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by Ellen Berry
Working for a nonprofit organization can change what was the daily grind into a hopeful climb. Each completed task brings forth feelings of selflessness and purpose. For career seekers looking for more rewarding work - who want to see their...
by Joseph Gustav
A career working for nonprofits is appealing to many people who want to do more than just work for money in their jobs. No, they want to work to make change in their communities, if not the world, or to further some cause that is extra special to...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
Ami Dar is founder and executive director of Idealist.org and Meg Busse directs their Career Transitions Programs. Look for additional posts from Idealist.org over the next month, as they will be contributing their own mini-series as part of this...
by Alexandra Céspedes Kent
The aging of the boomer generation is accelerating - an average of 8,000 women and men turn 60 each day, a wave that will only grow in the coming decades. Will the aging of our society drain precious resources as some predict, or will it be a tide...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
Last week's guest post by John Bridgeland addressed a very important segment of our unemployed population - millennials. As referenced in his post, four million young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 are unemployed! Kari Saratovsky and Kristin...
by John Bridgeland
Guest blogger John Bridgeland is President & CEO of Civic Enterprises, a policy firm that helps corporations, nonprofits, foundations, universities and governments develop and spearhead innovative public policies to strengthen our communities...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
2010 has just begun and already we've seen numerous reports that the job market is still looking, well ... bleak. It's hard not to describe it this way when the headlines from major news outlets are describing the job outlook in these terms -...
by Meg Busse
This post is the first in a mini-series by Idealist.org's Meg Busse for our Nonprofit Jobs Series with advice on working in the nonprofit sector. Meg is Idealist.org's Coordinator of High School and College Career Transitions and co-author of their...
by Meg Busse
With salary freezes, layoffs, longer hours, and more work, there have been plenty of articles about how employers are trying to motivate employees. Suggestions for how managers are doing this run the gamut from offering small gift cards as tokens...
by Meg Busse
This post is one in a mini-series by Meg Busse for our Nonprofit Jobs Series with advice on working in the nonprofit sector. Meg was Idealist.org's Coordinator of High School and College Career Transitions from 2007-2010, and co-authored Guide to...
by Meg Busse
This post is the first in a mini-series by Meg Busse for our Nonprofit Jobs Series with advice on working in the nonprofit sector. Meg was Idealist.org's Coordinator of High School and College Career Transitions from 2007-2010, and co-authored Guide...

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by Gaby Pham
Ready to start your job search journey? Online employment listings are a great place to begin. If you don't know the exact type of job you're looking for, just scan the areas that you find the most interesting. You'll be surprised by the variety of...