riley Guide - Jobs in Public Service & Administration
  http://www.rileyguide.com/public.html
  
  
• Foreign Service Careers - U.S. Department of State
  http://www.careers.state.gov/
  
  
• Career Overview
  http://www.careeroverview.com/
  
  
• Princeton Woodrow Wilson School Site
  http://www.wws.princeton.edu/

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
  http://www.appam.org
  
  
• American League of Lobbyists
  http://www.alldc.org
  
  
• American Public Health Association
  http://www.apha.org
  
  
• American Foreign Service Association
  http://www.afsa.org
  
  
• Natinal Institute for Research Advancement
  http://www.nira.go.jp

Woodrow Wilson School Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for WWS alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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