Resources tagged with term(s) "Career development"

Persons with Disabilities and Veterans Hiring Fair Flyer

This 3-page flyer was for a hiring fair in Washington D.C. specifically for persons with disabilities and veterans. It includes a list of positions and qualifications standards as well as the details...
Job Interview Prep Questions

This handy one-page document will be helpful to anyone preparing for a job interview. Includes the following kinds of questions: introductory, knowledge of the organization/position, personal/...
Cover Letter Guide and Format

This handy two-page document will be helpful to those writing a cover letter. Includes guidelines, questions to answer, special techniques to apply, and sample format.
Life After VISTA Presentation

Originally created for a Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development retreat, this PowerPoint presentation would be useful to any AmeriCorps VISTA members who are completing their service term and...
Staying Cool in the Hot Seat: A Guide to Interviewing

This booklet focuses on strategies and helpful tips that will enable you to interview with confidence. Appendices include questions you may be asked, behavior-based approach to answering,...
Making a Difference: A Guide to Personal Profit in a Nonprofit World

This booklet is a step-by-step process to help you answer the question of "How can I afford to live comfortably and build a secure future while working in the nonprofit sector?" From understanding...
Free Nonprofit Webinars

Online Webinars for Nonprofit Professionals and Trustees. Learn about governance, marketing, fundraising, grants and more. Attend webinars live and interact with our expert top-tier presenters....
Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers

The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers. This book is a free resource for emerging professionals pursuing their first position in the nonprofit sector.
Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers

Offers an overview of the nonprofit sector, and discusses the psychological swings of the job search and ways to stay motivated during the transition. Covers activities like networking,...
Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers

For emerging professionals pursuing their first positions in the nonprofit sector, including current students, recent graduates, and those entering the workforce for the first time. Covers self...
Service Corps to Social Impact Career: A Companion to The Idealist Guides to Nonprofit Careers

Highlights practices that corps and VISTA members can incorporate during their service experience and that will help them prepare for their next steps. Provides concrete advice on representing...
Job Development Essentials: A Guide for Job Developers

Provides practical advice for workforce development professionals - the same advice found in the first edition, but with a stronger emphasis on engaging employers, providing expanded services to...
Employment Retention Essentials: Building a Retention-Focused Organization

User-friendly and filled with practical ideas, this guide offers concrete tools for keeping people working, including tips on how to involve employers, build relationships, and stay in contact...
Professional Skills Matrix

This document gives a list of useful skills that volunteering can enhance. Great to use a motivation for volunteers trying new projects.
Providing Career Development Training

This resource from the EnCorps collection provides guidance on career development training; it reviews a career development session, gives advice on the steps involved in getting a job, and ends with...
Getting a Job Toolkit

This toolkit from the EnCorps collection of resources reviews the planning and documentation of a successful job search. It includes resume-building tips, a self-assessment, and more.
Planning a Career

This page of the EnCorps collection offers many resources for helping members identify their career interests and skills, as well as practical advice for landing a job.
Beyond the Service Year: Tools to help members transition to life after service

This section of the EnCorps collection of resources offers tools to help members transition to life after service. Topics include: looking at the individual, getting the most from the Segal...
Finding a Job that Builds on Your Service

This web page provides suggestions on how to find a job after the service term, with advice about building a resume, applying for federal positions, and possible work with the Corporation for...
Creating career mobility in volunteer program management

This effective practice outlines different career paths available to the volunteer resource manager who is ready to make a commitment to the profession of volunteer management. It includes...
Idealist.org Handbook to Building a Better World: How to Turn Your Good Intentions into Actions that Make a Difference

Provides tools and inspiration for anyone who wants to make a difference but doesn't know where to start. Inspired by Idealist.org's 600,000-member online community and their ongoing search for...
Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference

This hands-on guide is filled with practical advice from real people working at all levels of diverse nonprofits. Find out what their work is like, the career paths they followed, and what they...
Practical Idealists: Changing the World and Getting Paid

Uses examples and exercises to clarify values and passions, gain relevant skills, find work, use college and graduate school effectively, manage finances, and build a community of support. Draws...
Encore Career Survey

Attempts to answer the following question: What will 78 million baby boomers do as they continue to work into traditional retirement age? This question was explored by surveying more than 3,500...
Mentoring in Corrections

Demonstrates the importance of mentoring in regards to professional success, job satisfaction, and organizational or management issues in the corrections field. Experienced staff can give support...