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General Job/Internship Site

  • Idealist/Action Without Borders
    The best nonprofit career center on the web with hundreds of job and internship listings from over 53,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries.
  • SERVEnet
    The largest database of volunteer opportunities in America with over 52,000,000 opportunities available.

    Sites by Issue/Focus

  • Foundations and Grant Writing
  • Higher Education
  • International Relief/Development
  • One/Two Year Service Programs
  • Policy/Think Tanks
  • Public Broadcasting
  • Social Service/Social Work
  • Women's Issues

    Foundations

  • The Council on Foundations
    A membership organization with job postings and links to sources of information about foundations
  • The Chronicle of Philanthropy
    Newsletter, trade publication with job links
  • Philanthropy News Network
  • Guidestar
    National database of nonprofit organizations, including a powerful research tool for grantmakers and funders.

    Higher Education

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
    Employment opportunities in higher education; news and current events
  • Highered Jobs Online
    Employment opportunities in higher education 

    International Relief/Development

  • A Good Place to Start: The IDS Knowledge Services guide to finding Development online
    Type international development into the Google search box and you'll get addresses for over 1.5 billion web pages.  That is an impossible number to browse and not manageable at all.  This document recommends 5 Web sites in each of 30 different development themes from ageing populations to water and sanitation to get you started on your research.
  • Careers in International Development
    Written by the Director of the Humanitarian Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, Daniel Curran, this guide describes the international relief and development field and offers practical suggestions for those seeking opportunities in this field.
  • DevEx
    DevEx is a resource for jobs, business opportunities, professional networking, and news for professionals working in international development, global health, and foreign assistance.
  • Foundation of Sustainable Development
  • Human Rights Job Sites on the Web
    Great list of job boards at other human rights-related sites on the Web, including Government Agencies, Inter-Governmental Organizations, & Non-Governmental Organizations.
  • Starting a Career in International Development: Development 101 A few tips from The Development Executive Group that helps break-down the types of jobs available into three specific areas.
  • ReliefWeb Humanitarian Vacancies
    Job and volunteer openings in the global humanitarian community.
  • InterAction
    The largest alliance of US-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. Site includes resources for those seeking volunteer or paid positions.
  • Harvard University Center for International Development
  • Yahoo Directory of Global Development Organizations
  • Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations
  • Yahoo Directory of Economic Development Organizations
  • U.S. Economic Development Administration

    One/Two Year Service Programs

  • Americorps VISTA
  • Peace Corps
  • City Year
  • Public Allies
  • Teach for America
  • United Nations Volunteers
  • Idealist.org
    Offers additional listings of year-of-service programs

    Service Related Fellowships

  • Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program
  • Institute for Community Leadership
  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  • Swearer Center for Public Service-Fellowships Database
  • United Way Community Fellows Program
  • Idealist.org

    Policy/Think Tank Organizations

  • NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks
    The National Institute for Research Advancement maintains an online database of public-policy institutes around the globe.
  • A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council
  • American Enterprise Institute
  • Business Executives for National Security
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Cato Institute
  • Center for Clean Air Policy
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Council on Competitiveness
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Economic Strategy Institute
  • Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Electronic Industries Alliance
  • Henry L. Stimson Center
  • The Heritage Foundation
  • Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc.
  • Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
  • Institute for Policy Studies
  • Institute for Women's Policy Research
  • Korea Economic Institute
  • National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
  • New America Foundation
  • Northeast-Midwest Institute
  • Riverside Research Institute
  • Search for Common Ground 
  • Startingbloc.org 
  • Stateside Associates
  • Union of Concerned Scientists

    Public Broadcasting

  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Jobline
    Employment opportunities in public broadcasting

    Social Service/Social Work

  • The New Social Worker Online
    Employment opportunities in social work and information about graduate school programs
  • Social Service Jobs
    A great place for social workers and other social service professionals to start looking for a social work or social service job

    Women's Issues

  • Feminist Majority Internship Directory
  • Nat'l Org. for Women

    Graduate Schools

  • Women in International Development
  • Stanford Business School~Public Management Program
  • New York University~Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
  • Harvard University~JFK School of Government
  • Syracuse University~Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • New School University~Milano Graduate School
  • Indiana University~Center on Philanthropy
  • Theological Schools of North America

    Read about alumni working in related fields:

  • Shauna Hill '99
  • Janine Hetherington '95 
  • Karen Taylor Mitchell '89
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