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Career Search...it's called "search" for a reason...

 
The Riley Guide 
JobHunt.org
 
America's Career InfoNet   Occupation and industry profiles, state labor market information, career profiles
Career Overview   CareerOverview.com is a non-commercial website dedicated to providing aspiring career professionals and students with relevant, reliable and up-to-date career and job information whereby helping them to make better, more informed career choices.
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement  
HireDiversity.com  Online service for diversity recruitment and career development
IMDiversity   IMDiversity.com is dedicated to providing career and self-development information to all minorities, specifically African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and women.
Minority Professional Network  Career, economic, and lifestyle website for progressive culturally diverse and women professionals
Occupational Information Network   Online database for investigating occupations, necessary skills and abilities
Saludos  Specializes in joining the Hispanic bilingual professional with companies looking for diversity in the workplace
The American Institute for Managing Diversity   AIMD is the nation’s leading nonprofit think tank dedicated to promoting and furthering the field of diversity management.
The Multicultural Advantage Career Center   Diversity career management and employment issues relevant to African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and other minorities
The Princeton Review Career Search   Career investigations and advice from the test-prep folks
UniXL  UniXL provides students, general public and businesses with high quality and relevant education and careers related resources.
Vault.com   Targeted job searches, career advice
Wetfeet.com   Career research for undergrads

Science Career Search

Aspiring Docs  The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) welcomes you to AspiringDocs.org. We’re the organization that represents all 126 accredited medical schools that grant the M.D. degree and more than 400 major teaching hospitals in the United States. We also administer the MCAT® exam and manage the application process for medical school.
The United States needs more doctors, and our nation’s medical schools are looking for talented, committed, and caring individuals who want to make a difference. The need for more African American, Latino/a, and Native American doctors is especially important. Today, while these groups make up 25 percent of the population, they account for only 12 percent of U.S. medical school graduates.The AAMC is strongly committed to changing the face of medicine to address the needs of diverse communities, and we invite you to use this free resource to help make it happen.
Biobums.com   Life sciences industry career site including biology, biotech, chemistry, biomedical and others
Bioview   BioView offers job seekers an unprecedented variety of tools with which to manage their job application process. In addition, job seekers will find a wide array of resources on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, including daily industry news, comprehensive company profiles and information, links to industry web sites, college and university links, relocation and salary information, and career advice and tips.
Careers in Science and Engineering  A student planning guide to grad school and beyond
ChemCareers   Careers in chemistry - Chemical & Engineering News Report's real life profiles of persons in the industry
ChemistryJobs.com   A leading job site for chemistry professionals - lists chemistry jobs, chemical engineering jobs. and other chemistry related positions
Chemistry.org   A career site sponsored by the American Chemical Society with a view of various career areas within the chemical sciences. Each two- or four-page brief contains interviews with chemists working in different areas and includes information on educational requirements, employment outlook, salaries, and the skills needed to pursue a career goal in each area
Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR)  MSAR provides a comprehensive overview of information available to help you make a decision about a career in medicine, including undergraduate premed preparation, the application process, current applicant data, financing medical school, selection & acceptance information, minority group applicants, etc.
PhDs.org   The PhDs.org science career library contains information for scientists and would-be scientists at all levels, from high school students through Nobel laureates
Physics Today.org    The Physics Today Career Network is considered by recruiters worldwide as the best resource, either in print or online, for posting open positions. This highly regarded, comprehensive classified section reaches more than 120,000 physicists, engineers and other scientists in a broad range of sectors from academia to industry to government and nonprofit organizations.
Physics Web   Physics job postings - national and international job listings
Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Programs  Many individuals pursue medical careers after receipt of a Bachelor's degree. Frequently, additional science courses and labs are required before they are prepared to apply to medical school. Therefore a number of schools now offer post-baccalaureate premedical programs. This searchable database contains information on each program's length, size, purpose, structure, cost, admission requirements, and other characteristics.
ScienceCareers.org   Career development advice by career stage, work sector, and scientific discipline
ScienceJobs.com   New Scientist Magazine online magazine with science career guides
Select Science   Latest information resources for laboratory scientists
Tomorrow's Professor   Listserv for academic careers in science and engineering

Careers for the Common Good (Non-profits, NGOs, Humanitarian Organizations)

Action without Borders Career Center - a website with every nonprofit jobsite or directory they could find on the web...incredible volume of listings!
Americorps - AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve with more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations. Since 1994, more than 400,000 men and women have provided needed assistance to millions of Americans across the nation through their AmeriCorps service. AmeriCorps opens the door for citizens to serve in a variety of ways. Through their service and the volunteers they mobilize, AmeriCorps members address critical needs in communities throughout America, including tutoring and mentoring disadvantaged youth, fighting illiteracy, improving health services, building affordable housing, teaching computer skills, cleaning parks and streams , managing or operating after-school programs, helping communities respond to disasters, building organizational capacity. Full-time members who complete their service earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $4,725 to pay for college, graduate school, or to pay back qualified student loans. Members who serve part-time receive a partial Award. Some AmeriCorps members may also receive a modest living allowance during their term of service.
Bridgestar - explore the non-profit sector, nonprofit career development guide and advice
Doctors without Borders  - Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. Each year, MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical professionals depart on more than 4,700 aid assignments. They work alongside more than 25,800 locally hired staff to provide medical care.
Eco.org -  Founded in 1972, The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) is a national, non-profit organization that develops professionals for the environmental field through paid environmental internships that provide highly professional, on-the-job learning experiences for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral students and recent graduates
Idealist -  Idealist.org is a project of Action Without Borders. In this site you will find over 54,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location, or mission as well as  thousands of volunteer opportunities in your community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help you volunteer abroad. 
Opportunity Knocks -  find jobs that change the world
Orion - Orion Grassroots Network is one of the best places to find internships, jobs, apprenticeships, and Americorps opportunities! There are hundreds of positions available with organizational members of the Orion Grassroots Network, a coalition of 900 grassroots organizations doing vital work in conservation, education, social justice, restoration, sustainable agriculture, activism, and more
Peace Corps - The Peace Corps is an independent federal agency of the United States. The Peace Corps works in over 70 countries around the world. Peace Corps Volunteers work with governments, schools, entrepreneurs, education, health, HIV/AIDS, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment.
Serve Your World - website with nonprofit volunteer abroad guide, opportunities, and organizations
Teach for America - a national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural and public schools