Graduate
Career Planning: Specialized Resources to Help You Thrive
GW's Columbian College offers a wide range of tools to help graduate students on the path to meaningful careers. Whether you are interested in researching at a think tank, leading a corporation, starting a nonprofit or joining the ranks of academia, we can help connect you with the resources you need to get there.
CCAS Career Services can help you find job and internship postings, networking events with prospective employers, guidance for international students, connections with like-minded alumni and much more.
Supporting Your Career Success
With networking and career events, graduate students have hundreds of opportunities to interact with employers and alumni and bring their dream job closer to reality. Watch our overview video to learn more about career services available to George Washington University graduate students.
Career Services Advising Support
Several offices within the Columbian College offer advising and other support for graduate students, based on discipline. Students in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration (TSPPPA) and the Data Science Program have their own advising staff. The CCAS Graduate Student Services team can assist all students outside of TSPPPA and Data Science.
For additional support, ccas_careers
gwu [dot] edu (email the CCAS Graduate Career Services team).
Job Search and Networking Tools
More Career Resources
- Graduate Student Career Series
The Graduate Student Career Series provides graduate students with access to career programs and workshops from industry specific to general career development topics. Through this collaborative effort, graduate students in all schools across GW will have access to these workshops.
- Online Resources
GW Handshake
Handshake is GW's online portal for jobs, internships, career fairs and other employer events, workshops and more. Students must log into Handshake using their university email address (@gwu.edu). Handshake's many resources include:
- VMock: Use the 24/7 online résumé tool that leverages technologies to provide personalized feedback on your résumé.
- InterviewPrep: View interview tutorials and/or participate in a practice mock interview.
- Going Global: Use country career guides to find employment abroad and in the United States.
- Leadership Connect: Search background and contact information for over half a million key leaders and decision-makers in government, business, media, legal, nonprofit and health care organizations.
- Vault Guides: Explore industry and job guides and company listings.
External
- National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD): Free resources on navigating the academic job market for graduate students.
- Connect and Network
- GW Career Connect: Join the online community to make professional connections, get career advice and find networking opportunities. Log in through LinkedIn, Facebook or email.
- Columbian College LinkedIn and GW Alumni Association LinkedIn groups: Connect with thousands of alumni from across industries and around the world.
- Industry Newsletters
Sign up for any of these six GW newsletters on industry-specific events, internships and job openings in your industry of choice.
- Arts, Design, Communications, Media and PR
- Business, Finance, Consulting and Economics
- International Government and Policy, Diplomacy, Intelligence and International Development
- Public Health, Health Sciences, Nursing and Medicine
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
- U.S. Politics, Education, Social Impact, Arts and Communication
Career Outcomes
The Value of a Degree
Discover how recent graduate alumni fared after graduation and get details on employers, industries, salary ranges and more. You can even filter the data by program.
Questions about this data should be sent to the Office of Survey Research and Analysis at sragwu [dot] edu (sra[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Note: Best viewed on a computer or tablet.
Mark Your Calendar
"Because of GW’s central location in the nation’s capital, incredible resources are right at my fingertips, with numerous organizations ready to provide internships and hire graduates. New students should get to know their faculty, who can share their many connections and resources, and should take advantage of the Career Center for work on résumés or interview skills. ... My internship at CNN led directly to my post-graduation job as CNN news associate here in Washington, D.C."
Meaghan Rondeau
MA ‘18, Anthropology