The Idealist Career Advice Guide to ... Our Resources

These time-tested, Idealist-approved career advice guides will help you navigate your job search and career development in the nonprofit and social-impact spaces.

Career advice resources for the social-impact professional

Job Search Guides

• Searching for a job, online and offline
• Nonprofit jobs in the US and around the world
• Informational interviews
• All about cover letters and resumes
• Career advice for mastering the interview
• Discussing salary, benefits, and negotiation tactics
• Sector-switching tips (from the for-profit world to social impact)
• Five questions to consider before becoming a social entrepreneur
• Private sector jobs that give back
• Career advice for working abroad

Career Development Guides

• How to brand your career
• Tips for finding a mentor
• Career paths in the social-impact sector
• Career advice for your first days at a new job
• Continuing education, Part I: Graduate school
• Continuing education, Part II: Alternatives to graduate school
• Are public service fellowships right for you?

And a few career advice glossaries to aid your job search

• Understanding your employee benefits
• Learn the nonprofit lingo before submitting that job application
• Busting some common myths about the sector
• What’s a nonprofit, anyway? A primer for job seekers