The Pathways Program for students and recent graduates offers 3 opportunities to explore careers in this industry/arena.
What is federal/US Government employment?
100
Open to college freshmen and sophomores to help them pay for school, requires working at the Agency facility in Langley, VA, during summer breaks.
What is the Undergraduate CIA scholarship?
100
Skilled subject matter experts who study and evaluate information from many sources.
What are Analysts?
100
Outside advisors to organizations, who are tasked to assist clients in solving problems or seizing advantages
What are consultants?
100
Suggested number of months you should begin researching internships before your internship semester
What is 6 months?
200
The Coca-Cola Company, Home Depot and CNN are examples of companies with jobs and internship opportunities in this sector
What is the private sector?
200
Provides up to $20k to undergraduate students to focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study critical to US national security
What is the Boren Scholarship?
200
Play a vital role in the translation, transcription, reporting and analysis of materials with national security ramifications.
What are linguists?
200
Based in Atlanta, this is one of the most recognized of multi-national beverage companies that offer internships.
What is the Coca-Cola Company?
200
When you should be informed and prepared to begin an internship search
What is sophomore/2nd year?
300
The Department of State, International Trade Administration, Peace Corps, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee are examples of employers in this sector
What is the public sector?
300
Undergraduate fellowship that selects students in their junior year that provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service
What is the Pickering Undergraduate Fellowship?
300
Core mission of this agency is to protect US national security systems and produce intelligence information on foreign signals
What is the National Security Agency?
300
One of the largest Human Capital consulting organizations that actively recruits liberal arts students for analyst positions.
What is Deloitte?
300
The most competitive semester for internships.
What is summer semester?
400
Bearing Point, SAIC, and Booz Allen Hamilton are examples of employers in this industry.
What are defense consulting/contractor firms?
400
Fellowship for graduate study that provides 2 summer internship, an enrichment program, mentoring, and entry into the US Foreign Service
What is the Rangel International Affairs Program?
400
The frontline source of American Intelligence, it is an elite corps that provides vital information needed by US policymakers, military and law enforcement to protect America's national security interests
What is the CIA's Clandestine Service?
400
Leading global political risk advisory and consulting firm, where analysts cover political developments and their impact on business and financial markets.
What is the Eurasia Group?
400
The academic years students typically choose to work abroad.
What are junior and/or senior years?
500
OpportunityKnocks.org, Idealist.org and The Foundation Center are all great sources for finding internships, jobs and funding for this sector
What is the non-profit sector?
500
Sponsored by APSIA, this Fellowship is designed to prepare college juniors or rising seniors for graduate studies in public and/or international affairs and groom them for professional roles in public service through Junior Summer Institutes and a graduate degree from an APSIA or PPIA Consortium school.
What is the PPIA Fellowship?
500
Research and engineering firm that actively hires talented candidates in national security and sponsors GT Student Paper Competition to recognize technical excellence in science and technology policy.
What is SAIC?
500
Based in the UK, this firm specializes in the design and implementation of public health and social programs for developing countries
What is Constella Futures?
500
Suggested timeframe students should take graduate school entrance exams and apply to graduate school.