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RESOURCES: ON THE WEB

Careers for the Common Good

Websites with local job postings (San Francisco, Bay Area, North Bay):

  • Young Nonprofit Professionals Network - Network is based in and around San Francisco, and has loads of information on nonprofit organizations and job postings.  Also has a listserv where job postings are send out every day.
     
  • Craig's List -- Website is an online community based on cities - has everything including job listings to housing to selling & buying items to personals.
     
  • Volunteer Center of Sonoma County -- Local volunteer center - has few job listings but lots of connections to local non-profits.  Also offers many training opportunities on topics related to nonprofits.

Websites with California job postings:

  • Opportunity Nocs -- A leading source of nonprofit jobs and career opportunities.
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  • Idealist -- The most comprehensive web site for working in the non-profit fields: nationwide job listings, tips on resumes, interview ideas, and other career information.
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  • Nonprofit Oyster -- Offers a venue for employers to post low-cost high-functionality nonprofit-related job listings, and for jobseekers to post their resume online for employers to find.

Other websites with Non Profit job postings and resources:

  • Careers in the Common Good -- Allows job searches by sector, by geography, and by issue; includes job search strategies, and listservs.
     
  • Charity Channel -- Charity Channel is a resource that connects you to your nonprofit colleagues across town, across the country, and around the world.
     
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy -- Nonprofit job listings (by position and field), news, and advice.
     
  • Community Career Center -- Search for jobs in the nonprofit sector by a variety of criteria.
     
  • Deep Sweep -- A large selection of jobs postings and the country's leading Nonprofit Job Board.
     
  • EJobs -- Links to environmental opportunities in the USA and Canada. Employment includes careers such as nature and wetlands scientists, GIS, technicians, chemists, earth sciences / geologists, policy and law, wildlife conservation, planning, education, wastewater treatment and operations, program and project management, natural resources, etc.
     
  • The Foundation Center -- A gateway to Philanthropy on the web.
     
  • GuideStar -- National database of US charitable organizations searchable by geographic area and population served.
     
  • Independent Charities of America -- Links to over 400 charitable organizations across the US.
     
  • Internet Nonprofit Center -- Information about non-profit organizations.
     
  • Jobstar -- Includes information on job ads, job hotlines, job fairs, career centers and libraries, and salary rates based on position & geographic area.
     
  • The New Social Worker -- Information, jobs, graduate schools & links to websites relating to Social Work.
     
  • Nonprofit Career Center Network -- Search for jobs in the nonprofit arena by position-type and location.
     
  • Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative -- A collaboration of nonprofit management centers providing a one-stop source for jobs.
     
  • Nonprofit Jobs-Philanthropy Journal Online -- Online philanthropy journal; search jobs by region, title, and field of interest.
     
  • The Nonprofit Times -- The leading business publication for non-profit management.
     
  • Partnership for Public Service -- The place to look for federal government jobs - may want to look at specific agency's web sites as well.  

Salary Websites:

  • Salary.com – Gives benchmark salaries and advice.
     
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook – Part of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, it provides information on salaries in different areas of the country.
     
  • JobStar – All around resource for job searching; has a section on non-profit salaries.  

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