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.
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.