Chapter Five Resources

Chapter Five of the Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers discusses a variety of ways you can make yourself a stronger candidate and increase your chances of job search success. Here are some additional resources to those included in the chapter.

Further resources and reading on fellowships

• Idealist has a page dedicated to fellowships with a nonprofit and public service focus.
• This article from Who Cares Magazine provides further background reading on fellowships.

Further resources and reading on term-of-service programs

• Idealist maintains a page listing term-of-service programs.

Further resources and reading on professional associations

• The NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service maintains a vast list of professional associations.
• Idealist also has a list of many professional associations that may interest you.

A selected list of industry publications

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• The Foundation Center
• Independent Sector
• Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
• Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
• Nonprofit Online News
• The Nonprofit Quarterly
• The NonProfit Times
• Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
• OneWorld.net
• Stanford Social Innovation Review