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Internet Resources for Social Sector Careers
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CASE/CMC Job Directory Fuqua contracts with the MBA Nonprofit Connection, a national nonprofit organization that facilitates the placement of business school students and graduates in nonprofit jobs. Also includes summer internship and full-time employment opportunities that come to CASE and Fuqua through other sources. Includes a searchable archive of past job listings. http://caseatduke.org/students/careers.html Bridgestar Free membership, access to information on the sector and full-time job postings. Bridgestar, an initiative of the Bridgespan Group, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing leadership for the nonprofit sector. Our goal: to attract, connect and support leaders — established and aspiring — for greater effectiveness and social impact. Find Career Opportunities through our job boards, and access Bridgestar’s knowledge resources. In order to login to Bridgestar, you'll need to register first. www.bridgestar.org (or use link from CASE website under “Career Planning” in Students section). Idealist Job Search A project of Action Without Borders, this Web site allows users to search a data base of non-profit jobs by category--choosing from 35 options, such as database management and fund raising--as well as by job description, country, state or city, job type, organizational mission, and language requirements. The site includes internships and entry-level jobs, as well as those that require several years of experience. Visitors may sign up for a daily e-mail that lists all new job and internship openings posted on the site. http://www.idealist.org/career.html Net Impact Member Career Center A service for members of Net Impact, a global network of more than 12,000 new-generation leaders committed to using the power of business to improve the world. Here you will find MBA-caliber jobs, internships, and volunteer positions in a variety of organizations around the world. http://www.netimpact.org
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Alliance for Nonprofit Management: CareerBank This site is designed to enable professionals to identify nonprofit jobs, especially in the capacity-building field. The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is the professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits - to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission. http://www.allianceonline.org/Careers Association of Fundraising Professionals: Jobs Service This site, run by a nonprofit association in Alexandria, Va., lists mostly positions for those experienced in fund raising. The site is searchable by keyword, location, and job type, level, and category. Other resources for fund raisers can be found on the association's Web site, including research links, salary profiles, and a fund-raising dictionary. http://www.afpnet.org/jobs
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Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement: Job Quest Run by a nonprofit group in Naperville, Ill., this site lists donor-prospect research positions for charities nationwide. Nearly all positions require experience in the world of nonprofit donor research. http://www.aprahome.org/careertools/jobquest.htm
CareerBuilder Operated by the Gannett, Knight Ridder, and Tribune companies, this site lists jobs in more than 200 U.S. markets and in every industry, including a "Charitable/Not for Profit" option. Visitors may also search by location, salary, and key words; also provides the option of searching any of 31 job-search sites listed they wish to search. Jobs listed range from entry-level positions to openings for chief executive officers. Additionally, this site enables visitors to sign up for e-mail notification of jobs that have been newly posted with CareerBuilder. http://www.careerbuilder.com Charity Channel: Resource Guide This site offers job listings and a registry of nonprofit consultants. Job opportunities can be searched by title, location, organization, or classification. Most of the jobs require at least two years of experience, and many are for executive positions, though a few listings for entry-level posts are also included. The site also includes ads for products and services nonprofit groups may need, such as event planning, training, and database software. The online consultants directory can be searched by consultant or company name, location, or expertise. http://charitychannel.com/resource-guide Chronicle of Philanthropy: Philanthropy Careers This site, Philanthropy Careers, is the job section of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, which allows users to search jobs that appear in the print version of the paper. Philanthropy Careers includes opportunities in fund raising, grant making, and nonprofit management. Users may search by position, job field, or keyword. Early Career Opportunities, a special section of the site, lists jobs that require less than three years of experience. Job seekers may also sign up for an e-mail notification of new jobs in their area of interest, or learn more about certain organizations in the Employer Profile section. http://philanthropycareers.com. Community Career Center Maintained by Enterprise, a Las Vegas company this site allows users to search jobs by region, job type, and title, as well as by employer, job-skills required, and member affiliation. Users can also search for jobs posted by the center's member organizations--12 nonprofit groups, including the American Cancer Society and the American Civil Liberties Union. Jobs from those groups make up the bulk of the listings on this site, and the majority of the jobs require several years experience; some entry-level jobs are also available. Users do not have to sign up or pay a fee to search the listings, and posting a candidate job profile is free. The site also has a resources section, which lists links to sites that provide information of interest to people seeking non-profit work. http://www.nonprofitjobs.org Council on Foundations Job Bank Run by the Council on Foundations, a Washington association of more than 1,800 grant makers, this site allows users to search for jobs by category and key words. The majority of the jobs posted on the site are for executives, but some entry-level positions are available. Users can post résumés and apply for jobs online. This site also includes salary reports and links to other sites with job-search information. http://www.cof.org/index.cfm?containerID=113&navID=45 DeepSweep.com With hundreds of nonprofit jobs across the country listed, this site is searchable by job category, location,
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company, or date the position was posted. Résumé posting on this site is free, but because anyone can search the résumés, job seekers are advised not to leave any personal information online. Users may also create a free profile to receive e-mail job alerts tailored to specific criteria, like job category or keyword. http://www.deepsweep.com/ DotOrgjobs.com DotOrgjobs.com lists job openings in the nonprofit world, which visitors to the site can browse by job title, category, or region. The site also offers advice for job seekers, links to magazine and newspaper articles on careers and on the nonprofit world, and links to other Web sites that list nonprofit job openings. DotOrgjobs.com is run by Changing Our World Through Philanthropy, a fund-raising Web site founded by two fund-raising consulting companies, Mike Hoffman Associates and CTE Associates, both in New York. http://www.dotOrgjobs.com ElfNetwork.com ElfNetwork.com lists nonprofit job openings, which job seekers can search by state. The site also offers advice on preparing résumés and cover letters, basic information on nonprofit salaries, a list of books on nonprofit careers, and links to graduate schools that offer degrees in nonprofit management. ElfNetwork.com is located in Pinehurst, N.C. http://www.elfnetwork.com Energize Inc. Sponsored by a consulting company in Philadelphia that specializes in training volunteers and those who manage them, this site lists job openings in volunteer management around the world. The site, searchable by paid jobs or internships, features many more temporary job positions than full-time permanent jobs. http://www.energizeinc.com/placements.html ExecSearches.com Created by Isaacson,Miller, a Boston recruiting firm, this site lists executive and senior management jobs at non-profit organizations and government agencies. Visitors may search by non-profit field, job type, and region. The site also offers free e-mail notification of new job listings. http://www.execsearches.com/exec FundraisingJobs.org FundraisingJobs.org provides web-based interactive staffing and employment services to both employers and job seekers within the nonprofit fundraising world. http://www.fundraisingjobs.org GuideStar You can find information about area nonprofits on the Guidestar website, which contains extensive operational and financial information about more than 850,000 nonprofit organizations, providing prospective donors with the ability to compare charities, monitor their performances, and give with greater confidence. http://www.guidestar.org Independent Sector: JobLink This jobsite is maintained by Independent Sector, a coalition of leading nonprofits, foundations and corporations strengthening not-for-profit initiative, philanthropy, and citizen action. Independent Sector is committed to strengthening, empowering, and partnering with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in their work on behalf of the public good. Its membership of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs collectively represents tens of thousands of charitable groups serving every cause in every region of the country, as well as millions of donors and volunteers. http://www.independentsector.org/members/joblink.html
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InterAction Job Bank InterAction offers several key resources which are useful to people seeking paid or volunteer positions -in the US and abroad -- with international relief and development agencies. 1. InterAction's bi-weekly newsletter Monday Developments, which lists dozens of job opportunities at international organizations in each issue. Monday Developments also contains in-depth articles, commentary and resources which provide the serious job-hunter with important background information before going into an interview. Monday Developments is available to the public by subscription. 2. InterAction Member Profiles 2004-2005 is the bi-annual directory of the International humanitarian organizations that are members of InterAction. It gives detailed portrait of these US-based nonprofits working to ease human suffering and strengthen people's ability to help themselves. Member Profiles is an essential information source for businesses, universities, job-hunters, and anyone who needs up-to-date information on the key agencies working in international development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance. 3. Global Work highlights volunteer, internship, and fellowship opportunities in international development. Providing information on opportunities from nearly 100 member organizations working in 120 countries, including the U.S., this is the perfect guide for students, mid-career adventures, retired goodwill seekers and persons of any age wishing to donate their time and skills while creating effective change in a developing world. 4. Don't forget to check out our page with great links to other NGOs with further job and volunteer opportunities. 5. Jobs at InterAction (updated as jobs become available) http://www.interaction.org/jobs/index.html The Job Resource Job Search Maintained by the Job Resource, in Menlo Park, Calif., this job site is for college students and recent graduates. New users must comlete a free registration to search job listings. To search for openings in nonprofit organizations, select "public service and civic organizations" as the company type. Visitors can also search by job type -- full-time, part-time, or internship -- location, or key word. Because this site is designed for students and recent graduates, almost all of the listings are for entry-level positions, including a few internships and fellowships. Visitors can post a résumé free of charge. This site also includes information about job seeking. http://www.thejobresource.com/jobseekers/jobsearch.asp Net Impact: Career Pages Find MBA-caliber jobs and internships in a variety of organizations around the world: from multi-national corporations to start-up companies, from community development corporations to new social ventures, from research institutes to membership organizations. Also includes the Wharton Net Impact Career Handbook, a source will guide and supplement your job search and provide essential resources, knowledgeable sites, and other tools as you prepare for your future career. The handbook is made available exclusively to Net Impact paid members. You will also find educational resources, career tools, member success stories and discounts throughout the career pages of our website. Browse career profiles of Net Impact's professional members or read success stories of our interns. You must be a paid member and Log In to access job and internship content. http://www.net-impact.org/ Nonprofit Career Network This site, owned and operated by the Nonprofit Career Network in Haddam, Conn., allows users to search its listings by choosing full-time or part-time, or state locations. Many of the jobs require several years experience, but the site also advertises entry-level openings. Users can also post their résumés for
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$40 a year. After users have posted their résumés, they may choose to prevent specific organization from retrieving it. Users are also notified via e-mail every time an employer looks at their résumé. The site profiles about 30 nonprofit organizations that post job openings on the site, including information on what the organization does, contact information, and a link to the organization's Web site, plus a directory of more than 100 nonprofit organizations and links to their Web sites. Users may also look for job fairs, conferences, workshops, and conventions, view a directory of professional services, and search for volunteer opportunities. http://www.nonprofitcareer.com NonProfit Times Employee Marketplace This site is maintained by the NonProfit Times Employee Marketplace, in Cedar Knolls, N.J., a biweekly newspaper that consists entirely of classified ads. Users may search by job category, level of experience, and region. Posting a resume on the site is free for all users. Most of the job openings are for chief executive officers or senior management positions. http://www.nptimes.com/classified.html NonprofitOyster.com NonprofitOyster.com, run by an organization in Delray Beach, Fla., lists professional job openings within the nonprofit world, including entry-level, part-time, temporary, or international work. Users can search the listings by location, type of job, and keyword. By creating a free account, users may post résumés anonymously on the site. The site also includes links to other Web sites that provide nonprofit job listings. http://www.nonprofitoyster.com North Carolina Center for Nonprofits: “North Carolina Nonprofit Jobs & More” An online resource for nonprofit organizations and jobseekers in North Carolina. One-stop site for nonprofit employers, jobseekers, and individuals looking for board and internship opportunities. Jobseekers can post their résumés and make them available to nonprofit organizations across North Carolina. Nonprofit Jobs & More is both cost-effective and efficient and reaches more than 1,400 nonprofits across the state. http://nccenter.brinkster.net/ OpportunityKnocks.org This site contains both national and international jobs. Users may search the database by region, job type (full- or part-time), organization type, job description, and key words. Some entry-level jobs are available, in addition to postions requiring more experience. The site includes a career section, which lists jobsearch sites, news groups that deal with the nonprofit job search, and specialized information for people in certain fields, such as the arts, biomedicine, and social services, plus résumé services, and careerdevelopment sites. http://www.opportunityknocks.org Philanthropy Journal National nonprofit journal based in Raleigh, NC, includes jobs pages. The vision of the Philanthropy Journal is to help people understand, support and work in the nonprofit and philanthropic world, and help them recognize and solve social problems. Let's fix it together. Through a daily web site and free, weekly email bulletin, we deliver news, information and opinion about charitable giving, fundraising and management, focusing in particular on organizational effectiveness, donor engagement and collaboration. A publication of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, in Raleigh, N.C., we report on philanthropy and nonprofits throughout the U.S. and abroad, and in our state. http://philanthropyjournal.org/ Philanthropy News Digest Job Corner The Philanthropy News Digest, published by the Foundation Center in New York, lists job openings at foundations, grantmaking public charities, and nonprofit organizations. in the United States. Most of the
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positions require at least three years of experience. Positions can be searched by organization type, job function, or state. This site also contains links to several other sites that post job openings, and offers a free e-mail alert when listings are added. http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs/ PNNOnline: Career Center This site, searchable by positions, such as general fund raising, and by organizational missions, such as education and environment, is operated by PNNOnline, a Richmond, Va., company that covers news in the nonprofit world. The listings are predominantly for jobs on the East Coast, and most require some experience, though a few entry-level jobs are posted. Users can apply for all positions online. http://pnnonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phprofession&file=index Professionals for NonProfits Operated by Professionals for NonProfits, an executive-search company in New York, this site lists job openings in the metropolitan New York area. Users can search the position listings by nonprofit field, type of job, or keyword. Registering with the site allows users to apply for jobs online, as well as receive e-mail alerts when new positions become available. http://www.nonprofitstaffing.com Roberts Enterprise Development Foundation REDF posts a sampling of the many positions available in the growing field of social enterprise. In addition, REDF and the Phalarope Foundation jointly sponsor the Farber Fellows Program, which provides full-year fellowships for MBA graduates and individuals with appropriate business experience. During the year, each Farber Fellow works on a specific project, which adds value to a REDF Portfolio business (or businesses) and supports the business in achieving its goals. The Farber Fellows Program provides MBAs and business people with a unique opportunity to utilize their management skills within a social mission-driven nonprofit enterprise. The REDF website also contains links to other nonprofit job search resources, most of which are included in this list. http://www.redf.org/careers-intro.htm Servenet: Career Opportunities This site is a project of Youth Service America, a Washington nonprofit organization that encourages young people to volunteer. Most of the jobs are at youth groups, but other opportunities are also listed. The job openings are searchable by key word. http://www.servenet.org SocialService.Com This site is a good place to start looking for a social service or social work job, whether in mental health, substance abuse, children and youth, medical social work, criminal justice, domestic violence, counseling, community organizing and outreach, EAP, mentoring, homelessness or a variety of other human service areas. In addition to searching the job listings, SocialService.Com offers two additional (free) services to social service job seekers. (1) Registered job seekers can set up a free "Job Agent" which will e-mail you notices of new job postings that match the geographic, educational and keyword criteria that you select. You can modify or stop/restart your Job Agent online at any time. (2) Registered job seekers can post their resume on SocialService.Com, letting employers find you and making it possible to apply for many of the jobs listed on SocialService.Com with two clicks of your mouse! http://www.socialservice.com/ Work4agoodcause.com One-stop site for nonprofit employers, jobseekers, and individuals looking for job, board and internship opportunities. Jobseekers can post their résumés and make them available to nonprofit organizations across the USA. http://www.work4agoodcause.com
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