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*While Career Development posts these resources for your use, we are not
in a position to guarantee the professional standing of all companies or
organizations listed below. Students are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to research
organizations as part of the job search process.
ADVERTISING, PR, MEDIA, HOSPITALITY
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ARTS & FASHION RELATED SITES
Arts
- Actorsite.com: Information on how to become a working actor.
- American Association of Museums: The Mission of this not-for-profit Association is to represent the museum community, address its needs, and enhance its ability to serve the public.
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Work: National membership organization of conservation professionals dedicated to preserving the art and historic artifacts of our cultural heritage for future generations.
- Art Jobs: Jobs in visual arts.
- Art Staffing: Offers staffing, consulting and training programs for museums, non-profit organizations, and art businesses nationwide.
- Artist's Health Insurance Resource Center: at the Actor's Fund, database of information about health insurance and health care.
- ArtSearch: Jobs in theater administration and education (please call the OCD front desk for a password).
- ARTSIntern: The Arts Intern program places students from diverse cultural backgrounds who have financial need in paid summer internships with New York City museums.
- Career Alternatives for Art Historians: Provides an extensive list of career alternatives for art historians.
- Casting Society: Lots of information on how to get yourself casted or become a casting director.
- Costume Society of America, The: Advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance. Working to stimulate scholarship and encourage study in the rich and diverse field of costume.
- CUArts Initiative: Website includes several listings of Art events in and around town and art internships.
- Extra Casting: New York and Beverly Hills based on-line resources for casting extras.
- Museum Employment Resource Center: Site provides museum studies programs and cultural resource links.
- Museum Jobs: Site provides international recruitment for museums and galleries
- Museum Stuff: Provides resources and links for museum professionals.Topical directory pages feature a wide variety of links and website listings. The specific focus is on items that may be of interest to those who work in and around museums.
- New York 411: Listings of producers and production companies.
- New York Foundation for the Arts: Site headlines include jobs in the arts, event listing, and opportunities and services for artists.
- ShowbizJobs: Excellent search site for performing arts related jobs.
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Human Resources: Listing of Smithsonian Institution vacancy annoucements.
- Univ. of Oregon: Arts Administration Department offers journals, magazines, and more.
- New York Women in Film and Television: A nonprofit membership organization, NYWIFT is dedicated to helping women reach the highest level of achievement in television, film, and other moving-image media and promoting equity for women in these industries. It is part of a network of 40 international women in film chapters, representing more than 10,000 members worldwide.
Music
Fashion
- 24 Seven Talent - Employment agency specializing in fashion. Most jobs in CA and NY.
- Apparel Staffing - Recruiters for apparel industry, including designers, production staff, technical, finance, sales. Jobs not searchable by location.
- All Retail Jobs - This is an excellent site for entry-level jobs all over the United States. You can also minimize your search to meet your criteria.
- Clothing Industry Jobs - Jobs for both design and merchandising.
- Coroflot - Jobs for designers including a small listing of fashion design. National and international jobs.
- Creative Hotlist - Large site of desgn jobs including fashion.
- Fashion Career Center - Jobs in fashion and retail industry. Some design jobs included. Under the career center button, you will find a list of recruiters focusing on fashion.
- Fashion Net - Some job postings, although not searchable. Other features such as advice on how to get a job in fashion.
- Style Careers - Free registration is required to view listings, but focuses on all areas of the fashion industry. Positions range from purchasing agent to color specialist.
- Women's Wear Daily - List classified ads in fashion, sales, account executives, and management jobs primarily in New York.
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BARNARD STUDENT- RUN AGENCIES
The following student-run agencies are advised by Career Development:
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BUSINESS/ FINANCE/ CONSULTING
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COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
(also check EBear for Current Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Resources)
- Americorps: Volunteer positions (some with stipends) - great experience
- Center for Development and Population Activities: CEDPA works hand-in-hand with these women leaders, local partner organizations, and national and international coalitions of organizations to design and implement programs focused on improving the lives of women and girls worldwide.
- Chronicle of Philanthropy:The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
- Community Board 9: The Morningside Heights Community Board--check out what's going on in our neighborhood!
- Community Impact: Columbia University students volunteer in 25 community service programs, which serve more than 16,000 people each year.
- Idealist: Over 46,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission.
- Morningside Area Alliance: This coalition of the major institutions in the Morningside Heights community of Upper Manhattan has worked to improve and increase housing in the neighborhood, beautify the streets and parks, ensure the safety of our residents and provide educational and recreational opportunities for youth.
- Network for Good: Network for Good is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the Web to help people get more involved in their communities
- NY Cares: Take advantage of more than 300 hands-on service opportunities each month--a single, one-hour orientation is required.
- NYC Community Service: Here are some of the organizations to contact if you'd like to lend a helping hand.
- Partnership for Public Service: The Partnership works to make the government an employer of choice for talented, dedicated Americans through educational outreach, research, legislative advocacy, and hands-on partnerships with agencies on workforce management issues
- Peace Corps: "The toughest job you'll ever love."
- Student Partnership Worldwide: International volunteer positions
- The Foundation Center: A philanthropy site with many links to grants and funding sources.
- The Free Child Project: Resources for social change by and with young people.
- United Way of America: Check out their programs, initiatives, and projects.
- Volunteer Match: Dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer!
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DISABILITIES AND WORK
- Barnard ODS: The Barnard Office of Disability Services provides useful information and services.
- Barnard ODS recommends UT's DCO page: The Univeristy of Tennessee's Disability-Career Office student resources page provides links to various websites in the following categories: organizations, etiquette, individuals with disabilities, training, deafness, government, accessibility/accomodations, employment, choosing a major, the job market, and careers.
- Job Accomodation Network: A free consulting service that provides information about job accomodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the employability of people with disabilities.
- National Business & Disabilities Council (NBDC): NBDC initiated Emerging Leaders, a highly competitive program that places college students with disabilities in fulfilling summer internships and provides them with leadership development opportunities.
- New Freedom Initiative: This is a comprehensive federal website of disabilty-related government resources. Has links to employment news, related articles, and other information.
- Social Security Administration Work Site: Provides a focus within the Social Security Administration on matters affecting the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities.
- United States Office of Personnel Management: This site provides access to information that is relevant to the recruitment, employment, and retention of individuals with disabilities in the Federal Government. This information includes federal and state laws as well as other governmental and non-governmental sites.
- US Department of Labor: The Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities mission is to create a coordinated and aggressive national policy to bring adults with disabilities into gainful employment at a rate that is as close as possible to that of the general adult population.
- Self-Employment for People with Disabilities: These pages have been designed as a tool to help potential disabled business owners formulate and shape a business idea or concept.
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DIVERSITY RESOURCES
General Diversity
- IMDiversity: 'Village' with resources for African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic American, Native Americans, Women, and global minorities,
- Diversity Inc: The premier source of original, managerial-level information on the business benefits of diversity.
- Doors of Opportunity: Good resource for summer jobs for minorities.
- HireDiversity.com: Includes job searches; Diversity Resources/Articles for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Disabled, Gay & Lesbian, Hispanics, Mature Workers, Native Americans, Veterans, Women; Career Fairs; "Who's Hiring?"; and Headlines.
- Quintessential Careers: Diversity Employment Resources: this section of Quintessential Careers is all about highlighting the best career and job sites geared especially for women and minorities.
African-American
- Black Planet: Enables members to cultivate meaningful personal and professional relationships, stay informed about the world and gain access to goods and services that allow members to do more in life.
- Black Collegian: The Black Collegian Online provides cutting-edge information on career resources for Black collegians. Job search strategies, graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports are abundantly explored.
- blackcareerzone: Up-to-the-minute career and job search information for black people -- out of school, mid-career, starting a business, etc.
Asian-American
Gay and Lesbian
- Human Rights Campaign: the HRC maintains a very current collection of news articles, resources, program listings and services for queers in the workplace.
- Gaywork.com: a gay job board affiliated with Monster.com.
- Gay and Lesbian Professionals: job search engine.
- Print Bibliography : This page lists dozens of recent books and articles on queers in the workplace. Some works are practical guides and resource guides, while others are sociological studies, first-person accounts and surveys.
- Progay Jobs: job search engine for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender friendly communities.
- Transgender Net : This excellent site focuses on transgender issues, with resources for both employees and employers.
- Gay Financial Network: The Gay Financial Network has great advice for career seekers, on topics ranging from coming out to domestic partner benefits to fitting in at workplace social events.
Hispanic
- Saludos: Opening the doors of opportunity for the Hispanic community since 1967, Saludos Hispanos has been providing career information for jobs and employment by promoting equal opportunity on the pages of its bilingual magazine for over 30 years.
- Latpro: LatPro is the largest Hispanic & bilingual jobs and diversity career board in the Americas
- Hace-USA: The Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement.
- Hispanic Business: Access award-winning editorial, market research, Web exclusive features, and other resources.
- Hispanic Jobs: Bilingual Jobs for English/Spanish-speaking professionals - Opportunities ranging from entry level to executive level nationwide.
- iHispano: Well organized -- search jobs by keyword, city/state, and industry. Web site features career tools and iHispano newsletter.
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EDUCATION AND TEACHING SITES
(Interested in teaching abroad?)
- American Classical League: The site features teacher placement, teaching resources, and scholarships.
- Beyond Academe: Alternatives to teaching for historians.
- Capital Region Application System: Matches jobs candidates and school districts in the Capital region of New York. Registration required.
- Education America: Thousands of teaching and education job opportunities from public and private schools from across the United States.
- Education Canada: Canada's premier education job board. Find thousands of available teaching and administrative job opportunities from British Columbia to Nunavut to Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Higher Education Jobs: job resource for those interested in teaching, coaching, administrative and other higher education positions.
- The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
has various local branch websites all of which offer
great resources to job hunters in higher education.
Here are a few links, but do a web search
if we don't have a link to a location you're interested in:
New Jersey,
Northern California,
Metro New York and Southern Connecticut,
Southern California,
New England.
- Independent School Placement: Independent school jobs in the NYC area.
- Jobs in Higher Education: Academic and administrative jobs.
- Maestros Excelentes: a unique partnership between the National Puerto Rican Forum, Inc. (NPRF) and the New York City Department of Education that aims to improve diversity and confront the teacher shortages in New York City and Puerto Rico by creating a strong community of qualified teachers
- NAIS: National Association of Independent Schools.
- National Association of Teachers Agencies: Information on available teaching positions.
- NY EdJobs: An Internet-based job matching system.
- Recruiting New Teachers: A non-profit organization created to promote teaching.
- SchoolStaff: Jobs in education.
- Teachers - Teachers: Academic placement service.
- Teaching Jobs: A world-wide directory of teaching jobs from around the world.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS
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ENTREPRENEURIAL WEBSITE RESOURCES
Business Advice and Resources
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AllBusiness.com: A vast resources for business owners, from contracts to business plans to legal to loans, and even business blogs.
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Fast Company: An index of articles and guides of new ideas on leadership, career, or innovative strategies to improve your team and your self.
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Kauffman Foundation: Provides a list of entrepreneurial initiatives, research, resources and news releases.
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Legalzoom.com:Provides templates for creating your own business contracts and other legal paperwork.
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New York Business: Resources and links relevant to New York business owners.
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NYC Business Solutions: Provides free, quick, and relaiable answers to your important business questions.
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Small Business Administration: This New York site, part of the larger government site, provides info on New York business owners and a startup kit with entrepreneurial info and quizzes.
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Small Business Development Centers: SBDAs are one-stop shops for small-business info. The site provides a list of locations nationally and locally, many on college campuses.
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The Wall Street Start-up Journal: This site includes a list of unique tools for entrepreneurs including email alerts, interactive quizzes, and tips on a variety of business tasks.
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Womenbiz.gov: Provides a variety of straight-forward resources for women business owners, including startup information.
Networks and Organizations
- Association of Hispanic Entrepreneurs: Professional events in New York, entrepreneurship resources (available to members only), a job search engine and links to the Association in Texas, Florida, California, and other locations.
- Asian Women in Business: Reference materials and entrepreneurship information as well as a directory of Asian Women's businesses and organizations.
- Give 'n Take Network: This unique site provides a support network for women entrepreneurs to connect and collaborate.
- Minority Business Development Agency: This site, in addition to many membership services for minority business owners, includes minority business headlines and demographic and industry trends information.
News
- Public Forum Institute, The: Index of natioanl dialogue across the nation to improve awareness of the value of entrepreneurship.
- Rising Media: Local and national entrepreneur-related news headlines and articles.
- WomensBiz.US: A publication for women business executives and business owners. Provides the stories of outstanding business women and spotlight their lives.
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GENERAL JOB SEARCH SITES
- Alljobsearch.com: Will search multiple job listing sites at one time.
- America's Career Infonet: User friendly site with info on wages, trends, employment outlook, state profile information, and lots of resources
- America's Job Bank: Over 1,000,000 job listings, but registration is required
- BarnardTrak: (formerly Jobtrak) This site lists jobs specifically seeking Barnard and Columbia grads and alums. Choose Barnard College and Columbia University on site menu. Call our office for free passwords.
- Campus Career Center: Guidance for college grads
- Career Builder: One of the most frequently used sites, other features include company information
- College Grad Hunter: Listings targeting college grads
- Coolworks: Jobs in national parks and resorts
- Direct Employers: National employment network of job listings. Searches can be made by keywords, city, or state.
- Employment Line: Recruiting permanent, temporary and temp-to-hire grads and undergrads
- Futurestep: An executive recruiting firm – a good site for alumnae
- JobDirect: The fourth most-visited college-related Internet site in the U.S.
- Jobweb: Job site for seniors, grads and alums
- Lexis-Nexis: Available only from computers on the Barnard/Columbia server, one of the most powerful and useful tool for industry information
- MediaBistro: Jobs for media professionals
- NACELink: A job database put together by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. You will need to register, but will not be charged any fees.
- National Compensation Survey: Check out the Wage Query System to see what people in different professions make in different cities
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Access to lots of employment information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- O'Dwyer: Information on careers in Public Affairs, Public Relations, Communications, Media, and related fields. You can get some useful information here without paying for their service.
- Sustainable Business: Business jobs, environmental jobs, environmentally responsible employers.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
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GRADUATE SCHOOL RESEARCH
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HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Allopathic Medicine
Alternative Medicine
Chiropractic Medicine
Dental Medicine
Genetic Counseling
Health Administration
Health Information Science
International Health
Jobs/Professional Development
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS):Lots of career and intenships/job hunting information, as well as a section for graduate students.
- Association of Women in Science (AWIS): Check out the career development section. There you will find information on AWIS internship and scholarship programs, and links to other opportunities.
- MedHunters - free job board for healthcare professionals, in addition to listing healthcare jobs from across the USA, Canada, and overseas, the site includes articles on self-assessment and career strategy, as well as entertaining and informative articles of interest to all types of healthcare professionals.
Nursing
Nutrition
Occupational Therapy
Optometry
Pharmacology
Physical Therapy
Podiatric Medicine
Public Health
Speech Therapy
Veterinary Medicine
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INTERNATIONAL BY COUNTRY
- AACI Israel Jobnet: Provides job search for companies in Israel, database statistics of all job postings on the site, and links to both private and governmental organizations.
- American-Scandinavian Foundation: Promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
- Asia Net: Job listings, mostly finance and tech positions.
- Bilingual Jobs: Job listings for Japan, Asia, and Europe.
- Casa Xelaju: Comprehensive site giving information about Spanish language and literature programs, specialized courses, internships, volunteer opportunities, job postings, as well as links for research in Guatemala.
- CDS Summer Internship Program in Spain: Gain work experience in Spanish cities.
- Cornel Language School, Taiwan: Jobs for English language teachers in Taichung, Taiwan.
- Eurojobs: Lists jobs available in Europe.
- Find a Job in Africa: Includes job searches, resume advice and posting, and a hottest jobs section by country.
- Footprints Recruiting: Recruits teachers and university graduates for positions teaching English abroad, currently in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Brazil.
- French American Chamber of Commerce: Has a frequent schedule of events and well developed student and young professional training programs. Also has listing of internships and links.
- German American Chamber of Commerce: Services include Personnel Consulting and Career Services: from internships to top positions.
- Ikoporan: Volunteer opportunities in Brazil.
- Jobs in Thailand: General information regarding work in Thailand, as well as links to job opportunity websites and classified sections in Thai newspapers.
- JobPilot: Job listings by country.
- Latin American's Professional Association: Search for jobs that require Spanish and Portuguese in Latin American countries and in the U.S.
- O_Hayo Sensei: Teaching jobs in Japan.
- Prague Internships
- Study in Britain: A directory of study abroad & full degree programs to England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland.
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INTERNATIONAL JOB SITES
- ACTION: American Council for Voluntary International Action: Work to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all. Useful publications and access to job listings can be purchased online. Ideal networking tool for anyone looking to get internationally involved.
- AFS: An international, voluntary, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities.
- Alliance Abroad: Offers a wide range of customized educational, cultural and language travel programs to destinations such as Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain, Italy, England, Germany, France, Africa, China, USA and many more!
- Association for International Practical Training: Lists programs, services, and events, gives general information, has job postings.
- CDS International: A non-profit organization that specializes in education and training in diverse fields and in many countries and offers summer internship programs.
- Center for Applied Linguistics: Lots of good info and links on issues related to language and culture.
- Council on International Educational Exchange: Information about international programs.
- Electronic Embassy: Lists embassy sites from all over the world.
- Eurograduate: Lots of good info on how to search abroad, including how to write different resumes for different countries.
- Federation of International Trade Associations: Great information on international trade and all the related industries.
- Foreign Policy Association: Provides independent publications, programs and forums to increase public awareness of, and foster popular participation in, matters relating to those policy issues. Also includes a job board where you can search to find internships, job and volunteer opportunities and if you would like to be notified of new job and internship postings you can also sign up for their weekly Global Jobs Newsletter.
- Going Global: All you need to know to grab an international career in the country of your choice.
- Global Energy Jobs: Provides posting/editing of resumes, job searching/posting, and employer lists.
- GlobalExchange: Building an alternative economy.
- Idealist.org: Great directory of non-profit careers and internships, here and abroad.
- International Career Employment Center: Internships and job listings, but mostly for human resources and computer positions.
- International Opportunities Program: Gives listings of jobs and internships abroad, research tips, and information on volunteering, teaching, summer programs, and more.
- International Service and Travel Center: Provides links for individuals seeking opportunities to travel, work, or study abroad, as well as helpful hints for preparing for international experiences.
- JobWeb – International Research: National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) has assembled a great page with links to all sorts of international resources.
- National Council for Languages and International Studies: An excellent site that has info on how to write and where to find grants.
- One Small Planet: Contains virtually every country in the world and provides some information on work, study, volunteer and travel programs available.
- Overseas Jobs: Comprehensive website for both employers and job-seekers, including job/resume postings, job/resume searches, advice sections, specially featured books and employers, and current topics.
- Peace Corps: "The toughest job you'll ever love."
- Reliefweb: Serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief community.
- Sustainable Careers Institute: Gives general information about the institute and its programs, as well as a list of recommended career development resources.
- My Travel Bug, Inc.:Information on international travel including travelogues, pictures, and audio submitted by readers. There is also a list of travel-related fellowships and organizations on their Grants Page.
- United Nations: Information on employment at the United Nations.
- US Department of State Office of Overseas Schools: Provides links to international schools by region, training programs, employment opportunities, lists of international topics and issues, and general information.
- Working Adventures Worldwide: Work/travel programs for students and young people.
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INTERNATIONAL TEACHING
- American British Teaching: Offers courses to train teachers of English to Foreign Language speakers in other countries.
- Cornel Language School, Taiwan: Jobs for English language teachers in Taichung, Taiwan.
- ESL Worldwide: A premier job search website helping to recruit language instructors worldwide.
- Footprints Recruiting: Recruits teachers and university graduates for positions teaching English abroad, currently in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Brazil.
- International School Services: Schools directory and job fairs for K-12 teachers for English language overseas.
- International Educators' Network Association (ITeach): Teaching positions and more.
- International Opportunities Program: Gives listings of jobs and internships abroad, research tips, and information on volunteering, teaching, and summer programs.
- O_Hayo Sensei: Teaching jobs in Japan.
- Search Associates: Places teachers in position worldwide.
- Teaching Jobs: A world-wide directory of teaching jobs from around the world.
- WorldTeach: WorldTeach is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based at the Harvard Institute for International Development which provides opportunities for individuals to make a meaningful contribution to international education by living and working as volunteer teachers in developing countries.
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INTERNSHIP SEARCH SITES
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT JOB SITES
- American Council for Voluntary International Action: A coalition of over 150 non-profits that have banded together to provide humanitarian assistance for the world's poor.
- American Association of Museums: The Mission of this not-for-profit Association is to represent the museum community, address its needs, and enhance its ability to serve the public.
- Career Alternatives for Art Historians
- Center for Communication: A non-profit organization in NYC dedicated to educating students about the field of communications through a series of seminars.
- Chronicle of Philanthropy:The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
- City Limits: A great site with non-profit jobs, also very informative news stories and current events.
- Foundation Center
- Guidestar
- Idealist: A network of over 20,000 non-profits in over 140 countries.
- Independent Sector
- Interaction
- Long Island Works Coalition: A not-for-profit organization focused on increasing awareness of educational and career opportunities on Long Island. Good source for internships!
- Museum Employment Resource Center: Site provides museum studies programs and cultural resource links.
- National Council of Nonprofit Associations
- Nonprofit Times: Important trade publication with job listings.
- Orion.org: A fabulous link for environmental activism and networking.
- Professionals for Non-profits: A temporary/placement agency, located in NYC specializing in non-profits.
- Sustainable Career Institute: exists to promote a new work ethic for a new era by working with institutions of higher education on the career options and education they offer.
- US Museum Directory: All sorts of information about museums.
- Young Nonprofit Professionals' Network: A new resource for NYC area nonprofit employees and jobseekers. Note their Listserv and many networking opportunities.
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PUBLIC INTEREST
- Businesses for Social Responsibility: membership organization for companies exploring socially responsible practices, from the genuinely advanced to those seeking market advantadge. Task forces and publications on various industriesand their standards and dilemmas.
- Social Venture Network: Social entrepreneurs involved in leardership, standard-setting, education, and support.
- Net Impact: A socially responsible business students' organization with internship program and more than 60 international chapters.
- Ethical Performance: Periodic updates on corporate ethics, legal actions, policy, model companies, and more.
- YesWorld: Social justice links, information, and articles.
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PUBLISHING AND WRITING
- American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE): Newspaper internship and job listings.
- Bookjobs: information on publishing and job search tools.
- Bookwire: links to publishers, articles, and a forum for writers.
- Ed2010: A group for young magazine editors seeking dream jobs by 2010.
- National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ): Online resources for students include NABJ internships, scholarships, student projects, and mentoring.
- Poynteronline: The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists. The website is designed to take maximum advantage of emerging media in supporting the journalism community. It features columns by Poynter faculty, staff, and contributors.
- Publisher's Lunch: the industry's "daily essential read"
- Suite101: online community of writers
- Xlibris: offers services such as publishing, copyediting, and marketing.
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SALARY GUIDES
(Be wary of sites that ask you to pay for a salary report. There is plenty of free information available.)
- Workforce.com: Salaries in the non-profit sector.
- Salary.com: Free Salary Wizard.
- CareerJournal.com: From Dow Jones and Co, features salary and hiring information and useful information from the Wall Street Journal.
- JobStar.org: Links to more than 300 industry specific salary surveys.
- EcompOnline.com: Executive salary information compiled from data from the SEC.
- Economic Research Institute: Offers salary survey analyses, cost of living comparisons, and executive compensation analyses in the form of database software and published reports
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SCIENCE, MATH, and TECHNOLOGY
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS):Lots of career and intenships/job hunting information, as well as a section for graduate students.
- American Chemical Society: Advanced Career Tools from the ACS Department of Career Services.
- Association of Women in Science (AWIS): Check out the career development section. There you will find information on AWIS internship and scholarship programs, and links to other opportunities.
- Aquanet: For people interested in marine biology and marine science.
- Barnard College Science Internship Opportunity Web Page: Listings of science internships available outside of Barnard. You can search for summer and academic year internships in the following fields: Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Environmental Biology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Neuroscience and Behavior, and Psychology
- Careers in Mathematics: Listings by the American Mathematical Society and links to other math career boards.
- Careers in Science and Engineering
- Careers that Count: Opportunities in mathematical sciences.
- Chemistry Jobs: Site has listing of chemistry, pharmaceutical, and biotech jobs. The classifieds and careers site of Chemical & Engineering News offers tools, resources, and expert career advice to help new and experienced chemists reach their professional goals.
- Corptech: A database of 50,000 high tech companies
- Information Technology Association of America : Info on the tech job market
- Jobspectrum:Careers in the Chemical Sciences
- Journal of Young Investigators, The (JYI): JYI Science Career Center provides resources in the categories of career search, professional organizations, graduate schools, and statistics.
- Marine Science Careers: Information and job listings by Sea Grant and the NH Sea Grant Program.
- Mote Marine Laboratory: Science foundations research for undergraduates. Paid research training experiences in estuarine science.
- Medzilla: Listings for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medicine and related fields
- National Science Foundation: Lists program and grant information.
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): REU program supports active research participation by undergraduates students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects invlove students in meaniningful ways in ongoing research programs.
- ScienceJobs: An easy to navigate site with postings from top scientific companies and academic institutions.
- Tech-Centric: lists some of the top computer and information technology related job openings
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
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SELF-ASSESSMENT
- O*net: The online Occupational Information Network is a databse of occupations that is designed to help people learn about occupational characteristics and explore careers.
- The Career Key: Help with career decisions
- Type Focus: Uses personality types to guide career development
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SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Research
American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Biomedical Sciences Career Program
Boston University REU Program
Chester Summer Scholars Program, Cleveland, OH
Cornell UniversityJackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (Maine)
Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Mote Marine Laboratory Nature Science Foundations Research
Mount Sinai Summer Research Fellowship
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
NYU School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (National Science Foundation)
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Internship
University of Memphis Engineering World Health Summer Institute
University of Montana Bioinformatics Summer Institute
Weizmann Institute of Science Summer Work for Foreign Science Students (Israel)
Clinical
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Healthcare Career Track Program
Public Health
New York City Department of Health, Health Research Training Program
For Underrepresented Minority/Disadvantaged Students
American Society for Microbiology - Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program
Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine Vetward Bound Programs
Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
University of Pennsylvania Summer Pre-Med Enrichment Program
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US LOCATIONS
- Apartments.com: Apartments and rented houses.
- Homebuyer's Fair: Not just for buying a home, but also a relocation wizard and a cost-of-living calculator.
- JobStartCalifornia: A non-profit organization that lists newspapers, job fairs, and job hotlines for jobs in California.
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