Career Resources for Students
Explore USC Price’s wide array of opportunities to cultivate job leads and your professional network. From the moment you arrive on campus until the time you graduate, you can be planning for a successful and productive career.
Handshake is the official career platform for USC Price. Search for jobs, make career advising appointments, and access USC’s wide range of career resources as well as Price specific career resources all in Handshake!
Advising: Price Career Services encourages all Price students to make appointments for 1on1 career advising to go over a multitude of career topics. If you’re a freshman undergraduate student wanting to learn more about policy careers or a graduate student looking to make the right connections in industry, we’re ready to meet you where you are and assist you in defining and meeting your career goals.
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Price Professional Mentorship Program (PPMP)
One of the best takeaways from a USC education is your lifelong membership into the Trojan Family. The USC Price Professional Mentor Program is just one way our students leverage this resource.
PPMP matches students with professionals focused around Public Administration, Public Policy, Urban Planning, Health Administration and Non-profit leadership. Mentors serve as role models, offer advice on academic and career goals, and guide students as they develop their professional network.
Our mentors represent Los Angeles’s best and brightest and hail from organizations like: WSP, The Broad Center, the Office of Mayor Garcetti, the City of Long Beach, Davita Health Care Partners, Deloitte, City of Los Angeles, and Kaiser Permanente.
Alumni and employers are in demand, as this program is highly valued by students. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please contact Thomas Eng at [email protected].
PPMP: Spark Sessions
Price Career Services is proud to introduce PPMP: Spark Sessions, a new program designed to support USC Price undergraduate students in Public Policy and Urban Studies and Planning who are exploring career pathways. This spring semester initiative connects students with PPMP alumni mentors and friends of USC Price for informational interviews, providing valuable industry insights, professional guidance, and opportunities to learn from experienced practitioners.
Fall Networking Night
Our signature Fall Networking Event connects you with alumni and employers for career advice, networking and any other questions you may have. This in-person networking event gathers our students and alumni in an evening of great information sharing, idea generating, and professional learning in an engaging evening.
Price Internship Fair (Fall)
Price Career Services partners with employers who are looking to foster the next generation of professionals through offering internships at their organizations. Organizations come together at this virtual fair to share more information about their opportunities in both 1on1 and group sessions and to get to know Price students better.
Price Virtual Career Fair (Spring)
Employers looking to hire for both full-time positions and summer internships have an opportunity to connect in the spring with Price students. This virtual fair allows for employers from a wide variety of locations and industries to share about their opportunities and meet Price students.
Employer Site Visits
Price Career Services coordinates site visits to employer workplaces to learn directly from representatives about the organization. We also work with employers and alumni to host information sessions about opportunities they have available. These are hosted both on-campus as well as virtually
Professional Prep Sessions
Not confident about tackling our professional events and opportunities? Price Career Services offers prep sessions prior to all of our major events to make sure you confidently meet with our alumni and employer partners! Learn about how to successfully navigate a virtual career fair before meeting with employers or what to talk to an alumni about at Fall Networking Night so that you can maximize your time and efforts at these events.