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Nonprofit career resources
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- Idealist's free nonprofit career guides
- Nonprofit job listings
- Public service fellowships
- International career resources
- Other public service career support sites
- Networking and professional development associations
- Nonprofit sector and organizations
- Special concepts and terms
Free nonprofit career guides from Idealist.org
- The Idealist Guides to Nonprofit Careers one version for first-time job seekers and one for sector switchers
- Service Corps to Social Impact Career
- Making a Difference: A Guide to Personal Profit in a Nonprofit World
Nonprofit job listings
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Craigslist.org
- Idealist
- Jobs for Change
- Opportunity Knocks
- United Way
- More nonprofit job sites around the world
International careers
- Resources for the overseas job search
- Links to information about specific countries
- Migration and relocation for jobs overseas
- Nonprofit job sites from around the world
- Resources for thinking about international work
Other public service career sites
- Bridgestar
- Business careers with social impact
- Chronicle of Philanthropy careers
- Common Good Careers
- Echoing Green's Work on Purpose
- Government career resources
- Jobs for Change
- Encore, from Civic Ventures
- Exec Searches
- Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition
- NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service career resources
- Opportunity Knocks
- University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs career resources
- Working World Careers
- Workplace Flexibility Resources from Georgetown Law
Networking and professional development groups
- Association of Fundraising Professionals
- Emerging Practitioners of Philanthropy
- Green Drinks
- National service alumni networks
- Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
- National Peace Corps Association (Returned Peace Corps Volunteers)
- Women in Development
- World Affairs Council Young Professionals Network
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN)
- Young Professionals of America (YPOA)
- Young Women Social Entrepreneurs (YWSE)
Nonprofit sector and organizations
- Idealist's Nonprofit Sector Primer for Job Seekers
- Idealist's Resources for Nonprofits
- Charity Navigator
- Great Nonprofits
- GuideStar.org
- Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project
- Jumo
- National Council of Nonprofits
- Nonprofit & Philanthropy Good Practice Guide
- Urban Institute’s Nonprofit Almanac
- USA.gov for Nonprofits — official information and services from the U.S. government
Blogs on the nonprofit sector
- Alltop's nonprofit blogs
- Blue Avocado
- Brazen Careerist Nonprofit Blogs
- Chronicle of Philanthropy's blogs
- Entry Level Living
- Idealist blog
- Jobs for Change blog
- New Voices of Philanthropy
- Nonprofit Leadership 601
- Nonprofit Blog Exchange
- Only Up
- Perspectives from the Pipeline
- Pro Bono Junkie
- Social Citizens
- WorldChanging
News, trends, and effective practices
- Alltop's nonprofit news
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- The Foundation Center
- Independent Sector
- Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
- National Human Services Assembly Caring Workplaces, Committed Employees Initiative
- Nonprofit & Philanthropy Good Practice Guide
- The Nonprofit Quarterly
- The NonProfit Times
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- One World
- Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Workplace Flexibility 2010 News Roundup
- Youth Today
Reports, policy, and research
- Brookings Institution
- Center for American Progress
- CIRCLE — Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
- IssueLab — a database of research for and about the nonprofit sector
- Nonprofit studies on demographic shifts in the nonprofit sector
- National Human Services Assembly Family Strengthening Policy Center — championing family-friendly workplace policies
- Volunteering in America