Careers

OS Career Prep Series

Expanding on last fall’s pilot series, Organizational Studies is proud to present the OS Career Preparation series, featuring sessions on how to craft your resume and explain the OS degree in cover letters and interviews. New this year are focused topic sessions on various fields where OS graduates have found work. We are bringing OS alumni back to campus to share their experience with you, help explain the field more, and provide tips for your job search. These sessions will be held mainly on Friday afternoons.

OS CAREER PREPARATION SERIES

The interdisciplinary approach that is the heart of Organizational Studies fosters a broad vision of organizations and their critical role in society that is essential for tomorrow’s leaders in a rapidly changing world.

OS graduates are prepared to do well in a variety of careers, as well as law and other graduate school programs. Graduates and alums who responded to our surveys worked in a variety of different fields, the top ones being consulting, sales/marketing, and non-profit. Other fields students have entered include education, finance/accounting/ banking, human resources, fundraising, health care, and law. The breadth of fields is a strong indicator that our graduates are prepared to enter a variety of fields thanks to the multidisciplinary perspectives they obtain through their OS degree and a broad liberal arts education. 

Organizations where our graduates are currently employed include:  

  • Accenture
  • Barrington Stage Company
  • BearingPoint
  • Bloomberg
  • City Year
  • Deloitte & Touche
  • Google
  • IBM Consulting
  • JP Morgan/Chase
  • Lockheed Martin
  • National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • News America Marketing
  • Peace Corps
  • Proctor and Gamble
  • Target
  • Teach for America
  • William Davidson Institute

Our graduates also continue to pursue post-graduate education. Graduates of the program who choose to continue their education pursue degrees in law, business, public healthy, public policy, urban education, and other areas.  

Institutions where our graduates have or are currently studying include:

  • Harvard University
  • London School of Economics
  • Loyola University
  • Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT)
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Oxford