Horizon’s advising services are designed to help both early-career and experienced individuals advance their careers in tech policy.. Whether you're just thinking through your options, searching for specific opportunities, or preparing applications, we may be able to help.
Career Advising & Support
Horizon provides personalized advising and career support to help launch and accelerate careers in emerging technology policy.
No two career paths are the same: what works for someone else may not work for you. You need guidance that accounts for your specific background, interests, and public service goals.
Starting or advancing a career in public service is also easier when you have someone in your corner, keeping your goals in mind and reaching out when they can match you with great opportunities.
Horizon's career support services give you both: tailored advice and a team that's actively looking out for your next opportunity.
What we offer
- Career coachingWe offer one-on-one advising sessions with experienced career coaches. Our advisors help individuals think through career decisions—whether that’s weighing graduate school, considering a pivot, or targeting particular policy roles.
- Opportunity notifications
We send our advisees alerts about jobs, fellowships, events, and other opportunities matched to individuals’ backgrounds and interests. We source dozens of carefully selected opportunities each year from across our network— including many roles that aren't publicly advertised—and reach out directly when we find a strong fit.
- Application support
We provide feedback on resumes, cover letters, writing samples, and other application materials. Our advisors know what policy hiring managers are looking for and can help applicants present their strongest case.
- Interview preparation
We offer mock interviews and individual feedback to help candidates anticipate common questions, sharpen their talking points, and practice articulating their backgrounds for policy audiences.
Connecting talent with opportunity
Horizon works on both sides of the hiring equation: we help candidates find and prepare for their next roles while also helping policy organizations find the talent they need. We proactively survey hiring managers across our network to identify gaps and source strong candidates for open positions. This two-sided model allows us to make high-quality matches efficiently.
We've delivered hundreds of curated opportunity notifications to thousands of individuals matched by eligibility and interest, surfacing jobs and programs they otherwise would have missed.
Thank you for being relentlessly helpful… your work to help people find impactful jobs—whether it's building a website with compiled resources or making yourself available as a sounding board—is so much appreciated.
Thank you for all the resources you've given me… I feel prepared to go down this path in a way that I absolutely would not have without your help.
Get support
Tech policy needs contributions from people with a wide range of backgrounds. But the job landscape and professional norms in policy are often opaque to DC outsiders, keeping many promising candidates from making an impact in public service.
If that resonates with your experience, we'd like to help.
Tell us more about your interests, background, and needs through our policy career support form, and we'll follow up if we're able to offer support.