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Shruthi Krishnan '22

Associate, Boston Consulting Group

"Advisors in ILR’s Office of Career Services were with me through every step of the search process. During my first two years, they taught me how to explore different jobs, use LinkedIn and prepare for career fairs. As a junior and senior, their resume critiques and practice interviews helped me get an internship at the State Department and my fulltime job in consulting.”

Shruthi Krishnan
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66%

 

Graduates found employment through ILR and the Cornell network

1 in 2

 

Fortune 500 companies have an ILRie on their senior HR leadership

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Salaries and Career Fields

Summary

Through job fairs, alumni networking events, workshops and other career services, ILR’s Class of 2023 continued our tradition of sending graduates to top employers and prominent graduate schools.

Key Insights

  1. Nearly 78% of recent ILR graduates accepted positions at for-profits, non-profits, and government agencies.
  2. Their average starting salary was $79,000.
  3. Graduates pursued multiple career fields, including HR, consulting, finance, law, and public service.

2023 BSILR Data by Career Field

Career Field Percentage Mean Range
Financial Analysis/Services 26% $95,116 $57,000-$120,000
Human Resource/Corporate Labor Relations 14% $71,862 $37,440-$100,000
HR Consulting 11% $82,694 $50,000-$90,001
Management Consulting 11% $93,029 $70,000-$117,000
Paralegal/Legal Assistant 10% $58,478 $44,253-$82,000
Other (sports, medical/medical support, dispute resolution, journalism) 6% $56,804 $19,500-$100,000
Business- General (Design, product/project management, management rotational program) 5% $80,864 $65,000-$108,050
Business Development/Sales 3% * *
Labor Organizing/Research 3% $69,956 $60,000-$78,000
Nonprofit Administration 2% * *
Public Service 2% * *
Research 2% * *
Marketing 1% * *
Education 1% * *
Not reported 1%    

* Three or fewer students reported salaries

Employers

 
A.T. Kearney
Accenture
Adirondack River Outfitters/ Park City Ski Resort
Aksia
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
AlphaSights Ltd.
Amazon
American Federation of Teachers
AmeriCorps VISTA
Ardian
Bank of America
Bantr
Baylor Scott & White Health
Blackstone
Boeing Company (The)
Boston Beer Company
Boston Consulting Group
Bronx County District Attorney's Office
BSE Global
Buffalo Riverworks
California School Employees Association
Cary Kane LLP
CastleOak Securities
Chefs' Warehouse
Citigroup
City Year
Civil Service Employees Association
ClearBridge Compensation Group
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
Consigli Construction
Cornerstone Research
Covenant House International
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
DBD Partners
Definitive Healthcare
Democratic Party
Desena & Sweeney, LLP
Deutsche Bank
DTCC
Elks National Foundation
Epic Systems
EQT
Equiteq
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The)
Evercore Partners
EY (Ernst & Young)
EY-Parthenon
Farient Advisors LLC
Florida Financial Advisors
Forvia/ Faurecia
FW Cook
Georgia Office of Planning and Budget
Google
HSBC
IKOS Consulting
InSite Software Inc
Invus Group
ISS Corporate Solutions
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jefferies Group
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Keefe Bruyette and Woods
Kingfish Group
KPMG
L3Harris Technologies
Latham & Watkins
Law Offices of Adam Dayan
L'Oreal USA
Make Us Visible
Massaro Corporation
Mazars
McKinsey & Company
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
Media Advisory Partners
Mercer
Miller Shah LLP
Mitsui Bussan Commodities
Morgan Stanley
National Basketball Association
NBCUniversal
Nearwater Capital
New Era Manufacturing Ltd.
New York County District Attorney's Office
Northwestern Mutual
Orangetheory Fitness
Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP
Pay Governance LLC
PepsiCo
PIMCO
Point 72
Precision Business Solutions
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Procter & Gamble
Proskauer Rose LLP
Pulakos CPAs PC
QinetiQ
Quadrant Strategies
RBC Capital Markets
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York
RWA.xyz
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP
Santander Private Banking International
Scheinman Arbitration and Mediation Services
Scotiabank
SEIU 1199NW
Simon-Kucher & Partners
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Spencer Ogden
Spencer Stuart
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Tastebud Market LLC
Textron Inc.
Turn/River Capital
UBS
United Food and Commercial Workers
United States Department of State
University of Michigan
Virginia Education Association
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Securities
William Morris Endeavor (WME)
ZRG Partners, LLC

Law and Graduate Schools

 
Grad School Grad Degree Grad Field
American University, Washington College of Law JD Law
Boston College Law School JD Law
Brooklyn Law School JD Law
Columbia University    
Columbia Law School JD Law
Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) MIA Master of International Relations
Cornell University    
Cornell Law School JD Law
SC Johnson College of Business MBA Business Administration
ILR School MS Industrial & Labor Relations
Duke University School of Law JD Law
NYU School of Law JD Law
University at Buffalo School of Law JD Law
UCLA School of Law JD Law
University of Chicago, The Law School JD Law
UNSW Sydney Law & Justice (Australia) JD Law
University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law JD Law
Wayne State University Law School JD Law
UMass-Amherst, Isenberg School of Management MS Sport Management
Cal Poly, Orfalea College of Business MBA Business Administration
Purdue University's Mitchell E. Daniels, JR. School of Business MSHRM Human Resource Management
UAlbany, Massry School of Business MBA Business Administration
University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business MBA Business Administration
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) MPhil Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation
Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business MS Finance
Missouri Science and Technology MS Industrial-Organizational Pyschology
SciencesPo (Paris, France) MS Human Rights and Humanitarian Action
Rutgers- New Brunswick School of Management and Labor Relations PhD Labor, Work, and Society

Select Job Titles

 
Associate - Mergers and Acquisitions
Associate Consultant
Associate, global product marketing
Brand Manager
Campaign Field Organizer
Commercial Real Estate Analyst
Consultant
Corporate Partnerships Coordinator
Design Development Analyst
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Co-op
Executive Compensation Consultant
Experienced Associate
Financial Representative
Fiscal Policy Analyst I
Ghost Writer
Global Human Resources Management Analyst
HR Rotational Development Program Participant
HR Service Delivery Analyst
Investment Banking Analyst
Legal Assistant
Litigation Paralegal
Management Analyst
Management Development Program Participant
Media Affairs Intern
Music Central Assistant
Network Relations Specialist
Organizer
Organizing Specialist
Paralegal
Policy Specialist
Private Equity Analyst
Program Specialist (International Relations)
Project Manager
Recruitment and Operations Associate
Research Technician
Sales & Trading Analyst
Sales Development Representative
Stat Auditor
Sustainable Finance Integration Analyst
Teacher/Americorps Member

 

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Career Outcomes of the MILR Degree

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MILR Career Outcomes