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Career Services

The expertise, opportunities, advice, and support you receive in the MPP program give you a competitive advantage as you enter the job market. We offer numerous resources to help you pursue a meaningful vocation. These include individualized career counseling to help you with the job search, professional internships to bolster your experience in your chosen field, workshops on preparing for your job search, and new job and internship postings. We also host speakers and networking events to introduce you to practitioners and potential employers in your chosen field. Our program is dedicated to helping you find the right job for you where your skills and knowledge best intersect with your aspirations and the world's needs.

Sarah Reckhow

Professor, Acting MPP Director reckhow@msu.edu

Marty Jordan

Internship Program Coordinator jordan61@msu.edu

Krista Zeig

Academic Advisor kzeig@msu.edu

The following is a half-hour virtual workshop to assist students in putting their best selves forward via their resumes and cover letters in search of a meaningful internship or job. The workshop also includes tips on honing your elevator pitch and preparing for an interview for an internship or job. 

 https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/Resume+and+Cover+Letter+Workshop%2C+Securing+a+Meaningful+Internship+or+Job/1_22cdm1rh

Guides and Resources

We will inform students via email regularly of the latest internship and job opportunities. In addition, MPP students can access a curated list of common internships in state and local government offices, policy think tanks, research entities, lobbying firms, nonprofits, and other agencies. 

Students are also encouraged to take advantage of MSU Career Services Network.  MSU Career Services Network offers career advising, career events, career workshop, assistance with resumes and cover letters, and interviewing tips and practice. Their career management system, called “Handshake,” provides listings for employment and internships

Michigan Government

State Government

Local Government

Federal Government

Non-Profit Organizations

For-Profit Organizations

International Government and Non-Government Organizations

Career Development Guides

Masters