JSIS Career Services for Alumni

What we do:

Below is a list of services we provide for JSIS BA/MA alumni:

• Post current job and internship announcements to alumni via the JSISCareer list
• Manage the JSIS LinkedIn group and related subgroups to promote networking
• Provide individual advising appointments
• Maintain website, resource page, and document library
• Plan career-related programming
• Collaborate with the UW Career Center and participate in campus-wide career-related events

How to Schedule an Appointment:

Individual advising appointments must be scheduled in advance. Please visit JSIS Career Advising on the left menu bar for more information and to schedule an appointment.

Priority will be given to current JSIS students when scheduling advising appointments.

Policies:

• JSIS Career Services shares information with the Jackson School community for career-and internationally-related opportunities and programs.
• Posting an opportunity or link does not imply an endorsement or recommendation of a particular program, opportunity, project, or event.
• All specific questions regarding listings should be directed to the contact person identified on that entry.

Where do our graduates work?

Jackson School graduates work in the public, private and nonprofit sectors both within the United States and abroad. Similar to the multidisciplinary approach found in our programs of study, JSIS alumni work in a diversity of fields ranging from education to human rights, the environment, development, foreign policy and peace and security. Additionally, many our alumni work in positions where they are able to apply their area studies knowledge and language skills.

The Alumni Employment Profile provides a general overview of where some recent Jackson School graduates have been employed.