Career Services

Events & Programs
Career Counseling
Job & Internship Search Tools
Mentoring & Networking
Resource Library
Life After Luskin

Events and Programs

UCLA Luskin Career Services offers programs and resources that are tailored to areas of interest within the fields of Public Policy, Social Welfare, and Urban Planning. Please see below for our upcoming workshops and additional information about the workshops we offer every academic year. If you are interested in more general career services topics (e.g. resume & cover letter workshops, LinkedIn workshops), please see the workshops held by UCLA’s Central Career Center.

Upcoming Luskin Professional Development Events and Workshops*

Visit CareerHub for more information and to RSVP.

October 3-5: Free LinkedIn Headshots for Luskin Graduate Students

October 16 (12-1pm): Capital Fellows Information Session (Zoom)

October 17 (1-2pm): Career Peers: Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviewing for Capstone Placements (PA Undergrads)

October 19 (12:30-1:30pm): Serving Communities as a City Manager, Panel Discussion (Zoom)

October 19 (4-6:30pm): Virtual Career and Internship Fair for Luskin Graduate Students

UCLA Luskin Career Center Workshops Info

Alumni Career Panels (1x/quarter)

We invite Social Work, Urban Planning, and Public Policy alumni to speak with current students about their career trajectories and the processes involved when applying for public and private sector positions.

Career & Internship Fair (2x/year)

Typically held in Fall and Spring quarters, we invite 40-60 employers to come discuss their graduate-level internships and opportunities post graduation exclusively with UCLA Luskin graduate students.

Career Planning and Management Course: M297F (1x/year)

A 2-unit graduate level course that covers professional branding, job search strategies, networking, and interviewing all with a public affairs lens and is typically offered in fall quarter.

City Hall Day

Each year, a City Hall legislator hosts UCLA Luskin graduate students to study an urban social policy issue important to his/her constituents. The purpose of this event, co-sponsored by UCLA’s Office of Local Government Relations, is to promote careers in politics and public service as well as to engage UCLA with local government.

Conference of Mayors

Recipients of the Bohnett Fellowship are invited to participate in the annual United States Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

DEI in Career Development workshops (1x/quarter)

We partner with D3 initiative to offer culturally responsive career development workshops. (e.g. salary negotiations as a woman of color, navigating the workplace as a first generation professional, etc.)

Employer Information Sessions (4x/year)

Organizations and agencies that are of interest to our graduate students are invited to campus to talk about internship and career opportunities.

Intro to Networking with Employers & Luskin Alumni: Ca (2x/year)

These workshops shed light on best practices to network in in-person and virtual situations including networking events, career fairs, LinkedIn, and more!

LinkedIn Headshots (1x/year)

We host a professional photographer to take our graduate students’ photos to use for their LinkedIn profiles and for graduate student research presenters to use at professional conferences, symposia, etc.

Professional Development Certifications, Societies and Pipelining Programs (1x/quarter)

Student learn about opportunities for post graduate fellowships and certifications.

Senior Fellows Tea (1x/year)

The kick-off to the Senior Fellows mentoring program- the premiere mentoring program connecting UCLA Luskin graduate students to executive-level professionals in the public affairs field. This occurs in Fall Quarter.

Yearlong & Summer Fellowship Information Sessions (2x/year)

Students will learn about yearlong fellowship opportunities (Bohnett Fellowships & Office of Child Protection) summer internship and fellowship funding opportunities, including the Michael S. Dukakis Internship, Public Service Fellowship, Liberty Hill Foundation Fellowship, Climate Resolve Internship, and the US Conference of Mayors Fellowship.

Leadership in Public Affairs Graduate Certificate of Completion

The Leadership in Public Affairs Graduate Certificate of Completion is comprised of an amalgam of intentionally curated events and programs that are designed to enable Luskin Graduate Students to:

Network with employers, staff, faculty, and Luskin Alumni
Enhance competencies in diversity, equity, and inclusion
Augment understanding of the issues and opportunities that exist in the Public Affairs sphere
Actively engage with the Luskin’s cutting-edge research, resources, and services

In order to obtain the certificate of completion, students must complete the requirements by Friday of Week 7 of the student’s graduating quarter. Students will attend 14 events and programs from different categories.

**If you attend an event and do not sign in to record your attendance, we will be unable to count the event towards your certificate progress. Please make sure to sign in at every event you attend.**

Criteria

1 LinkedIn Photos Event OR Intro to Networking with Employers & Luskin Alumni
1 Academic Course (M297F OR 291A)
1 Luskin Networking Night OR participation in Luskin Senior Fellows Program
1 Career Fair OR 1 Career Tour
1 City Hall Day OR Luskin Summit
1 Luskin Lecture, Regents Lecture OR Perloff Lecture
1 Senior Fellow Lecture OR Fellowship Info Session
1 Employer Info Sessions
2 Alumni Panels
2 D3 Events
2 Student Support/Wellness Events

Certificate Perks

Students who complete the Luskin Leadership Development Certificate of Completion will receive:

A physical certificate
Notation in the Luskin commencement program
May note this award on their resume and/or LinkedIn
An exclusive Luskin swag item

FAQS

How do I find out about these events?

All events will be advertised in the OSAAR weekly newsletter and you can find and RSVP for most events on CareerHub. Schoolwide events such as D3 events, Luskin Summit, Luskin Lecture, Regents Lecture, and Perloff Lectures can be found on the main Events calendar: https://luskin.ucla.edu/events.

How do I get credit for attending a workshop?

Students must sign in to receive credit for the workshop towards their certificate of completion. There is a 15-minute grace period at the beginning and end of the workshop. If a student arrives after or leaves before the 15-minute grace period, their attendance for that workshop will not count towards the certificate of completion.

How do I check on my progress towards the certificate?

Please email our office at careerservices@luskin.ucla.edu.

Are event/program substitutions accepted?

No.

UCLA Central Career Center Events & Programs

UCLA Central Career Center Events

Luskin Graduate Students may also attend events from UCLA’s Central Career Center. These tend to cover generalist topics from resume/cover letter to interview strategies; salary negotiations to “how to best use your first 90 days on the job.” To view their upcoming events and to register please visit: https://career.ucla.edu/events

Additional UCLA Luskin events and programs

To view other events hosted by other UCLA Luskin departments that may be of interest, please visit: https://luskin.ucla.edu/events

Career Counseling

Appointments

Make a 30- or 45-minute appointment with a Luskin Career Counselor for Public Affairs-specific guidance on your career and internship search, in-person and digital branding (including elevator pitch, resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn), networking, offer negotiation, and other career-related topics. If you are interested in an appointment to discuss your resume, we highly recommend first using UCLA’s VMock prior to your appointment.

VMock will offer preliminary suggestions on your resume so we are able maximize your career counseling appointment to take your resume to the next level.

Please attach your resume to your appointment in CareerHub. If you choose to make an appointment first and email your resume later, please do so no later than 24 hours in advance of your appointment so that we have ample time to provide intentional feedback on your resume.

If you do not send us your resume in advance to your appointment, we will cancel your appointment and ask you to reschedule at a later time.

To sign up for a career counseling appointment with either career counselor, follow the instructions below:

Login to CareerHub.
Click “Appointments” on the left-hand navigation bar.
You are assigned a Career Counselor based on your last name to ensure an equitable caseload.
Select a time block that has your preferred time in it, which works for your schedule.
Click “Book Appointment” and you’ll be prompted to select the appointment type, select the time, and attach any relevant documents (resume/cover letter) directly to the appointment.

Note: Appointment availability is updated on CareerHub one week prior to the beginning of the subsequent academic quarter.

If you want us to conduct a secondary review of your resume or cover letter after your career counseling appointment with us, you are welcome to make a follow-up appointment with us OR you can email us your updated resume or cover letter with the incorporated edits from our first appointment. We will provide our feedback on your updated resume via email within three business days.

UCLA VMock

What is VMock?

VMock is a 24-7 online resume review tool
Leverages data science, machine learning, natural language processing, criteria gathered from employers to provide instant personalized feedback on your resume
The system analyzes three areas – impact, presentation, and soft skills and offers feedback on highlighted areas to help make your resume stronger
Use the SMART Resume Editor to build a resume from scratch, or to edit a resume after receiving feedback. This feature is recommended only for those who are at the beginning stages of resume development

Why use VMock?

Receive an aggregate resume score to assess the strengths of your resume benchmarked against your own UCLA peer group
Improve the overall content of your resume with actionable and targeted bullet-by-bullet feedback

Additional Information on VMock

Focus on the feedback, not the score your resume is given. While the system will help you develop your resume with concrete feedback, the scoring is subjective
Students have 10 opportunities to upload a resume or rescore a resume each academic year
VMock is only able to process PDF files that were created using conventional word processing applications such as Microsoft Word

Job and Internship Search

Luskin CareerHub

CareerHub is Luskin’s career management system. You will find internship and job opportunities specifically for Public Affairs graduate students. You can also register for workshops and programs in CareerHub.

UCLA Handshake

Handshake is UCLA’s campus-wide platform that connects Bruins with internships, jobs and career opportunities. Use Handshake to find workshops, events, other career development programs hosted by the UCLA Career Center and to schedule counseling appointments with Career Center advisors.

Fellowships & Internship Funding

Visit our comprehensive Fellowships & Internship Funding page for more information on academic and professional Fellowships. This includes post-graduate full-time opportunities.

Public Job/Internship Search Databases

For a comprehensive list of search databases and tools grouped by geographic area and industry, Luskin graduate students and alumni can access our resource page through BruinLearn. Alumni who graduated prior to Fall 2023 can self-enroll for the page here.

Sample of Past Internship Sites

Career Exploration and Planning Tools

For a comprehensive list of planning tools and assessments, Luskin graduate students and alumni can access our resource page through BruinLearn. Alumni who graduated prior to Fall 2023 can self-enroll for the page here.

Working at UCLA

Graduate programs at UCLA offer employment opportunities to graduate students including teaching and research assistantships. Additional work resources are available here, such as special readers, departmental scholars, postdocs, and internships.

Mentoring and Networking Opportunities

Senior Fellows Program

Then, Congresswomen Karen Bass with her then mentee, Veronica Calkins (MSW candidate in 2015).

The Senior Fellows Program is the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs’ premier mentorship and networking program. Established in 1997, the Senior Fellows Program connects current graduate students in the Public Policy, Social Welfare, and Urban Planning masters programs to prominent community, government, and business leaders in the public service arena. These influential executive-level professionals provide graduate students with: industry-specific guidance on preparing for a career in public service, an expanded professional network, access to professional spaces they may not have otherwise had access to, and opportunities to apply, synthesize, and critique the theory they learn in the classroom to the real-world.

Opportunity Examples

Each fellow-mentee relationship is different, as each mentee’s needs differ. However, some sample activities of past mentorship relationships included:

Discussing the Fellow’s career path/ informational interview
Shadowing the Fellow at work/committee meeting(s) or conference(s)
Seeking career development advice on resume, cover letter, job searching, elevator pitch, interviewing, and/or negotiating
Discussing leadership, management, and/or influence approach
Discussing identity/community specific issues (e.g. being a woman of color in a leadership role at the organization, discussing starting an LGBTQ employee resource group, etc.)
Discussing their professional response to current events and how that may differ from their personal response
Meeting additional individuals in your Senior Fellow’s network

Timeline

The below timeline is for the 2022-2023 academic year.

September 12: Application opens (apply via CareerHub)
October 12 at 12pm: Application closes
October 17: Mentors and Mentees are matched
October 26 8am: Senior Fellows Brunch
October 26-June 2023: Mentors and Mentees meet either monthly or every other month

Expectations

Meet with your Fellow at least once/quarter.
Notify Kevin Medina (kmedina@luskin.ucla.edu) if you encounter any issues or would like to particularly highlight an unexpectedly positive experience.
Be engaged, inquisitive, and ready to learn and contribute.
Approach this learning in an open manner which includes dialoging across difference.

2022-2023 Senior Fellows

Charlene Dimas-Peinado

The complete list of former UCLA Luskin Senior Fellows since 1997 can be found here.

Alumni Career Panels

UCLA Luskin alumni often return to campus to share specialized skills or areas of expertise with current Luskin students. Topics of recent career panels include Careers in Transportation, Long Beach Management Training, Capital Fellows, Careers in Education Policy, Careers in Social Welfare, and Environmental Sustainability. Check CareerHub and the Luskin Events Calendar for any upcoming alumni Panels.

UCLA ONE

UCLA ONE (Opportunity, Network and Experience) is your ONE-stop-shop for your professional needs and to connect with UCLA. Created to engage UCLA alumni and students, UCLA ONE serves as a resource for opportunities, events and professional development for Bruins worldwide. Please join the Luskin School of Public Affairs Group once you register.

For connect with our LinkedIn page and access a free course from LinkedIn Guys on how to “Land the Perfect Job with LinkedIn”, Luskin graduate students and alumni can access our resource page through BruinLearn. Alumni who graduated prior to Fall 2023 can self-enroll for the page here.

Business Cards

Luskin Business Cards

As Luskin graduate students, you can order UCLA branded business cards! You must display your relationship with UCLA on the business card for your card to be approved. For order instructions, current Luskin graduate students can access our resource page through BruinLearn.

Digital Business Cards

For a dynamic business card, you can explore a service such as Blinq, which has free and paid options. You can personalize your own digital business cards with your headshot, your logo and design templates, while keeping your information instantly up to date. Cards and contact information can be shared digitally with anyone, even without the app, though QR code, LinkedIn, or even email.

Another option is a one-time purchase of a dot.device, which transfers all of the information on your dot.Profile with a single tap onto someone else’s phone, with no app required. Your dot.Profile is fully customizable —including a bio, social media links, payment info, and more— and enables you to share every important detail about you and your business with your network.

Public Affairs Professional Associations

For a comprehensive list of professional associations grouped by industry, Luskin graduate students and alumni can access our resource page through BruinLearn. Alumni who graduated prior to Fall 2023 can self-enroll for the page here.

Career Development Resource Library

UCLA Luskin Career Services offers resources that are tailored to areas of interest within the fields of Public Policy, Social Welfare, and Urban Planning. Luskin graduate students and alumni can access our resource page through BruinLearn. Alumni who graduated prior to Fall 2023 can self-enroll for the page here.

The resource page contains an extensive library of information related to topics such as:

Identity and Community Specific Resources
Networking
Resumes and Cover Letters
Job Search Strategies
Interview Preparation
Salary Negotiation
and more!

UCLA Luskin is committed to taking a holistic approach to career services. We understand that we must be culturally responsive in order to provide the best career preparation support possible to Luskin graduate students with myriad intersectional identities and experiences. Please explore our resource library and reach out to careerservices@luskin.ucla.edu with any questions.

Life After Luskin

Luskin Alumni Relations

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs has a global network of more than 9,000 alumni living and working in more than 40 countries. UCLA Luskin’s Office of Student Affairs and Alumni Relations seeks to engage all Luskin alums in a meaningful way that facilitates a lifelong connection with each other and the School and encourages support and guidance for future generations of Luskin students and fellow alums.

Send Us Your Updates

Interested in speaking on a panel, serving on a committee, or helping with recruitment? Have you moved or changed jobs? Please take a moment to update your contact information and tell us how you’d like to get involved.

We would love to hear from you! Update us with your professional milestones, your day-to-day victories, as well as your ideas.

Dr. Karina Mascorro
Director of Alumni Engagement
kmascorro@luskin.ucla.edu

Connect With Us

Network with fellow alumni & students via UCLA Luskin Office of Student Affairs and Alumni Relations page on LinkedIn.

Connect with hundreds of UCLA Luskin alumni and students in four easy steps by updating the education section in your personal LinkedIn profile:

In the Education section of your profile, add “UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs” as your school (not UCLA, the undergraduate college)
Add your “Dates Attended”
Add your “Degree”
Click “Save,” and your profile will automatically connect to UCLA Luskin alumni & student profiles via the UCLA Luskin Office of Student Affairs and Alumni LinkedIn university page so you can network with fellow Luskin-ites!

Post career promotions, and job opportunities, learn about other group members, and keep up-to-date on all things Luskin.

Alumni Career Resources

Luskin Alumni are invited to continue using CareerHub to access our public affairs job postings. If you do not yet have access to this system, don’t hesitate to contact careerservices@luskin.ucla.edu with your name, email, Luskin program, and graduation date to request account activation. We also invite you to connect with our LinkedIn page to connect with fellow alumni, current students, and employers. You can also continue to access our BruinLearn resource page for our career development library. If you graduated prior to Fall 2023, you can self-enroll in the page here. As a Luskin Alum, you have lifetime access to these resources.

Recent Luskin graduates have continued access to Luskin Career Services for three months after their last academic term. Recent Luskin Alumni may also attend the next career fair after graduation. For example, if you graduate in June 2022, you can access Luskin career counseling appointments and workshops through September and you may attend the Fall Internship and Career Fair. However, alumni can continue to access campus wide resources for career development through Alumni Career Engagement resources provided by the UCLA Alumni Center. Lastly, in your first year as an alum, you have one year of free access to UCLA’s campus-wide “Handshake for Alumni.” After your first year, a six months subscription is available.

UCLA ONE

Connect: Find Bruins you know or meet Bruins you should know in a trusted UCLA environment.Give back: Introduce, employ and offer to mentor current students and recent grads.Expand: Leverage your Bruin network to further your knowledge and career aspirations.Re-connect with old classmates: UCLA ONE allows you to find and re-connect with old classmates and expand your professional network.Build Community: This is your community, where Bruins help Bruins. Leverage the collective power of the vast alumni network and cultivate a culture of helping and giving back.

Please join the Luskin School of Public Affairs Group once you register.

Class of 2022 Employment Survey Results

Public Policy

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs prepares its students to enter the workforce with a broad range of practical and professional skills. Luskin graduates are prepared to take on leadership roles and effect change as practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors. The survey results provide information and statistics regarding where our Class of 2022 Public Policy graduates work, the sector(s) and position within the organization, location, and salary ranges. The data below is from the January 2023 survey, which is 6 months after they graduated. Among the graduating class of 68, 18 graduates completed the survey, which is about 26.47%.

Percentage Employed

According to the survey responses from the 2022 Public Policy graduates, 88.9% of the respondents are currently employed either full-time or part-time. Their employers are marked with an asterisk (*).

In addition to the survey data, we gathered information from LinkedIn and internet searches to provide the most recent employment statistics. Among the graduating class of 68 students, we found via our Internet search that 55 graduates have secured full-time employment one year after graduation. We could not locate the remaining 13 students’ employment information; therefore, their employment status is unknown. Based on our search, we could not identify any individuals from the graduating class of 2022 who did not have full-time employment.

California Department of Finance

California Department of Finance – Education Systems Unit

California Department of Housing & Community Development

Children’s Defense Fund*

Chutzpah Deli

City of Los Angeles*

Cityfi

Climate Resolve

College of the Redwoods*

Crete Academy Charter School

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

ECONorthwest

Emory University Brain Health Center

Employment Development Department*

Environment California*

Fair Rep LA Coalition

Flexus*

Garment Worker Center

Hagerty Consulting*

Homebase Center for Common Concerns*

Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Kaiser Permanente

Kidsave

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

M + R

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism*

Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea

Mizuho – IT & System Planning Department

National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA)

National Nurses United*

New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN)*

Olson Remcho*

RAND and The Pardee RAND Graduate School

Resnick Center and the Luskin Center for History and Policy*

Rutgers-Camden

State Bar of California

Strategic Concepts for Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)*

Sustainability Office for LA Mayor Karen Bass

The World Bank

Thomas Safran & Associates*

UCLA*

UCLA Health

UCLA Labor Center

UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

United States Space Force

University of California

University of California – Santa Barbara

US House of Representatives – Office of Congresswoman Becca Balint

USC Marshall School of Business

World Resource Institute*

Yale New Haven Hospital

Sector and Position Level

Of the graduates that responded to the survey approximately 23.5% work for non-profit organizations, 17.6.% conduct research and work for non-profit organizations, 11.8% work for the government, 5.9% work in education, 5.9% work in research, 5.9% work in research and government, 5.9% work in the private sector and government, 5.9% secured jobs in the private sector, 5.9% work in health care research, 5.9% work in health care and 5.9% work in health care and private sectors.

55.6% hold a mid-level position and 16.7% hold a manager position, and 16.7% hold an entry-level position.

Location

66.8% of respondents work in California. Of that percentage, 38.9% work in Los Angeles and the rest work in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco/Bay Area and Crescent City. 11.1 % work remotely and the remaining 22.1% work out of state and internationally in locations such as Washington, DC, Charlotte and Sejong (Republic of South Korea).

Salary Range

Industry/Policy Areas

Recent graduates have jobs in the following fields.

- - Economics Policy
  - Community Economic Development and Housing (CEDH)
  - Regional and International Development
  - Environmental Policy
  - Transportation Policy
  - Immigration Policy
  - International Policy
  - Social Economic Justice
  - Social Policy (Racial Equity)

Social Welfare

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs prepares its students to enter the workforce with a broad range of practical and professional skills. Luskin Graduates are prepared to take on leadership roles and effect change as practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors. The following survey results provide information and statistics regarding where our Class of 2022 Social Welfare graduates work, the sector(s) and position within the organization, location, and salary ranges. The data below is from the January 2023 survey, which is 6 months after they graduated. Among the graduating cohort of 111, 31 completed the survey, 27.92%.

Percentage Employed

According to the survey responses from the 2022 Social Welfare graduates, 100% of the respondents are currently employed. 93.5% are employed full-time and 6.5% part-time. Their employers are marked with an asterisk (*).

In addition to the survey data, we gathered information from LinkedIn and internet searches to provide the most recent employment statistics. Among the graduating class of 111 students, we found via our Internet search that 86 graduates have secured full-time employment one year after graduation. We could not locate the remaining 25 students’ employment information; therefore, their employment status is unknown. Based on our search, we could not identify any individuals from the graduating class of 2022 who did not have full-time employment.

AltaMed Health Services

AMFM Healthcare

Amity Foundation

Angels Foster Family Network

Ascend Healthcare

Ateres Bnos Ita (High School)*

Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles

Brotherhood Crusade*

California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators, Paragon Recovery, & UCLA*

Child and Family Guidance Center

Child and Family Guidance Center | CFGC

College of the Redwoods*

Community Coalition*

DCFS

Department of Children and Family Services*

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services*

Doctors Medical Center of Modesto

East Whittier City School District*

Entertainment Community Fund

Family Service of Santa Monica- Vista del Mar

First Place for Youth*

Foothill Family

Forrest Collective LLC

Geffen Academy*

Glendora Hospital

Hagerty Consulting*

Homebase Center for Common Concerns*

Kaiser Permanente*

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center

Koreatown Youth and Community Center*

LA Family Housing

Lincoln Families*

Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services*

LONG BEACH VA MEDICAL CENTER

Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health*

Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services

Los Angeles Unified School District

Matrix for Success Academy

Magnin*

Maverick Psychotherapy Group

Medical-Financial Partnership, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

OpenPath Psychotherapy Collective

Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services*

Pacific Asian Counseling Services*

Pacific Clinics

Pacific Clinics Asian Pacific Family Center*

Paragon Recovery*

Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

Providence St John’s Child and Family Development Center*

Raise The Barr founded by NFL Player Anthony Barr

Riverside County Latino Commission Counseling Center*

San Ysidro Health

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Smart Counseling and Mental Health Center*

SSG-APCTC WILSHIRE CENTER

Stanford Children’s Health | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital*

The ASL Association Central & Southern Ohio Chapter

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

UC Regents

UCLA*

UCLA Bruin Guardian Scholars Program

UCLA Health

UCLA Hub for Health Intervention, Policy and Practice*

UCLA Luskin

UCLA Medical Center

University of Washington Harborview

Upturn*

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center

Violence Intervention Program – Community Mental Health Center*

Vista Del Mar

Wayfinder Family Services

Wright Institute Los Angeles

Yellow Chair Collective

Sector and Position Level

Job Titles

Job Titles for the Class of 2022 graduates that responded to the survey:

- - Art + Culture Project Coordinator
  - Associate Clinician
  - Associate Therapist
  - Bilingual Therapist I
  - CAREspace Therapist
  - Case Manager
  - Children’s Social Worker II
  - Clinical Therapist
  - Community Program Specialist
  - Counselor III
  - Crop, Solar Thermal Installer
  - CSW II
  - Executive Director, Clinical Director, & Instructor
  - HIV Prevention Social Worker
  - Medical Social Worker- Pediatric Heart Transplant
  - Mental Health Clinician
  - Mental Health Therapist
  - MSW staff therapist
  - Outpatient Therapist
  - Professor of Social Work
  - Psychiatric Social Worker I
  - School Social Worker
  - Senior Policy Analyst
  - Student Activities Coordinator
  - Unlicensed Bilingual Mental Health Clinician
  - Youth Advocate

Location

87.1% of survey respondedts work in California, 3.2% work in Washington, 3.2% work in Washington D.C., 3.% work in Nevada, and 3.2% work remotely.

Salary Range

Urban Planning

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs prepares its students to enter the workforce with a broad range of practical and professional skills. Luskin Graduates are prepared to take on leadership roles and effect change as practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors. The following survey results provide information and statistics regarding where our Class of 2022 Urban Planning graduates work, the sector(s) and position within the organization, location, and salary ranges. The data below is from the January 2022 survey, which is 6 months after they graduated. Among the graduating cohort of 61, 21 graduates completed the survey, which is about 34.42%

Percentage employed

According to the survey responses from the 2022 Urban Planning graduates, 95.2% of the respondents are currently employed either full-time or part-time. Their employers are marked with an asterisk (*).

In addition to the survey data, we gathered information from LinkedIn and internet searches to provide the most recent employment statistics. Among the graduating class of 61 students, we found via our Internet search that 56 graduates have secured full-time employment one year after graduation. We could not locate the remaining 5 students’ employment information; therefore, their employment status is unknown. Based on our search, we could not identify any individuals from the graduating class of 2022 who did not have full-time employment.

Abundant Housing LA*

Adobe Communities

Alta Planning + Design

ARUP

Caltrans*

City of Long Beach*

City of Los Altos

City of Los Angeles

City of San Diego

Code Pink, Solidarity Research Center*

CTY Housing

EBA Planning*

El Centro De La Raza

Environmental Science Associates

ERM

Esperanza Community Housing Corporation

Estolano Advisors*

Fehr & Peers*

Flix

Georgia Tech

Governor’s Office of Planning and Research

High Street Consulting*

Hollywood Community Housing Corporation*

Jacobs

Jobs to Move America*

Karp Strategies*

Kittleson & Associates, Inc.

LA Family Housing

LADOT

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angles/Stay Housed LA*

MIG

Mission Economic Development Agency*

National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development

Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates

Port of Los Angeles*

Portland Bureau of Transportation

Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing (SCANPH)

State of California*

The Robert Group, Inc.

Toole Design Group*

TRUST South LA*

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation*

US House of Representatives*

Walker Consultants*

Washington State Department of Transportation

WSP USA

Sector(s) and Position Level

Of the graduates that responded to the survey, approximately 30.8 % are employed by non-profit organizations, 23.1% are working in the private sector, 15.4 % are working for the government, 15.4% are doing research for non-profit organizations, and 7.7% are doing research. The remaining 7.7% are working for the government and the private sector.

Location

Salary Range

Undergraduate Program

The following survey results provide information and statistics regarding where our Class of 2022 Undergraduate Program graduates work, sector(s), position within the organization, location, and salary ranges. The data below is from the January 2023 survey, which is 6 months after they graduated. Among the graduating cohort of 102 graduates, 29 completed the survey, which is about 28.43%.

Percentage employed

96.52% of the Undergraduate Program 2022 graduates who responded to this survey are employed part or full-time. Their employers are marked with an asterisk (*).

In addition to the survey data, we gathered information from LinkedIn and internet searches to provide the most recent employment statistics. Among the graduating class of 102 students, we found via our Internet search that 79 graduates have secured full-time employment one year after graduation. We could not locate the remaining 23 students’ employment information; therefore, their employment status is unknown. Based on our search, we could not identify any individuals from the graduating class of 2022 who did not have full-time employment.

17 Asset Management

Abode Communities

Agency for Better Living Endeavors

Amazon

Amazon Web Services

Americorps – JusticeCorps*

Analysis Group

Argosy Collegiate Charter School*

Asian Americans Advocating Justice Southern California*

Avery Library*

Better World Group

Boston Scientific*

California Department of Justice Civil Rights Enforcement Section

Cambridge Mobile Telematics*

City of Los Angeles*

City of Los Angeles Community Investment for Families Department

City of Paramount

City of Salinas*

Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Coro Center for Civic Leadership*

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

D.C. Policy Center

Deloitte Tax*

Dolores Huerta Foundation

East Bay Community Law Center

El Camino College, Social Justice Center*

End Citizens United

Evergreen Collective

Food Foward

FoodCorps AmeriCorps*

Fourth Floor

Fresno State Admissions and Recruitment*

Gartner

Goldenvoice

Harvard

HeyTutor

HH English Club

Ironclad

JusticeCorps Los Angeles

Las Vegas Raiders

Leadership for Educational Equity

Los Angeles Metro

My Digital TAT2

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

OMA

Outward Bound California

Peace Corps*

Pharos Academy Charter School*

RCLCO Real Estate Consulting*

Ropes & Gray LLP

San Fransisco Recreation & Parks Development

SEI

Semler Brossy

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP*

Square*

Starlight Children’s Foundation

Steptoe & Johnson LLP*

Teach for America

Thai Community Development Center*

The Aspen Institute

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles

Therapy West Inc. & pLAy Studio / Infant Development Association

Theta Chi Fraternity

Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund*

Tusk Strategies*

U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center*

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources*

UCLA Carceral Ecologies Lab

UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)*

United Farm Workers

United Nations ESCAP

Wooden Athletic Fund

Yale Law School

Zin home

Sector(s) and Position Level

Approximately 25.9 % of survey respondents are working in Education, 22.2% are working in the private sector, 14.8 % are working for the government, 15.4% are doing research for non-profit organizations, and 7.7% are doing research. The remaining 7.7% are working for the government and the private sector.

Position

Location

Salary

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program is a federal program created for those in public service jobs, offering the opportunity to have their federal loan balances forgiven after 120 qualifying monthly payments.

Where do Luskin alumni work?

Our alumni work across many different industries, with organizations across the country and globe. Below is a non-exhaustive list of some companies and agencies that alumni report working with.

Sample of Organizations that Employ Luskin Alumni

17 Asset Management
A Community of Friends
ACLU California Action
Active Transportation Division, City of Los Angeles
Acumen LLC
AECOM
Alta Planning
APLA Health & Wellness
Arellano Associates
Arizona State University
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT)
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers (APCTC)
Better World Group
Boston Consulting Group
Brilliant Corners
Buro Happold
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
CalBike (California Bicycle Coalition)
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
California Department of Finance
California Department of Housing and Community Development
California Immigrant Policy Center
California Legislative Analyst’s Office
California State Assemblymember, 55th District
California State Senator, District 20
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Sacramento
Cambridge Systematics
Castillo Consulting Partners
Catalyst California
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Center for Court Innovation
Center for Global Sustainability – University of Maryland at College Park
Center on Policy Initiatives
Chattel, Inc.
Children’s Defense Fund
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
China Electronic Systems Engineering Corporation
Chutzpah Deli
City of Albuquerque
City of Culver City
City of Houston Mayor’s Office
City of Jurupa Valley
City of Long Beach
City of Los Altos
City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Street Lighting
Cityfi
Climate Resolve
College of the Redwoods
Common Cause
Community Corporation of Santa Monica
Community Health Councils
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Connectics Transportation Group
Connecting Capital and Community (3C) Initiative, Genesis LA
Corporation for Supportive Housing
County of Marin
County of Orange Health Care Agency
Crete Academy Charter School
Delta-EE
Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS)
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center
Dignity Health-California Hospital Medical Center
Dolores Street Community Services
Dudek
Dyett & Bhatia
Eagle Rock Therapy
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
ECONorthwest
Eden Housing
Ehlers
El Rancho Unified School District (ERUSD)
Emas Herbs
Emory University Brain Health Center
Employment Development Department
Entertain Impact
Environment California
Epiphany Counseling, Consulting, & Treatment Services
Estolano Advisors
Expeditors
Fair Rep LA Coalition
Federal Public Defender
Fehr & Peers
First 5 LA
Flexus
Forward
Foundation for CA Community Colleges
Fulbright/COMEXUS Public Policy Initiative
Garment Worker Center
Gensler
Grassroots Asians Rising
Hagerty Consulting
Healthright 360
Here LA
Heritage Psychiatric Foundation
Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation + Blue Ridge Corridor Alliance
Hirsch Philanthropy Partners
Homebase Center for Common Concerns
Homeboy Industries
ICF Environmental Consulting Firm
Imagine LA
Inland Empire United
Institute of Finance and Sustainability
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Japanese Ministry of Finance
Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Jarrett Walker + Associates
Jewish Family Service
Just Solutions
Kaiser Permanente
Keany Associates
Kearns and West
Kidsave
Kittelson & Associates
L.A. Works
LA City Council District 7
LA County Department of Mental Health
LA County Department of Public Health
LA County Dept. of Health Services, Office of Diversion & Reentry
LA County Development Authority
Leavitt Partners
Lenarra Therapy
Liberty Hill Foundation
London School of Economics
Los Angeles City Administrative Officer
Los Angeles City Planning Department
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County Deptartment of Youth Development
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
Los Angeles Housing Department
Los Angeles Mayor’s Office
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
M + R
Masada Homes
MEF Associates
M-Group
Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea
Miracle Mile Law Group
Mizuho – IT & System Planning Department
Montana State University National Park Service
Multnomah County
National Association for Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA)
National Labor Relations Board
National Nurses United
Natural Resources Defense Council
NeighborWorks America
Nelson/Nygaard
New York City Department of Transportation
New York City Housing Development Corporation
NGIN
NICOS Chinese Health Coalition
Northrop Grumman
Oak Grove Center
OCAPICA
Off The Saw
Olson Remcho
Oregon Housing and Community Services
Oregon State University
O’Reilly Public Relations
Pacific Asian Counseling Services (PACSLA)
Pacific Clinics
Pacoima Beautiful
Pain Psychology Center
PATH Ventures
Peace Corps
Pierre Fabre Group
PlaceWorks
Plymouth Housing
Populus
Prevention Institute
Primary Health
Prototypes- Healthright 360
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center
RAND
Redistricting Data Hub
Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation
Revolve Impact
Robert Walters
Rutgers-Camden
Safe Passages
San Diego Youth Services
San Fran Municipal Transportation Agency
San Francisco Unified School District
Santa Monica College
SB Friedman Development Advisors
SCAG (Southern California Association of Governments)
SCHARP
Seattle Department of Transportation
SEIU-UHW
Seneca Family of Agencies
Shared Use Mobility Center
SoCalGas
Sonoma County Transit
St Joseph Center
St. Anne’s
Standard Communities
STAR of CA
State Bar of California
Step Up
Strategic Concepts for Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
Summit Consulting Group
Sunrise Therapy Center
Telecare
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas Jail Project
The Bucket List Project Foundation
The Greenlining Institute
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
The Nature Conservancy
The People Concern
The Ramsay Group
The Trust for Public Land
The University of Pennsylvania
The World Bank
Thomas Safran & Associates
Thrive Psychology Group
Toole Design
Transdev
TRUST South LA
Tsinghua University
UCLA
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
UCLA Center For Health Policy Research
UCLA city LAB
UCLA Ciudades
UCLA College Corps Program
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA Health
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)
UCLA Labor Center
UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute
UCLA Law
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
UCLA School of Education and Information Studies
UCLA Voting Rights Project
United States Space Force
University of California – Santa Barbara
US House of Representatives – Office of Congresswoman Becca Balint
USC Marshall School of Business
Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
Veteran Affairs
Visions Dual Diagnosis Adolescent Treatment Center
Water Education for Latino Leaders
Wellnest
West LA VA Medical Center
White House Internship Program
World Resource Institute
Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center

Events and Programs

Upcoming Luskin Professional Development Events and Workshops*

Leadership in Public Affairs Graduate Certificate of Completion

Criteria

Certificate Perks

FAQS

UCLA Central Career Center Events

Career Counseling

What is VMock?

Why use VMock?

Additional Information on VMock

Job and Internship Search

Working at UCLA

Mentoring and Networking Opportunities

Opportunity Examples

Timeline

Expectations

2022-2023 Senior Fellows

The complete list of former UCLA Luskin Senior Fellows since 1997 can be found here.

Luskin Business Cards

Digital Business Cards

Career Development Resource Library

Life After Luskin

Luskin Alumni Relations

Class of 2022 Employment Survey Results

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Where do Luskin alumni work?

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Campus Resources

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Career Services

Events and Programs

Upcoming Luskin Professional Development Events and Workshops*

Leadership in Public Affairs Graduate Certificate of Completion

Criteria

Certificate Perks

FAQS

UCLA Central Career Center Events

Career Counseling

What is VMock?

Why use VMock?

Additional Information on VMock

Job and Internship Search

Working at UCLA

Mentoring and Networking Opportunities

Opportunity Examples

Timeline

Expectations

2022-2023 Senior Fellows

The complete list of former UCLA Luskin Senior Fellows since 1997 can be found here.

Luskin Business Cards

Digital Business Cards

Career Development Resource Library

Life After Luskin

Luskin Alumni Relations

Class of 2022 Employment Survey Results

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Where do Luskin alumni work?

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