Your Bridge to a Meaningful Career
John L. and Stephanie G. Palmer Center for Career Development for Graduate Students
Knowledge. Skills. Experience. Contacts. A Maxwell education will prepare you with these essential ingredients for career success. The Palmer Career Center staff are here to help you leverage them to their fullest potential.
We work closely with employers domestically and abroad, and with the Maxwell School’s network of 37,000 alumni around the world, to develop opportunities for career exploration, networking, internships and fellowships, and for you to learn from our alumnus’s first-hand experiences and 20/20 insights.
For Current Graduate Students
For employment opportunities, upcoming talks, recorded events, career fields guides, tips sheets and more, please visit our Linktree or browse our Maxwell Answers page.
Services and Programs
We provide:
- Career counseling
- Mock interviews and interview preparation
- Cover letter and résumé review
- Networking advice
- Skills building workshops on topics like résumé writing and building your online career profile and network
- Career talks with experienced insiders who’ve sat where you are now
- Access to Maxwell graduate professional job and internship listings, résumé posting and more through Handshake.
- And much more!
To make an appointment or ask us about additional resources, please stop by our office, call or email.
For Employers
Maxwell graduate students are among the most prepared to provide keen insight into a range of public affairs issues, domestically and abroad and apply a wide range of skills and knowledge to federal, state and local government agencies, nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, think tanks and private firms.
The Palmer Career Center employer engagement opportunities include:
- Information Session/Recruiting: We offer in-person and virtual sessions for Maxwell graduate students. Employers have the option to hold events in person, hybrid or completely virtual. Syracuse University supports all virtual platforms (Zoom, MS Teams, Web Ex and others).
If you post an information session to Handshake , please contact our office at MaxCareers@syr.edu so that we can host or promote the event to our graduate students on your behalf. - Job Opportunities: Any employment opportunities for Maxwell graduate students can be entered directly onto the Handshake job posting system. If you wish for us to post the position on your behalf, please send the position information to MaxCareers@syr.edu.
Have a question regarding our Maxwell graduate students, degree programs, events, job postings or other accommodations that we can assist you with?
Maxwell Alumni
All of the online resources available to students are also available to you as a Maxwell School alumnus. In addition, you gain valuable access to the services of the Syracuse University alumni career and professional development team, who are available by appointment to strategize about your job search, polish your resume and more.