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.:Resource Guides:Technology-Volunteering and Jobs: Finding Jobs
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Volunteering and Jobs > Finding Jobs
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What types of jobs exist for recent college graduates? |
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With the current state of the economy, college grads may find it tough to get paid jobs with tech nonprofits. If you have not had any previous volunteering experience, it's probably a good idea to try to find an internship or volunteer opportunity first.
Nonprofits are much more likely to hire you if they have seen that you have already given your time and effort to nonprofit causes.
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Are there any internships available? |
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A lot of organizations do offer internships, although fewer offer paid positions. If you are willing to work solely for the experience, then you can probably just contact your preferred organization and ask if they have any regular volunteer positions
available. It should be easy to secure an internship, even if you have no past experience. If you are looking for a paid position, then the idealist.org job search is a great place to start. It is often easier to acquire a paid internship once you have already
proven your worth as an unpaid volunteer with that particular organization.
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How easy is it to find a job if I have only worked with for-profit companies? |
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If you have already started your job search, you may have noticed a slight suspicion, sometimes bordering on hostility, coming from those in the nonprofit world. Almost without exception you should try to find volunteer positions -- volunteering on weekends
while still working for for-profits is a good place to start -- before trying to find a paid job. Nonprofits, more than anything else, look for a true commitment to the nonprofit mission. Until you have proven that commitment, you may find it difficult to find
the position you are looking for.
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Is it easy to switch to technology nonprofits from working with other nonprofits? |
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Moving from a traditional nonprofit agency to a technology nonprofit is significantly easier than coming directly from a for-profit, both because you probably already have some of the skills and relevant experience (dealing with funding issues, working with
volunteers, etc) and because you have already shown how strongly you believe in nonprofit causes. You will still need to have the appropriate skills for the job, but the move to a technology nonprofit will likely be easy. If you are interested in learning skills
that may be appropriate to the technology field, then click here!
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