Disclaimer:
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work and its Career Services office do not necessarily recommend or endorse any of the employers listing jobs on these sites. Job hunters are encouraged to research the organizations and ask many questions before accepting positions. Job hunters needing to meet licensure requirements should check with the licensing board of the state where the job hunter is seeking a license to determine of a position and its supervision meet that state's requirements.
Allied Health Careers
Employment opportunities across the country.
American Association on Mental Retardation
Opportunities are available under Programs and Services.
American Red Cross Official Home Page
A section on career opportunities, a local chapter finder, news, and information on community disaster education.
Centers for Disease Control
CDC, the Nation's Prevention Agency, is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and seeks to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling, injury, and disability. Includes a "Training and Employment" section.
Medical/Health Care Jobs
This jobs database allows you to search by field/position, location, education, duration, salary, or internship. Another service does the job searching for you for free. There are Speciality Pages for particular employment categories. A directory of all companies is available, or you can search for a company based upon criteria.
MedSearch America
Look for a job by category, organization, job title, location, employer, or recruiter. Employers and recruitment agencies are also featured. In addition, you can post your resume in the MedSearch America database for free.
Mental Health Net
Included under Professional Resources is Job Link, which has employment announcements and openings, a resume and vita database, and employment resources.
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Includes a classified ads section.
National Federation for the Blind
This page includes, under Services and Resources, a link to a joint project by the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Federation for the Blind which lists job opportunities for the blind.
National Institutes of Health Senior Job Opportunities
Listings for senior positions at NIH along with links to job application forms. Includes links to NIH Research and Training opportunities, Academic Physician and Scientist listings, Academe This Week listings, NIH Vacancies listings, MedSearch America, Federal Senior Executive Service vacancies, and Science classifieds.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
Planned Parenthood is the world's oldest and largest voluntary family planning organization. Jobs at Planned Parenthood affiliates are listed under "Getting in Touch."
PsychScapes Worldwide
Job seekers can review employment opportunities and post resumes online.
DevNetJobs.org
Political job sites: Demjob.com and GOPjob.com
ReliefWeb
Lists positions for those interested in humanitarian efforts.
Alliance for Justice
The Alliance for Justice is an association of environmental, civil rights, consumer and women's organizations dedicated to the survival and growth of public interest advocacy. The Alliance works to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, to streng then the public interest community's ability to influence public policy and to foster the next generation of advocates.
This site provides jobs and information on community-based development and human services.
Feed My People
Feed My People, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, is a rehabilitative help center located in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to dispensing food supplies, they offer job counseling, budget guidance, G.E.D. assistance, literacy instruction, and other se rvices designed to assist clients in their quest to get back on feet, and to become self-sufficient.
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanitiy International (HFHI) ia a Christian ministry that believes that all human beings deserve a simple, decent place to live on terms they can afford. They offer a hand-up, instead of a hand-out; a unique and wonderful opportunity for fa milies in need to build and own their own affordable homes.
InterAction
InterAction is a coalition of more than 150 non-profit organizations working worldwide. It is the United States' leading advocate for humanitarian assistance to the world's poor.
The Pratt Center for Community Development works for a more just, equitable, and sustainable city for all New Yorkers, by empowering communities to plan for and realize their futures.
United Nations
The UN Headquarters Homepage includes information on global issues, resources, departments, photos, conferences, and more.
United Way of America
The United Way of America is a national system of volunteers, contributors, and local charities built upon the proven effectiveness of local organizations in helping people in their own community.
The World Bank
Consists of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association is the oldest and largest national voluntary health organization dedicated to research for the causes, cure, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and to providing education and support services to Alzheimer's patients, their families and caregivers.
Riverside Pavilion
Riverside Pavilion is located in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The goal of the website is to create a central directory of resources on the Internet for up-to-date information for St. Louis seniors, their families, and caregivers. Offers free training for social workers and health care professionals on effectively using the Internet to find resources for clients and on how to maintain a web page.
St. Louis Alzheimer's Association
The homepage for the St. Louis chapter of this national organization. Includes a page of volunteer opportunities.
Child Welfare League of America
Founded in 1920, the Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families.
Children's Defense Fund
Since 1973, the Children's Defense Fund existed to provide a strong and effective voice for all the children of America, who cannot vote, lobby, or speak out for themselves. They pay particular attention to the needs of poor, minority, and disabled children.
Children's Hope International
This organization facilitates the international adoption of children. The website often includes job openings.
Youth Service America SERVEnet
SERVEnet lists both volunteer (look under "Volunteer Now") and paid positions (look under "The Source.")
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanitiy International (HFHI) ia a Christian ministry that believes that all human beings deserve a simple, decent place to live on terms they can afford. They offer a hand-up, instead of a hand-out; a unique and wonderful opportunity for fa milies in need to build and own their own affordable homes.
Peace Corps
Everything you need to know about becoming a Peace Corps volunteer.
St. Louis Alzheimer's Association
The homepage for the St. Louis chapter of this national organization. Includes a page of volunteer opportunities.
Teach For America
Teach For America members are recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-served urban and rural public schools. Currently, teachers are being placed in thirteen geographic areas. This site includes program and application information, and resources for teachers.
Youth Service America SERVEnet
SERVEnet lists both volunteer (look under "Volunteer Now") and paid positions (look under "The Source.")
Scientology Volunteer Ministers
A non-profit organization comprised solely of volunteers that aims to lend a hand wherever help is needed around the world. Scientology Volunteer Ministers have been around for over thirty years and have been a major presence at disasters across the globe, from Kosovo to the World Trade Center, from Sri Lanka to New Orleans. They work with other volunteer ministers of all faiths and in coordination with many of the organizations, including the American Red Cross.
Academic Employment Network
Educational employment opportunities for teachers and other school-related workers.
American College Personnel Association
User can view all positions or positions listed by functional area, such as career services, counseling, residential life, senior level positions, student activities, or other.
Govt jobs.com
American Federal Jobs Digest listings
Free on-line over 10,000 current Federal employment and career job database. Updated daily.
USAJOBS
U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.
The Nonprofit Career Center
America's Job Bank
Focuses on state employment home pages and allows searches by code and keyword.
America's Employers
Includes a job search FAQ (frequently asked questions),advertised positions, electronic networking, company databases, and a resume bank.
The Black Collegian
A career site for professionals and students of color.
CareerMagazine
Job openings, employers profiles, articles, resume bank, cartoons, salary resources, and relocation information.
CareerMosaic
Includes searchable jobs database, descriptive listings of employers, a place to post your resume, opportunities and programs for students, online job fairs, a resume guide, and links to CareerMosaic international job sites.
CareerPath.com
Search newspapers around the country by job category and keyword.
Career Resource Center
This site has a variety of resources - job postings, employer links, career resources, education information, links to other job sites on the Internet, newsgroups, and general business information. There is also an alpha index and a geographic location index by which you can find job-related and other information.
CareerSite
Features a concept matching on their jobs database, lists featured employers, and allows you to respond electronically to job opportunities as well as to submit your resume. All services are free; however, you must sign up as a candidate and agree to terms and conditions set forth by CareerSite.
Careers On-Line
This site provides job search and employment information to people with disabilities.
CareerWEB
Job seekers can search by category, state/country, and/or employer. Career and interest testing is available, along with job fairs and online resume listing.
Employment & Training Institute, Inc.
This page is a master list of links to keyword job searches offered by some of the job services which appear on this page. For example, you can come to the Keyword Job Search page and do a keyword search for America's Job Bank, Online Career Center, the Monster Board, and others.
FedWorld Federal Job Search
Search for Federal jobs in all states and U.S. territories by one or two keywords. You can view announcements in a variety of formats and can limit the number of announcements returned.
Human Resources Job Mart
Post your resume, browse the job listings, register to be notified of new jobs via email.
The Internet's Online Career Center
Keyword search all jobs, or search jobs alphabetically. You can also look through lists of Online Career Center members, by industry, by state, city, display ad, or agency/search firms.
JobBank USA
Specializes in providing employment networking and information services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms.
JobDirect
JobHunt
A meta-list of on-line job search resources and services.
JOBTRAK
In addition to the standard search for a job and post your resume, this page also lists job search tips and a guide to graduate schools. Included is a link to The Riley Guide, which lists employment opportunitiesand job resources on the Internet, including a category for social sciences.
JobWeb
Includes a searchable jobs and employer directory, job search and industry information, career planning resources, bulletin board, news and events, and a link to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Kansas Careers
This page is geared toward women and persons of color, and includes career links, an interest assessments, and resources for women and students of color.
The Monster Board
The Monster Board boasts listings in the tens of thousands of job openings. You can search the full board or use shortcuts, including keywords, entry-level opportunities, human resources careers, and careers overseas. Another search capability allows joseekers to look through newsgroups for positions. Employer profiles, on-line open houses, career information, and resumes on-line are also offered.
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
Click on "Internet Job Bank" to view postings sent by various organizations, to search help wanted ads in newspapers, to access career and resume services, and more. A username and password are needed, but are free to students whose graduate schools or g raduate school associations are members of NAGPS.
National Association of Social Workers California Chapter
Includes the NASW California Chapter Jobs Bulletin.
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Position Listings
Categories include jobs in admissions, counseling, health and wellness, housing/residential life, student affairs administration, student activities/union, and other. NASPA also has a Jobslink page on whi ch you can sign up to receive recorded job information.
NationJob Network
Look for a job, a company, or go through a directory of all companies. Sign up for to have them do your job searching for you for free.
PeopleBank - The Employment Network
Candidates can register their CVs and resumes, search job advertisements, or subscribe to the latest vacancies mailing list.
The Sense Media Surfer
Lists featured job sites and a job board which includes links to various universities, job services and job lists. You can search on keywords and also post your HTML-formatted resume here for free.
Statistics: Job Announcements
Sponsored by The WWW Virtual Library, this page lists jobs having to do with statistics.
USAJOBS
U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management. Included are current job openings, general information, and an on-line application.
What Color is Your Parachute: The Net Guide
This guide outlines uses of the Internet for job hunting and provides links to related sites.
The Nonprofit Career Center
Association of Social Work Boards
ASWB develops licensing exams. ASWB offers several publications related to licensing including a comparison of state laws.
Council on Social Work Education
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) provides national leadership and a forum for collective action designed to ensure the preparation of competent social work professionals. CSWE's main responsibility is to promote and maintain the quality of socialwork education.
National Association of Social Workers and NASW chapters & other social work web sites
This section includes links to the NASW national homepage and state chapters in addition to social work associations around the world.
The New Social Worker
The New Social Worker is published quarterly and is geared toward social work students and recent graduates, but contains a wide range of information of interest to all social workers.
Social Work Examination Services
SWES offers intensive courses for recent graduates and experienced practitioners taking all levels of AASSWB Social Work Licensing Examinations in every state.
North American Association of Christian Social Workers
NACSW web site includes job postings for a range of experience levels.
Careers in Social Work (Allyn and Bacon, 2001) By Leon H. Ginsberg.
"This book was written not simply to aid you in the educational process, but to be of continuing assistance to you once you begin your professional practice. It includes many concepts and terms that you will need to begin your first job as a social worker."
Social Work Career Development: A Handbook for Job Hunting and Career Planning(NASW Press, 2005, 2nd ed.) By Carol Nesslein Doelling.
"This new guide will help you find the job you want, whether you are a BSW, MSW, DSW, PhD student, or experienced social worker. Step-by-step instructions walk you through all phases of the job search process."
Days in the Lives of Social Workers: 41 Professionals Tell "Real-Life" Stories from Social Work Practice (White Hat Communications, 2005) By Linda May Grobman, ed. This book "takes a firsthand, Close-up look at the roles social workers play every day in places from hospitals to prisons to universities."
What Social Workers Do (NASW Press, 2004) By Margaret Gibelman.
This book uses case vignettes to highlight what social workers do across settings, areas, and levels of practice. It is useful as a reference guide for students deciding on careers and working on career development.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
(Bureau of Labor Statistics) entry on Social Workers.
Includes: Nature of the Work; Working Conditions; Employment; Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement; Job Outlook; Earnings; Related Occupations; Sources of Additional Information.