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Special Events
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Click here for more information about CSO's Annual Careers in the Common Good Symposium, held each Fall.
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