Women's Studies program at UW-Madison

Career and Job Resources

 

Feminist Majority Foundation Career Center

http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/911jobs.asp

National job and internship (both paid and non-paid) listings for feminist positions in both the public and private sector; job seekers looking for work in feminist/progressive organizations can also post their resumes on-line through the site.  Also has a weekly e-bulletin job listing that you can sign up for to receive weekly updates on newly listed feminist jobs/internships.

 

Feminist.com

http://www.feminist.com/resources/links/links_work.html

Links to feminist professional organizations and employment resources on the web.

 

Portland State University:  Career Center & Internet Resources for Women's Studies Majors

http://www.career.pdx.edu/majorwomensstudies.htm

Contains links to internet sites with career related information for women's studies majors, lists of books with career information for women's studies majors, and links to internet job searching sites for women's studies majors.

 

University of Maryland, College Park Women's Studies Employment Database

http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/Employment/

Contains national listings of women's studies jobs in the academic, public, and private sectors.  Contains links to internship and employment databases.

 

The College of New Jersey:  Women and Gender Studies Jobs and Internships

http://whatnow.intrasun.tcnj.edu/JobsandInternships.html

Links to national feminist job databases as well as general job banks and public/non-profit career listings. Also has additional career building information for women's studies graduates.

 

Idealist.org:  Action without Borders

http://www.idealist.org/

Has U.S. and international job, internship, and volunteer listings for progressive organizations in the non-profit sector.  Can sign up for personalized email updates for job and volunteer opportunities matching your specific interests.

 

Social Service.com

http://www.socialservice.com/

National job listings for social service work in both the public and private sectors.  Can sign up for weekly email updates for current job listings matching your interest.  For a fee, can post your resume on the site for view by potential employers.

 

Jobs Abroad.com

http://www.jobsabroad.com/search.cfm

Has multiple country employment listings for jobs abroad; has a search category for women's studies international jobs.

 

Philanthropy Careers

http://philanthropy.com/jobs/

National job listings in non-profit, charity, and human service sectors.

 

Non-Profit Jobs.org

http://www.nonprofitjobs.org/

National job listings in the non-profit sector.

 

Webgrrls International

http://www.webgrrls.com/wfs.jhtml?/jobbank/info.phtml

Has U.S. and international job listings in technology for women that can be accessed by members (membership has a fee of $35.00 for an unemployed student rate).  Members can also post their resume on-line through the site. Also has career planning and building advice.

 

National Center for Women and Policing (Feminist Majority Foundation)

http://www.womenandpolicing.org/jobs.asp

National job listings for law enforcement positions for women.

 

National Women's Studies Association

http://www.nwsa.org/

Has job listings for academic jobs in women's studies (usually requiring Masters or PhD).

 

Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/aboutus/jobopenings/;jsessionid=CA5D859F7049702845F93507C02A71D7

 

NARAL Pro-Choice America

http://www.naral.org/about/jobs/index.cfm

 

National Organization for Women Action Center

http://www.now.org/organization/work.html#jobs

 

Ms. Foundation

http://www.ms.foundation.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=37

 

PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

http://www.pflag.org/index.php?id=110

 

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network)

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/about/positions/index.html

 

Girl Scouts USA

http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/careers/working_with_us.asp

Provides links to individual Girl Scout councils across the nation that then have employment listings at the local level

 

General Job Searching Resources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health

http://www.4woman.gov/violence/state.cfm

Provides links to domestic violence and sexual assault organizations in all fifty states.  Many of these organizations maintain on-line listings of open positions in their agency.

 

Advancing Women

http://www.advancingwomen.com/awcareer.html

National job listings in a variety of pubic and private (for profit and non-profit) businesses and organizations.  Can also post resume on-line through the site.  Contains additional information to help women succeed in the job market including information on networking, career building, balancing work and family, and employee rights.

 

Black Career Women

http://www.bcw.org/careers_jobs.shtml

Contains national job listings for businesses/organizations seeking to recruit women of color.  Can also post resume on-line through the site.  Contains additional resources on networking and career building for women of color.

 

Career Women

http://www.careerwomen.com/seeker_searchjobs.jsp

Contains national job listings for businesses/organizations seeking to recruit women.  Can also post resume on-line through the site.

 

 

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30-Jan-2008

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