The following list includes leading job boards available for careers that may interest La Follette students and alumni organized by sector. Additional job boards specific to certain sectors and policy areas can be found within the other sections of the employment page.
General Employment
- CareerBuilder (General employment listings)
- CareerJet (General employment listings)
- CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor sponsored career resources including a job board called AJB)
- CareerWomen (General employment listings catered toward women)
- GIINJobBoard (Employment listings from the Global Impact Investing Network, dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of impact investing)
- Glassdoor (General employment listings, career resources, employer and position reviews)
- Guardian Unlimited (General employment listings based in the U.K.)
- Indeed (General employment listings)
- JuJu (General employment listings)
- Linkedin (Social network catered to professionals, general employment listings)
- Monster (General employment listings)
- SimplyHired (General employment listings)
- Washington Post (General employment listings based in Washington D.C.)
Government/Policy Related Job Boards
- Careers in Government (A leading site for public sector employment information and opportunities)
- City of Madison Jobs (The official job site for all Madison city jobs)
- City of Milwaukee Jobs (The official job site for all Milwaukee city jobs)
- Dane County Jobs (The offical job site for all Dane County jobs)
- DCCC (Jobs helping elect Democrats to the House of Represenatives)
- DSCC (Jobs helping elect Democrats to the Senate)
- Emily's List (Job and internship opportunities with and to elect progressive Democratic women)
- Foreign Service Officer Hiring (Information on process of becoming a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State)
- GAINPOWER (A hub & virtual coworking space for the Democratic & Progressive professional community incl a job board)
- GovernmentJobs (U.S. Federal, State, & Local government listings organized by category and location)
- ICMA (All things related to local government management including a job board)
- Intelligence Careers (All 17 agencies of the US Intelligence Community use this site to market their opportunities which are NOT listed on USAJobs)
- National Council of State Legislatures (Employment opportunities with state legislatures or other public policy positions)
- RNC Jobs and Internships (Republican Party jobs and internships all in one place)
- State and Local Government (A very comprehensive site that includes links to the employment sites for virtually every city, village, town etc. in the USA)
- USAJOBS (The Federal government’s official employment site for all civil service jobs)
- US House of Representatives (Jobs and internships with US House members)
- US Senate (Jobs and internships with US Senators)
- VSFS Virtual Student Federal Service (Founded by Sec of State Clinton in 2009, this program allows any college student to work on an academic year-long unpaid project with a variety of federal agencies. Open for applications yearly from July 1-31st)
- Wiscjobs (The Wisconsin State government’s official job employment site. Also has resources specifically for veterans)
- Wiscjobs LTE Positions (Short term opportunities, many of which can be performed concurrent with earning a degree)
- Wisconsin.gov (The site to find all jobs with the current WI gubenatorial administration)
POLICY
- BSR-CSR (Sustainability related employment listings worldwide)
- CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor sponsored career resources including a job board called AJB)
- Daybook (Worldwide opportunities in everything from politics, to policy, to lobbying, to consulting)
- Econ-Jobs (Employment listings for economists)
- ForeignAffairs (Employment listings from Foreign Affairs magazine)
- ForeignPolicy (Employment listings from Foreign Policy magazine)
- Gain Power (Searchable webpage created by the folks who creted the Jobsthatareleft Google group)
- GlobalJobs (Employment listings for global professionals)
- Icrunchdata (Employment listings for analytical and statistical work)
- Job Openings for Economists (Employment listings for economists)
- JobsThatAreLeft (Google Group with D.C. area job opportunities)
- Political Job Hunt (Nationwide job listings with trade orgs and interest groups doing lobbying/advocacy)
- PublicServiceCareers (Employment listings and resources catered to public affairs degree programs)
- Roll Call Jobs (Nationwide job listings with trade orgs and interest groups doing lobbying/advocacy)
- YPFP (Employment listings for young professionals interested in foreign policy)
Nonprofit/Int'l Development Related Job Boards
- Idealist (The closest thing to a global nonprofit portal that exists. Lists over 130k organizations worldwide along with jobs and internships.)
- AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals employment listings)
- Badger Volunteers (Managed by the Morgridge Center at UW; Morgridge has connections to all the local nonprofit orgs)
- BridgeSpan (Nonprofit employment listings compiled by the Bridgespan Group)
- Chronicle of Philanthropy (Nonprofit employment listings)
- Community Shares (Opportunities in the Madison area with orgs that focus on Social Justice)
- DC Public Affairs (A blog listing of DC area jobs and internships in public affairs, communications, public relations, media, web development, lobbying and related fields)
- Devex (Worldwide jobs in development)
- DevNetJobs (Employment listings for international development and consulting work)
- Development Executive Group (A leading global development job board)
- Health Policy Think Tanks (List of think tanks that specialize in health policy)
- Jobbank Arts USA (Arts-based employment listings)
- Jobs that Help (the largest job board focused on nonprofit career opportunities in Wisconsin)
- NextBillion (Employment listings for enterprise development work)
- Nonprofit Jobs (Nonprofit employment listings)
- Nonprofit Times (A nonprofit talent match service created by the Nonprofit Times)
- NPO (Internship and jobs listings focus on the Chicago area and Milwaukee, but also have other locations)
- PhilanthropyNY (Employment listings for philanthropic work in the New York City area)
- PND FoundationCenter (U.S.-based nonprofit employment listings)
- ReliefWeb (Employment listings for humanitarian and development work)
- SkollWorldForum (Employment listings for social-sector work around the world)
- Trade Associations (Wikipedia's list of trade associations organized by area of focus)
- UNJobs (Emplyoment listings within the UN system compiled by an outside source)
- UN YPP (The UN's Young Professionals Programme opens 1x/year - usually in late August or early September - and trains highly qualified candidates to start a career as an international civil servant with the United Nations Secretariat)
- Volunteer Match (Nationwide opportunities organized by focus area)
- Volunteer your Time (A local Madison site listing volunteer opportunities with dozens of local orgs)
- Wisconsin Nonprofit Center (hosted by UW Milwaukee)
- Work For Good (Employment listings for nonprofit professionals around the world)
- YNPN Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (Chapters all over the US including Madison)
Other Resources
- APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management)
- APSIA (Association of Professional Schools in International Affairs)
- ASPA (American Society for Public Administration)
- International Think Tanks (Wikipedia's very comprehensive list of think tanks by country with a description of the work they do and their partisan bent - if any)
- NAPA (National Academy of Public Administration)
- NASPAA (Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration)
- Partnership for Public Service (a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives for a more effective government for the American people)
- Peace Corps (Peace Corps opportunities - contact Peace Corps at UW for assistance with applications)
- Roll Call (The Newspaper of Capital Hill)
- US Think Tanks (Wikipedia's very comprehensive list of over 200 US think tanks with a description of the work they do and their partisan bent - if any)
- Vault List of Top International Consulting Firms
- Young Professionals Programs with international NGOs (This site provides helpful information about preparing, applying and succeeding)