This resource is designed to help students or recent graduates research a variety of employment opportunities within the different service sectors. Websites are listed under the different service sectors with brief descriptions about the websites purpose or primary focus.
Philanthropy
Foundation Job postings nation wide:http://fdncenter.org
Philanthropy Career:http://philanthropy.com/jobs/jobs2.htm
Council on Foundations Job Bank:http://www.cof.org./jobbank/jobbank.htm
Social Service Job Listings:http://www.socialservice.com/
ExecSearches.com is the premier site for nonprofit and public sector employment in higher education, health, advocacy, philanthropy, government, social and human services, and community and economic development.http://www.execsearches.com/exec/default/asp
Echoing Green is a non-profit Foundation that offers full-time Fellowships to emerging social entrepreneurs. Out Foundation applies a venture capital approach to philanthropy by providing seed money and technical support to individuals creating innovative public service projects that seek to catalyze positive social change.
http://www.echoinggreen.org/
OpportunityNOCs.org, the Internet's leading source of nonprofit jobs and career opportunities.
http://www.opportunitynocs.org
Nonprofit Oyster.com is a user-friendly resource for Employers and Jobseekers.
http://www.nonprofitoyster.com/
Access Social Service Professionals, a Bay Area placement agency with temporary, permanent and per diem social service staff available for full- and part-time positions.
http://www.accstaff.com/
Compilation of databases for employment in Oregon/Washington:
http://1stop.org/career.htm
Education
Higher Education Jobs:http://chronicle.com/jobs/
California State University Campus Career Opportunities and Chancellor's Office Career Opportunities: http://www.calstate.edu/
Points of Light Foundation: The Youth Engaged In Service (YES) Ambassador program places community-minded young people between the ages of 18-25 with statewide Partner organizations for one year to provide technical assistance, training, advocacy and program development around youth service, service-learning and youth leadership.
www.pointsoflight.org
The Corporation for National Community Service has job openings at our headquarters in Washington, D.C., as well as in field offices across the country. We also offer fellowships and internships.
http://www.nationalservice.org.jobs
The California Conservation Corp
The California Conservation Corp is the oldest, largest and longest running youth conservation corps in the World! More than 80,000 young men and women have worked more than 50 million hours to protect and enhance California's environment and communities, and have provided 6 million hours of assistance with emergencies like fires, floods, and earthquakes.
http://www.ccc.ca.gov/cccweb.index.htm
AmeriCorps
Each year, more than 40,000 members serve with programs in every state in the nation. You can tutor kids in you own community, or build new homes for families far away from your home. Restore coastlines or help families traumatized by domestic violence. You might do the work yourself, or help others serve by organizing projects and recruiting volunteers.
http://www.americorps.org/
AmeriCorps *NCCC
AmeriCoprs *NCCC is a 10- month residential national service program for young people between the ages of 18-24. Members serve on environmental projects, education, public safety, disaster relief, and other community needs across the country.
AmeriCorps *VISTA
Join the more than 130,000 individuals who have dedicated a year of their lives to eradicating poverty in the United States.
AmeriCorps Promise Fellow
The Promise Fellows are a leadership cadre of individuals who dedicate a year to building a better future for children and youth.
Labor Union/AFL-CIO Creating good jobs through innovative union partnerships.
http://www.workingforamerica.org/Jobs/jobs.asp
Non-Profits
Mercy Corps is a not-for-profit organization that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities.
http://www.mercycorps.org/
Associated Catholic Charities provides culturally-sensitive social services to those in need, without regard to race, religion or socio-economic status.
http://www.catholiccharties.org/jobopps.html
American Friends Service Committeehttp://www.afsc.org/
Fellowships and Internships
Public Policy
Coro provides fellowships to prepare you for a career in the public affairs arena.
http://www.coro.org/
The Greenlining Institute's mission is to empower communities of color and other disadvantaged groups through multi-ethnic leadership development, civil rights and anti- redlining activities.
http://www.greenlining.org/
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute offers congressional fellowships and internships with Latino political representatives in Washington D.C.
http://www.chci.org/
Capitol Fellows Program:http://www.csus.edu/calst/
- Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program
- Executive Fellowship Program
- Judicial Administration Fellowship Program
- California Senate Fellows
- Sacramento Semester Internship Program
Provides fellowships for gifted, motivated young Americans to serve at the Whitehouse: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/
Graduate Fellowships Newsletter Online offers fellowship listings; each issue contains announcements of relevance to graduate students, and links to a searchable database the Graduate Fellowships Database.
http://www.grad.edu/gfn/
Explore the lists of over 130 federal government programs (grants and loans) benefiting students.http://www.fedmoney.org/
The online directory on internships in Youth Development- a searchable database featuring over 2,000 internships in agencies working with and on behalf of youth across the United States.
http://nassambly.org.nassembly/
Fellowship/ Grant/ Award Information:http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/fellowships.html
International
Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have been striving to increase global awareness among the US public while building international partnerships around the world.
http://www.globalexchange.org
Currently, three types of scholarships are offered:
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/index.html
Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships provide funding for one academic year of study in another country. This award is intended to help cover round-trip transportation, tuition, fees, room and board expenses, and some educational supplies up to US$ 25,000 or its equivalent. Academic- Year Scholarships are the most common type of scholarship offered; nearly 1,000 were awarded for study in 2000-01.
Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships are for either two or three years of degree- oriented study in another country. A flat grant of US$ 12,000 or its equivalent is provided per year to be applied toward the costs of a degree program. Multi- Year Ambassadorial Scholarships are offered mainly by Rotary districts in Japan and Korea; 150 were awarded for study in 2000-01.
Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships are for either three or six months of intensive language study and cultural immersion in another country and provide funds to cover round trip-transportation, language training expenses, and homestay living arrangements up to US$ 12,000 and US$ 19,000, respectively. Applications are considered for candidates interested in studying Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish. Some Rotary districts may only offer one type of scholarship (or none at all); applicants must check with the local club regarding availability.