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Kirk D. Snyder

  • Department Chair, Business Communication
  • Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Kirk Snyder is nationally recognized as an expert on the contemporary workplace. His most recent book, Finding Work You Love: 3 Steps to Getting the Perfect Job After College (Penguin Random House, 2020), is written specifically for college students navigating a brand new world of work. He is also the author of two critically acclaimed books, The G Quotient and Lavender Road to Success. His work has been featured in publications that include the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, TIME Magazine, Fortune, strategy + business, and Wall Street Journal . He is the recipient of two USC Marshall Golden Apple Awards as well as a USC Mellon Mentoring Award.

Kirk D. Snyder
Press Inquiries: COMMUNICATIONS@MARSHALL.USC.EDU

Areas of Expertise

Business Communication
Career Development
Careers
Communications
Generational Communication
Intrinsic Motivation
Leadership
Leadership Communications
New College Graduates
Professional Network Development

Departments

Business Communication

INSIGHT + ANALYSIS

The latest interviews, quotes, citations, and research in the media.

RESEARCH + PUBLICATIONS

COURSES

Spring 2024
  • BUCO-593
    Independent Research in Management Communication
    Independent research beyond normal course offerings. Proposal, research and written report/paper required. Graded CR/NC.
  • BUCO-552
    Defining and Communicating Your Professional Value
    Understand how to define and communicate your individual professional identity and value to employers across diverse professional fields using specialized applied tools.
  • GSBA-535
    Opportunity Recognition and Implementation
    Thematic exploration of entrepreneurship and key aspects of new venture development. Contract law, analytics, negotiations, and communication.
  • GSBA-541
    Foundations of Your Professional Value
    Foundational knowledge to discover, identify and leverage the professional value each person brings to today's job market.
  • GSBA-535
    Opportunity Recognition and Implementation
    Thematic exploration of entrepreneurship and key aspects of new venture development. Contract law, analytics, negotiations, and communication.
  • GSBA-541
    Foundations of Your Professional Value
    Foundational knowledge to discover, identify and leverage the professional value each person brings to today's job market.
  • GSBA-576
    Business Management and Operations
    Thematic focus on the formulation and implementation of business strategies related to issues affecting businesses including managerial accounting, operations, financial, and legal.
Fall 2023
  • GSBA-541
    Foundations of Your Professional Value
    Foundational knowledge to discover, identify and leverage the professional value each person brings to today's job market.
  • GSBA-542
    Communication for Management
    Internal and external communication, research methods, reports for decision-making, oral presentations and briefing, strategies to assure communication; field studies. Duplicates credit in GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA-523T, and the former GSBA-502ab.