Other Resources

The Career Library (103 Barnes Hall)

Provides extensive resources - books, tapes, and websites, relating to career options, internships, summer jobs, full-time jobs, gap year experiences, volunteer options, employers, and fellowships.

You can quickly locate the information you need by searching the library database by key word, e.g. environment, children, Washington, alternative medicine, city government, think tank, etc.

Note: Additional information is located in the college career offices.

Specialty Advisors

Staff members specialize in a wide number of interest areas. Check out our listing of advisors in nearly 30 different career interest areas. Many relate to public service careers.

Websites

Nonprofit

www.idealist.org
Extensive information on 43,000 nonprofit and community organizations, as well as a searchable database of jobs, internships, events, and more. The organization search is especially valuable.
www.volunteermatch.org
Opportunities by zip code and career area; customized emails.
www.americorps.org
The domestic Peace Corps. members "train volunteers, tutor and mentor at-risk youth, build housing, clean up streams, help seniors live independently, and meet other community needs."
www.actionforchange.org
Click on "get a life" for links to internships, job, fellowships, and post grad (gap year) options.
www.rileyguide.com/nonprof.html
Includes associations, foundations, think tanks and related resources, and opportunities.
Public Interest Research Group www.pirg.org
Positions and fellowships with the state PIRGs - "advocacy on behalf of the public interest."
Community Career Center www.nonprofitjobs.org
Provides job listings and an option to post a "candidate profile."
www.washingtonjobs.com
Job listings in arts, education, think tanks, public policy, and other nonprofits.
http://www.charityvillage.com
Canadian nonprofit jobs, volunteer opportunities, organizations, and news. www.citylimits.org
NYC jobs in public service - both nonprofit and government.
www.movingideas.org
Weekly bulletin provides progressive policy information and job postings.

Government

www.bestplacestowork.org/
Rankings of federal agencies by employees. Lists number of employees, agencies by city, and other helpful information for each agency and subagency.
Partnership for Public Services www.ourpublicservice.org 
Click on "Work for USA" to access extensive federal government information on internship options and special assistance, agency profiles and job listings, and advice on federal hiring procedures. Also, jobs outside Washington, DC.
New York State Department of Civil Service www.cs.state.ny.us 
State exams, jobs in demand, and applying for state jobs.
New York City www.nyc.gov 
Official website for the city of New York with links to job opportunities.
USA Jobs www.usajobs.opm.gov
The federal government's official source of job information. Job postings are searchable by "entry level," "professional," "agency," "state," "student," and more.
www.studentjobs.gov
The federal government's official source of student internships, co-ops, summer employment, and volunteer options. Also provides a database of agencies that are interested in students.
U.S. Government Agencies www.firstgov.gov 
Provides information on branches of the Federal Government - executive, legislative, judicial; also includes boards, commissions, committees, etc.
The Politix Group www.politixgroup.com 
Full-time jobs and internships offered by the two major political parties as well as campaign opportunities and international political resources. Includes federal, state and local information.
Local Government jobs www.govtjob.net 
Postings of local government jobs in a variety of categories including health and human services, administrative and legal, community development, leisure, and criminal justice.

Health

U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services www.hss.gov/careers/students.html 
Paid research, public health and biomedical, internships in USHS Dept., NIH, and other federal health agencies.
www.idealist.org
Strong database of > 1600 health and medical organizations, searchable by location and key word. Also, jobs and internships.
Assoc. of American Medical Colleges www.aamc.org 
U.S. and Canadian medical schools, tuition and fee info, fellowships, loans, issue articles, surveys and data, post-bac premed programs.
American Public Health Association www.apha.org/career/ 
Career information, internships & jobs.
"Veterninary guide to the Internet" http://netvet.wustl.edu/ 
News, animal resources, publications, organizations, telnet sites, FTP sites, links.
Assoc. for International Practical Training www.aipt.org
International technical and scientific internships.

Teaching

National Center for Educational Statistics www.nces.ed.gov/ 
Public and private school searches; many facts.
www.idealist.org
K-12 resource Guide; database of educational organizations; jobs, internships, and volunteer options.
American Federation of Teachers www.aft.org/ 
Salary surveys, "hot topics" and more.
U.S. State Department's Office of Overseas Schools www.state.gov/m/a/os/ 
Resources for students and teachers; find schools in any country.
www.teachabroad.com
World-wide teaching internship and teaching positions; TEFL certificate program locator.

Environment

www.eco.org
Internships from government and nonprofit organizations, environmental career information.
www.environmentalcareer.info
Jobs in wide range of environmental fields, advocacy to zoology.
www.ecoemploy.com
Database of employers by region, including Canada. Resume tips for environmental jobs.
www.sca-inc.org
Summer and year-round paid internships of various lengths in conservation, environment, education, wildlife management at 425 sites in the U.S.

Gap Year & Service

Quaker Information Center www.quakerinfo.org
Weekend work camps through one and two-year service internships, domestic and international jobs.
Christian Appalachian Project www.christinaity.com/cap 
Serve for one year in the position of your choice at a site in Appalachia.
Foundation for Children & Aging www.cfcusa.org 
Work with poor and abandoned children and aging people to help them have dignity and a degree of self-sufficiency. Serve for one year or longer in sites all over the world.
www.cityyear.org
Young people from all walks of life participate in community service and gain public speaking skills, leadership development, computer literacy, and much more! One-year, full-time commitment in one of twenty sites in the U.S.
American Red Cross www.redcross.org
Provide relief to people in disaster and emergency situations. Year long commitments with training are available.
Dominican Volunteers http://dvusa.org/index.html 
Year long experience of ministry and community life. Various postiions available in sites around the U.S.