FAQ
What is the application for admission process?
The selection process consists of two parts, screening and hiring:
- The screening process starts with a review of your online application for admission. Qualified applicants then participate in phone interviews and potentially an in-person interview with the Institute. After completing the Institute’s screening process and interviews, candidates move to the hiring stage of the application for admission process.
- During the hiring stage of the application for admission process, candidates are connected to open roles at our partner organizations. At this point, candidates interview for specific jobs with hiring managers at partner organizations. Successful candidates will receive job offers during this stage.
If you are selected and offered a job by a partner organization and accept the offer, only then are you officially admitted to the Liberty@Work program.
What makes a strong candidate?
- Solid understanding of free-market principles.
- Commitment to limited government and the advancement of individual liberty.
- Typically, a minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
- A solid academic record.
- Zero to fifteen years of work experience.
- Strong interest in learning and applying MBM® in a non-profit setting.
- Desire to become a better and more equipped professional.
- Demonstration of entrepreneurial thinking.
What is on the online application for admission?
You must submit the following items through our online application for admission. Also, be prepared to identify possible career paths.
- A resume.
- The names and contact information of three references, along with their relationship to you. Letters of recommendation or reference are not required.
- A statement on how the Wednesday professional education sessions will make you a more effective advocate for economic freedom and limited government.
- A statement of no more than 100 words on what you hope to gain by participating in Liberty@Work.
- A statement of no more than 100 words describing your career goals for the next one to five years and how they relate to advancing economic freedom.
- A statement of no more than fifty words on the ideal role of government.
- An example of a successful government policy described in no more than 100 words.
- A list of three people or books that have influenced your thinking about the role of government. For each, write one sentence to explain how it has affected your thinking.
- A statement of no more than 150 words on your biggest work-related failure or mistake, including what you did wrong and how you responded.