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JOB HUNTERS UNITE

Nonprofit Jobs Center ,  a site run by The Bridgespan Group which now has about 350 positions. That includes paid part-time and full-time jobs, plus unpaid board of directors openings. Bridgespan also has excellent   publications and tools   for those interested in nonprofit leadership positions. Commongood Careers  is a search firm that places managers into nonprofit organizations.  T he Foundation Center’s   Philanthropy News Digest Jobs Board , which features openings at foundations and nonprofits.

The Hunt - Tracking Down a Job in the Nonprofit Jungle

NONPROFIT JOB HUNTING Following the old adage "write about what you know", today's focus is job hunting. When you hit the job market you might link first of Monster or Indeed.   A better approach?  Narrow your focus - check out job sites that hone in on the nonprofit sector! One great part of working in the nonprofit sector is how many industry specific job rags there are to choose from: Nonprofit Jobs & Executive Search Nonprofit executive, senior management and fundraising jobs and executive searches conducted by recruiters, headhunters, and employers in the nonprofit, government, health, higher education, human rights, social services, advocacy and public sectors. Idealist.org A project of Action Without Borders, global clearinghouse of nonprofit resources, including jobs, internships, mailing lists, and nonprofit resources by state and country. Opportunity NOCS A resource for nonprofit jobs and employment opportunities. Nonprofit Oyster

NONPROFIT TOUGH LOVE

the great lie is that it is "Civilization", it's not civilized. It's been the most blood thirsty...brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet...that is not civilization, that's the great lie...or if it does represent civilization, and if that's truly what civilization is, then the great lie is that civilization is good for us" John Trudell, on Western Civilization (in "Trudell" documentary by Heather Rae, 2006) John Trudell was making an important point about the effectiveness of a bias when it is built right into the language. Bias embedded in language is that much harder to overcome because you need language to be able to describe the problem. My favorite illustration? A riddle: A father and daughter are in a car accident. The father is killed and the daughter taken to the hospital. The surgeon looks at the girl and says "I can not operate on her, she is my