Career Advice

A database of advice on working successfully in public management

Most of the learning required to be effective in public management takes place after graduation. This page provides links to selected sources of advice on management, leadership, and career planning that can help MPP and MPA graduates learn from their workplace experience and manage their professional careers.

• Tips on Getting the Job
• Tips on Working Intelligently
• Tips on Working with Others
• Tips on Becoming a Leader

Career advice websites

Universities and associations Explore Careers – Online Resources, University of Toronto Career Centre Career Resources – Tipsheets, Columbia University Center for Career Education Career Planning Guide 2016-2017, Columbia University Center for Career Education (92 pages) PublicServiceCareers.org (site co-sponsored by NASPAA, ASPA and APPAM) Career Management page at Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Commercial web publishers MindTools – Essential skills for an excellent career The Huffington Post Career Advice TheMuse Career Advice The Guardian public leaders network

Advice sections in the Globe and Mail, YouTube, and TED Leadership Lab – Insight about leadership and management, Globe and Mail Globe Careers, Globe and Mail YouTube (search result for “career advice” using view count filter) TED (search result for “career advice”) Columnists and academic bloggers Talking Management – Karl Moore, Globe and Mail Monday Morning Manager – Harvey Schachter, Globe and Mail Bob Behn’s Performance Leadership Report, Harvard Kennedy School The Workologist, Rob Walker, New York Times Henry Mintzberg Blog

Page created by: Ian Clark, last modified 26 January 2017.

Image: BestWorkAhead.com, at http://www.bestworkahead.com/?p=47, accessed 26 April 2016.