Career Field Guides

These guides offer profiles of more than 30 career fields, including salary information, typical qualifications, sample employers, and much more.

• Associations
• Capitol Hill
• Conflict Resolution
• Consulting (Management and Strategic)
• Corporate Responsibility
• Counterterrorism Intelligence
• Education (Domestic)
• Education (International)
• Energy
• Environmental/Program Management
• European Commission/Union
• Foreign Service
• Foundations
• Government Relations/Lobbying
• Human Resource Training and Development
• Human Rights
• Humanitarian Aid and Relief
• International Business
• International Consulting
• International Development
• International Finance
• International Law
• International Marketing
• International National Security
• Joint Degree Students: JD/MPA and JD/IR
• Journalism
• Marketing
• National Security
• Non-Profit Management
• Political Risk Analysis
• Public Finance
• Public Health
• Public Relations
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy
• Social Justice
• State and Local Government
• Think Tanks
• Trade Policy
• U.S. Federal Government/Federal Internships
• United Nations

Note: Edited for the use of Maxwell graduate students and alumni by the staff of the Center for Career Development and Alumni Relations. Written by Career Directors from the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.

Additional Field Guides

• Understanding International NGO’s and Non-Profits
• Federal Civil Service
• Federal Excepted Service