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Your path into public service starts here.

PublicPath helps students and early-career candidates discover, navigate, and land roles in government, from city hall to Capitol Hill.

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Discover
Browse ... curated roles across federal, state & local government — filtered for early-career candidates.
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Understand
Get plain-English guidance on eligibility, timelines, and what the hiring process actually looks like.
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Apply
Take action with confidence. Track deadlines, bookmark roles, and get the week's best picks delivered to your inbox.

Young people want to serve. The pathways are broken.

67%
of young people say they want to work in public service at some point in their career
51%
of Millennials & Gen Z would consider a government career, if they knew how to get started
7–10%
of those who express interest actually end up in a public sector role

Demand is real. The infrastructure to convert it doesn't exist.

Breaking into public service is harder than it should be

Despite millions of government roles, there's no single place to find them, and no clear playbook for how to get hired.

Drop 1: Discovery
Fragmented across 50+ portals
Roles are scattered across USAJobs, state portals, city sites, and individual agency pages. There is no unified search that covers them all.
50+ Portals
Drop 2: Application Friction
Half of applicants never finish
50% of job seekers who start a government application don't complete it. The process is too complex, opaque, and time-consuming.
50% Drop off
Drop 3: The Black Hole
101-day hiring timelines
The average time-to-hire in government is 101 days, more than twice the private sector average. Candidates hear nothing for months and quietly give up.
101 Days avg.

"Government hiring is a black box. I want to work in government, but I don't even know where to start."

Grad student, public policy program

Built for candidates without a government network.

We curate hard-to-find government opportunities, explain what they actually require, and guide you through the process so your path into public service is clear, not confusing.

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Curated public sector roles

Discover local, state, and federal opportunities in one place, handpicked and filtered for early-career candidates.

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Plain-English guidance

Understand eligibility, timelines, and next steps without the jargon. We make the process clear and actionable.

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No connections required

Built for students and early-career professionals without a government network, so you can break in on your own terms.

The people behind PublicPath.

A small team with deep roots in public sector hiring — building the infrastructure to make government accessible to everyone.

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Hira Qureshi
Founder

Hira has spent 8+ years building talent pipelines and placing people into public service careers — from the U.S. Treasury Department to the Biden for President campaign. She got her own start with no formal network or inside connections.

That experience is what PublicPath is built on: the belief that access to public sector careers should not depend on who you know.

U.S. Treasury Department — Talent & Hiring
Biden for President Campaign — Talent Pipeline
Obama Scholar · Booth MBA '26
"Government works best when it reflects the people it serves. What's missing isn't talent — it's access."
The Team

Built by people who've been there

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Ameer Hamza
Chief Strategy Officer

Booth MBA '26 · McKinsey · Public Policy. Leads strategy, partnerships, and growth for PublicPath.

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Tahvia Williams
Tech Co-lead

UChicago '28 · Data Science & Public Policy. Builds and scales the tools that connect candidates to government careers.

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Megha Viswanath
Partnerships Lead

Harris '26 · Tech Policy. Builds relationships with universities, fellowships, and civic organizations.

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Anees Amjad
Tech Co-lead

Harris '26 · Public Sector Tech. Builds and scales the tools that connect candidates to government careers.

We're a nonprofit platform with a simple mission: to help the next generation of public servants access government careers, regardless of where they went to school or who they know.