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The Ultimate Job search Resource Bank !

There are a million resources you can use as you’re deciding on the next step in your career path. Here’s a dynamic list of resources to make this process as painless (and well-informed) as possible — bookmark this page!


If you’re doing initial research into learning about new industries or jobs, try:




  • Job Descriptions → a collection of 13,000 different profiles of jobs you can read through to explore what your day-to-day live in a new career or industry might look and feel like


If you’re struggling with what step might be next in your career and want to get some ideas and inspiration from career assessment websites and aptitude tests, here are some of my favorites:



  • O*NET OnLine → the largest (and free) occupational exploration resource and interest survey provided by the government to help you assess your interests and what level of education it would require to get into the jobs that are a “match” to you


  • Imperative. → take a quiz at the Purpose Imperative to get your “purpose type” a statement on the “who,” “what,” and “how” of challenges you’re most drawn towards in your career


  • 80,000 Hours → if you’re curious about working in nonprofits but aren’t sure that’s the right way to make an impact, this quiz allows you to think through the larger social impact of your career and decide how you can best contribute to the world


  • SoKanU → a “free” assessment and mini-results page, with option to upgrade for a fee to see more detailed results, this page matches you to potential best occupations by “fit”



  • Bureau of Labor Statistics →  a handbook to help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations




  • What Can I Do With This Major? → learn typical career areas and types of employers that hire in these fields, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate


If you’re trying to pick a job that’s a good fit for your personality and natural tendencies, and you like the Myers Briggs (MBTI) analysis of your personality, get ideas on career paths here:



  • 16 Personalities → will help you do an initial personality assessment and look at information about your work style and potential career paths


  • CareerPlanner.com → career counseling and testing in a ‘do it yourself mode’ or ‘1 on 1’ with a coach



  • Quistic → another solid assessment and initial informational tool that also points you towards paid webinars by type


If you’re looking for positions based on your current skillset, meaning you like what you do and you’re ready to grow even more by doing it somewhere else, try these dynamic job boards:



  • LinkedIn → LinkedIn does a great job of using the qualifications you have in your profile to populate jobs to serve to you in ads, via email, and also in their job search


  • Upscored → for people who work (or want to work) in NYC


If you’re seeking positions via general job boards, try:



  • Indeed→ an aggregator of listings from many other job boards. Fairly comprehensive for searching existing job recs. This is going to have the most potential job listings of any board, so go here for quantity


  • Idealist → this is the go-to #1 source for listing volunteer positions and jobs at nonprofits and NGOs


  • Career Builder → a job board that covers most major markets and a huge number of different industries


  • Career Bliss → a well-populated job board with focus on job happiness


  • themuse → tech-leaning jobs with cool companies and brands for millennials


  • The Ladders → a place where mid to senior-level roles tend to be clustered. (They advertise themselves as the $100K+ job board!)


If you’re on the prowl for a new job that’s fairly similar to your current job, and want to let recruiters or positions come to you, check out:


  • Opencatalog →  facilitation and recruiting services for companies that make money and do good


  • Rework.jobs → a marketplace for mission-driven talent to the world’s most socially innovative organizations


  • Anthology → a confidential career matchmaking tool for people who aren’t “looking”


  • HIRED → a marketplace that matches tech talent with the world’s most innovative companies


  • WorkMonger → you submit your information and it matches you with positions in the education sector (specifically more administrative than teaching, so great for sector-switchers who don’t have their Master’s in Teaching)


  • Upscored → for people who work (or want to work) in NYC


If you’re seeking a more flexible job (either in hours or location), check out:



  • FlexJobs → good for part-time, flexible jobs


  • SnagAJob → good for part-time, flexible jobs



  • Care.com → for babysitting, nannying, in-home care, and and tutoring work


  • SkipTheDrive → gives you work-from-home jobs that cluster in technical industries, but that does cover a variety of sectors


  • Jobspresso → find flexible roles in customer service, marketing and more here


  • PowerToFly → a lady-centric job board offering flexibility to match with what women (and mothers) need most



  • The Mom Project → a place to find roles that offer flexibility that’s particularly suited to working mommas.


  • FairyGodBoss → company ratings, job listings, discussion boards and career advice where women help women find flexibility


  • The Second Shift → join a network of women available on-demand when full-time employment is not an option.


If you’ve taken time off (looking at you, mommas!) and want support in re-entering the workforce, try:



  • ReBoot Accel → career accelerator for women (35-60 years old) who held demanding, interesting, lucrative positions before pausing their careers for caregiving or other opportunities.


  • Apres → Search jobs specifically curated for women returning to the workforce with a special emphasis on part-time, flexible and remote opportunities


  • MomRelaunch → One-stop solution for moms to have a fulfilling and sustainable career in the HR and IT industry. Our vision is to “foster a society which is empowered by strong and self-sufficient women, who serve as role models for their children and help grow the economy.”


  • PathForward → a nonprofit helping you restart your career after caregiving via mid-career internships (returnships).


  • OnRamp Fellowship → an experiential learning and advancement opportunity for experienced women re-entering the legal and financial services professions. The Fellowship is a re-entry platform that matches experienced lawyers returning to the workforce after a career hiatus with law firms and legal departments in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and the UK for year-long paid positions.


  • iRelaunch → works directly with over 30 blue chip companies in a range of roles, to develop, pilot, source for, present in and publicize their reentry internship programs, or similarly support their efforts to hire relaunchers directly into open roles without internships.


  • ReacHIRE → trains and prepares exceptional, experienced professional women with an average of 10-15 years of experience across highly skilled, in-demand markets ready to on-ramp into a defined returnship assignment or permanent role.


  • Power to Fly→ talent pool of women wanting to work at companies that value gender diversity and inclusion, specifically in tech. 


If you’re looking for a freelance gig, especially in writing, project management, or consulting, take a look at:



  • UpWork → the biggest freelance worker platform available


  • PwC’s Talent Exchange → a trusted brand that aggregates contract opportunities in different kinds of consulting roles


  • TalMix → a simple way to hook up your requirements with smarter expertise from a global pool of 40,000 consultants


  • Catalant → provides global enterprises with software solutions to access business expertise on demand


  • Hillgate → a marketplace for top-tier business talent


  • Guru → another strong freelancer board


  • Marketer Hire → a freelance job board specific to people in the marketing world. They have a ton of specializations, and pre-screen potential clients to help you match successfully.


  • Wethos → creates custom teams of freelancers to serve bigger projects. If you want help being paired up to collaborate and serve bigger clients (and hopefully bigger budget projects), check this out.


  • Working Not Working → a resource for creative types to get connected to creative jobs/opportunities.


If you’re an American seeking positions overseas/abroad, or interested in working outdoors:



  • Remote.co → a job board specializing in only remote work




  • CoolWorks → outdoorsy jobs like working at a ski resort


  • Wwoof → take a sabbatical and volunteer on an organic farm abroad


  • Escape The City → access to exciting jobs, life changing courses, and inspiration to get you loving your Mondays


  • Github → a list of semi to fully remote-friendly companies in tech


  • Working Nomads → the best digital jobs for those looking to start their telecommuting career


  • The Remote Working Company → a place for those ‘remote working’ jobs – to gather them in one place, for those of us that want the freedom to work where we please


  • Remote OK  → the biggest remote job board on the web with over 25000 remote work positions for digital nomads, remote workers and people who work from all over the world



  • We Work Remotely → the largest community on the web (with over 2,500,000 monthly visitors) to find and list jobs that aren’t restricted by commutes or a specific location


  • RemoteBase → a home of remote jobs, companies, and stories for remote work and living


  • Jobbatical → 1 or 2 year jobs all over the world for knowledge workers and tech types





If you’re seeking a role working in IT or technology policy, check out:




If you want a role in education, try:



  • WorkMonger → has you submit your information and matches you with positions in the education sector (specifically more administrative than teaching, so great for sector-switchers who don’t have their Master’s in Teaching)


  • Monday.vc → listing of employers clustered by industry (education, environment, technology, etc)


If you’re wanting to work in data or coding, look at:



  • Kaggle → the world’s largest community of data scientists, statisticians, and machine learning engineers


  • Data Science Dojo → a community of mentors, students and professionals committed to unleashing the potential of data science together


  • icrunchdata → a job board for the world’s leading brands


  • Analytic Talent → the best in big data’ data scientist, analytics, predictive modeling and more


  • Github → if you want to work in coding and don’t know Github, you might not be ready to work in coding


  • StackOverflow → same as above here: a really important online hub for all things for developer


If you want to work in tech or startups, try:



  • themuse → tech-leaning jobs with cool companies and brands for millennials


  • AngelList  → apply privately to 94,990 startup jobs with one application


  • Ada’s List → an email-based network for women in tech to share opportunities and ask for support


  • bit.ly/techywomen → a great listing of all kinds of websites, communities and resources to get more women into tech jobs


If you’re seeking a role working in social entrepreneurship, check out:


  • Americorps → a network of national service programs that allows members to commit their time to address critical community needs like increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, fighting poverty, sustaining national parks, preparing for disasters, and more


  • Citizen Schools → a placement system for teachers to teach courses on topics they are passionate about, providing hundreds of additional hours of hands-on learning 

  • City Year → an Americorps partner for educators 

  • Echoing Green → fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives 




  • Peace Corps → a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation

  • ProInspire → a year-long fellowship if you’re in the private sector and want to transition your skills into a nonprofit role

  • Posse Foundation → a place for scholars tools to secure competitive internships and leadership-track jobs in a wide range of fields

  • ReWork.Jobs → a matchmaker for mission-driven talent to the world’s most socially innovative organizations

  • Teach for America → a super competitive, highly sought after two-year minimum commitment teaching gig for high performers with placement in high-need schools

  • TNTP → training and placement in school districts, states and charter networks across the country


  • The Give → an email newsletter sharing select jobs in the social enterprise sector


If you’re seeking a role in media, communications, marketing or design, check out:



  • MediaBistro → a job board for the best talent in media, marketing, advertising, publishing and more


  • AdAge → a daily must-read for an influential audience of decision makers and disruptors across the marketing and media landscape


  • Dribble → a great place to go for UX or creative design jobs


  • Behance → the board that will help you become a designer, illustrator, or creative director


If you’re seeking work in the green or environmental sustainability industry, check out:



  • SustainableBusiness.com → a news and job source for people interested in renewable energy, green building, the organic industry and corporate sustainability


If you’re sector agnostic, but want to work in a “for good” capacity at an organization with a double or triple bottom line, take a peek at:



  • GameChangers → ranks the world’s top for-benefit organizations and makes their best practices easily searchable, giving entrepreneurs and executives access to best-in-class methods that have been proven to create meaningful impact while maintaining a financially successful organization


  • Monday.vc →  listing of employers clustered by industry (education, environment, technology, etc.)


If you’re trying to move and break into the political, government, policy, advocacy and general Washington, DC job market, you should definitely look at:




  • Daybook.com → a big listing of government and non-profit DC jobs that send a great daily email with new jobs.  


Looking for West Coast, best coast opportunities? Try these communities that connect you with roles in California, Oregon and Washington:



  • Ladies Get Paid → a bomb-ass Slack community where folks share connections and job opportunities with one another. This community can be helpful nation-wide, but has a particularly good concentration of folks in California and the PNW.


  • Albert’s List
  • HireClub
  • Mac’s List


Once you’ve nailed the initial interview and before you negotiate salary, don’t forget to check out:



  • Glassdoor → the most trusted crowd-sourced listing of general salary and title levels at companies across the United States. Don’t go into your final interview with a company without looking up similar salaries and titles, so you know what a range for negotiating might look like



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