Progressive Academy Online: Career Series Session Resources

How to find a Progressive Job

presented by Alyssa Best, Career Consultant 

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Resources: 

• LYJ- Love Your Job! Love Your Life! provides tools, ideas and resources for those seeking work that they love. The bloggers at LYJ are committed to helping you define for yourself what determines your success in life.  
• Guide to Non-Profit Careers, Idealist.com, these free books offer useful advice, strategies, and resources for people considering a career in the nonprofit sector. Written by the staff of Idealist.org and other experts, the books are available as free PDFs. You can also buy the books in shops—new from Hundreds of Heads Books.

• New Organizing Institute, In order to keep the progressive movement growing and thriving, the NOI  invests in human capital. This investment goes beyond training and mentoring organizers in the field -- it extends to keeping a busy job listserv and placing talented organizers in the progressive movement. [Jobs Listserv] [Jobs Board] [Resume Bank] [Trainings] [Blog] 

  Job Hunting Websites:

  •       Idealist: www.Idealist.org
  •       Feminist Majority Foundation Career Center: www.Feminist.org
  •       Young NonProfit Professionals Network: www.ynpn.org
  •       Jobs that are Left: www.jobsthatareleft.com
  •       Democratic GAIN: http://www.democraticgain.org/
  •       EMILY’s List job bank: http://www.emilyslist.org/about/jobs/
  •       Craigslist: www.craigslist.com
  •       Local professional listservs
  •       Local newspaper websites

Marketing Your Best Self: Resume & Cover Letter Tips

 presented by Alyssa Best, Career Consultant 

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Resources: 

• Idealist.org’s Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers
• Resume Action Verbs and Keywords

Examples:

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How to Ace a Job Interview

 presented by Alyssa Best, Career Consultant 

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Resources:

• LYJ (Love Your Job)Blog post: “Help Me Help You”
• LYJ (Love Your Job)Blog post: “How to Approach a Colleague for a Word of Recommendation”
• Video: “Job Interview Tips”
• Video: “Interview Dos and Don’ts”

Negotiating Salary & Benefits in an Economic Recession

 presented by Alyssa Best, Career Consultant & Teresa Obrero, Alumni Board

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Resources:

•“WORK$MART: Pay Negotiation for Women.” Two-part webinar. National Women’s Law Center.•“Answering the $64,000 Question: What is Your Current Salary?” Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group.•“Nonprofit Salaries: What Should I Earn?” Commongood Careers•2009 salary survey conducted by Professionals for Nonprofits in NYC and DC•Search the online database www.GuideStar.org for financial information on multiple non-profit organizations and foundations