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Our students and alumni are passionate about the complex work of improving lives and strengthening societies. They come from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, but are connected through rigorous academic training, practical experience, and a commitment to public service, innovation, and results.
Here’s how to connect with our students and alumni:
- Post full-time, part-time, or summer openings in JACK, our HKS job bank
- Request a customized book of student and alumni resumes to browse their skills and experiences
- Share information about your organization through individual information sessions, career chats or office hours, or career fairs
- Engage our students for summer or short-term projects
- Join the Harvard Kennedy School Employer LinkedIn group
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Register in JACK, our HKS job bank, to post open positions, fellowships, or internships at your organization, host events, or access our student and alumni resume books. Our employer relations team will connect you with the talent you’re looking for.
Register in Jobs and Careers at the Kennedy School (JACK), our job bank and career management system, to post any open positions, fellowships, or internships at your organization.
When you post a position on JACK, you determine how candidates will submit their applications: email, through your organization’s website, or using JACK’s resume collection feature.
If you chose the third option, return to JACK, review, and export submitted applications.
We invite you to share your work and promote your organization to our students at any time through group presentations, one-on-one “career chats,” and our networking events. We encourage you to complete our Employer Information Session Request Form to identify times that work best for you to meet with our students virtually.
Once open positions are available at your organization, you are invited to post them on JACK and schedule interviews or participate in an upcoming career fair.
Our students typically start exploring summer internships after November; however, we will gladly promote internship opportunities to match your timeline. Internships generally run from late-May to mid-August.
You can post your internship on JACK or send it to us. We also encourage you to host a virtual one-on-one Career Chat to talk about your organization and internship opportunities to a group of interested students or pre-registered individual students.
It is expected that students will receive a stipend from their summer internship employers.
HKS may provide limited summer funding support for internships in the public or nonprofit/NGO sector when stipends are not possible. Students must have offers in hand by mid-March to apply for summer assistance. They do not receive academic credit for internships.
Our second-year Master in Public Policy (MPP) students work with public or nonprofit/NGO sector clients for their Policy Analysis Exercise.
Under the guidance of HKS faculty advisors, students work on an issue from September to April that is mission-critical to their clients. The end result is a written capstone thesis (for students) and a working recommendation (for clients). Students are not paid for this work; however, travel or related expenses may be reimbursed.
Yes, you may request a resume book by using this form.
Contact our employer relations team. Together, we will determine how best to connect you with our students remotely.
Absolutely. Our Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) students are established, high-performing professionals with about 13 years of work experience. And HKS alumni continue to use our job bank and services as their careers evolve.
We are able to identify candidates with U.S. security clearance and contact them directly about your openings.
Employer Recruiting Policy
Organizations like yours dedicate significant energy and resources to recruit at HKS—we created our employer recruiting policy to support your efforts. Our mutual commitment to this policy is foundational for a fair recruiting process.