Career Resources

This page features resources designed to help you reach your career goals. If you are considering a career in academia, law, or public policy, consult the career guides below for some helpful tips.

Featured: Journalism Career Guide

The newly crafted IHS guide to a journalism career

Journalism Career Guide

Scaling the Ivory Tower

The IHS Guide to Careers in Academia

Scaling the Ivory Tower PDF

Law School and Beyond

The IHS Guide to Careers in Legal Academia

Law School and Beyond PDF

Creating Your Path to a Policy Career

From the Blog

Tom Palmer, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, shares some wisdom on success in public policy.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 20, 2010
Table of Contents for the Public Policy Guide
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 17, 2010
Check out the newly launched Student Free Press Association.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 8, 2010
Paul Gessing, who runs a small, state-based think tank, details "a day in the life."
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010
Nathan Benefield runs through a typical day in the life at the Commonwealth Foundation.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010
Chris Moody talks about how he broke into the D.C. scene and eventually secured a job in new media at a think tank.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010
Francisco Gonzales talks about "a day in the life" as director of development at the James Madison Institute.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010
James Hohman writes about the excitement of being a policy analyst in Michigan.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010
Lawrence Reed explains how a film changed his career path and pushed him into the liberty movement.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010
Lasse Lund talks about his think-tank experience.
By Kelly O'Keefe | September 2, 2010