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One thing I’ve noticed about younger job seekers is that they’re big on finding jobs at non-profits, charities, foundations and the like.

Sorta renews your faith in humanity to realize that trying to have a meaningful career that “makes a difference” is a hip thing to do.

If you haven’t considered non-profits in your job search, maybe you should. Non-profits are not recession proof by any means (during slow economic times, people have less money to give and so non-profits see their income suffer) but they’re also not just working at soup kitchens. A lot of non-profits are multi-national operations with billion dollar budgets and thousands of workers. And you don’t need any specialized type of degree or background to work at a non-profit. Non-profits need lawyers and accountants and HR and IT people just like any other organization.

On the blog, SchizoFrenetic, I found a great list of online resources for a non-profit job search. The author says she’s going to be updating the list as she finds more resources, so I recommend bookmarking her page if this is your sort of thing. She also has some advice about contacting recruiters who specialize in non-profit placements.

Here is her list. The only organization I have worked with before and can vouch for is Idealist.org:

• Associated Grant Managers
• Association Jobs
• Chronicle of Philanthropy Job Board
• Council on Foundations
• Dot Org Jobs
• Feminist Majority Job Center
• The Foundation Center
• idealist.org
• Grantmakers Without Borders
• Nonprofit Jobs
• Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative
• Opportunity NOCs
• Regional Associations of Grantmakers