Sites with Non-Profit Career Information

• Association of Fundraising Professionals
• Bridgestar
• Careers from Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Careers in Nonprofits
• Charity.org
• Commongood Careers
• Council on Foundations
• Dot.Org.Jobs
• Encore Careers (for people switching to a nonprofit career)
• Foundation Center
• Idealist.org
• Love to Know's List of Non-Profit Organizations
• Most reputable non-profits
• Nonprofit Career Network
• NonprofitJobMarket.org
• Nonprofit Oyster
• Opportunity Knocks
• OneWorld
• Society for Nonprofit Organizations
• work4agoodcause.com
• WorkforNonprofits.org
• Young Nonprofit Professionals Network

Books on Non-Profit Career Exploration

• Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector
• From Making a Profit to Making a Difference: How to Launch Your New Career in Nonprofits
• The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference . Also see Non-Profit Career Guide.
• How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization: From Writing and Managing Grants to Fundraising, Board Development, and Strategic Planning

Careers in the Arts

• ArtJobOnline
• Americans for the Arts
• International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation
• Occupational Outlook Handbook on Careers in the Arts
• Occupational Outlook Handbook on Careers in Music

Careers in Education

• Academic360.com
• Academic Careers Online
• Agent K-12
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• HigherEdJobs.com

Careers in the Environment and Green Things

• 10 Great Green Opportunities
• EcoEmploy
• Ecojobs
• Environmental Career
• GreenBiz Jobs

Careers in Human Services and Social Work

• Coalition on Human Needs
• National Human Services Assembly
• SocialService.com
• Social Work Job Bank

Careers in International Development and Foreign Affairs

• DEVjobs
• Foreign Policy Association
• Interaction.org

Careers in the Military

• Careers in the Military

Careers in Museums and Zoos

• American Association of Museums Career Information
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• BLS on Careers for Archivists, Curators and Museum Tech's

Careers in Public Health

• American Public Health Association Job Listings
• Public Health Employment Connection
• Public Health JObs
• Public Health Jobs Worldwide
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Careers in Social Causes and Justice

• ACLU
• Alliance for Justice
• Feminist Majority Foundation Online
• National Organizers Alliance

Careers with a Religious Angle

• ChurchJobs
• Combined Jewish Philanthropies
• Jewish Jobs
• Work Ministry

Ideas and Know-How

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits .

By Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant.

If you work with a nonprofit as a staff member, volunteer or board member, you already know that nonprofit management is not as easy as it looks. The authors of this book agree. They studied nonprofits, the third largest industry in the U.S., for four years and identified 12 "exemplary" organizations that share six similarities in best practices.

Managing the Non-Profit Organization.

By Peter Drucker. Drucker is one of the best known names in marketing and management. Drucker provides guidelines and expert advice on how to manage a non-profit organization effectively and efficiently. The book includes interviews with 9 executives. You may also be interested in the audio tape.

Fundraising.

By Peter Edels. New York, N.Y.: McGraw Hill, Inc. Edels provides secrets of running a successful fundraising campaign. Specifically, he provides a practical step-by-step down in the trenches look at fundraising.

How to Raise Millions Helping Others, Having a Ball: A Guide to Fundraising

By Carolyn Farb. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press. This fundraising "cookbook" provides practical suggestions for the non- profit marketer who has major responsibilities in fund-raising. Farb has an easy to read book that caters to the practitioner.

A Legal Guide to Starting and Managing a Non-Profit Organization.

By Bruce Hopkins. New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Sons.

Hopkins examines the non-profit organization from a legal standpoint. He provides detail for every legal issue that a non-profit needs to consider.

Filthy Rich and Other Non-Profit Fantasies.

By Richard Steckel, et. al., San Francisco, Ten Speed Press. This is a book which tells you how to run a non-profit successfully. Gives you a good background of how the whole non-profit sector works.