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     Here are some web sites that provide real job postings relevant to Anthropology and Sociology graduates, especially those who have gone on to complete a graduate degree. Even if you don't (yet) have the qualifications to apply for the advertised jobs, visit these sites and review the ads. Doing so will help you identify marketable credentials, skills, and experiences, and learn about potential employers. You can use that information in developing your future educational and career plans.
   
 
Please Note:
   
     Most of these sites have been recommended on various e-mail lists. Departmental faculty have not (to date) visited all of them.  We ask you to help us evaluate them.  Don't forget to look towards the bottom of the page for sites which were recommended directly to the departmental faculty.  If you check out any sites and have comments, let us know.  You can e-mail the chair of department John deRoche (jdr@uccb.ns.ca) or directly to our site manager at gweb_world@hotmail.com.  Likewise, if you discover any other useful job opportunity sites, let us know the same way!
   
 
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   • Action Without Borders is non-profit organization funded by the Stern Family Fund (and located at 350 5th Ave., Suite 6614, New York, NY 10118). In 1995, it initiated a web site, called "Idealist," that allows nonprofit and community organizations to promote their mission and activities. It now offers information provided by 20,000 organizations in 140 countries. It allows individuals to find volunteer opportunities, internships, and jobs in the non-profit sector.

You can visit the site at: http://www.idealist.org

For updates about job openings only in certain states, in a specific city or country, or focusing on one or more issues, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/ip/indivLogin?MODULE=INDIV
   
   • FOREFRONT, (333 7th Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10001, tel:(212) 845-5273,
fax: (212) 253-4244) is an international advocacy and support network serving leading human rights defenders that supports the work of grassroots human-rights defenders by facilitating the exchange of information, skills, and technology and providing technical assistance. The network is comprised of 60 leaders working in 26 countries and representing nearly 50 non-governmental organizations.

   It has recently announced a New Voices fellowship program which is described at the Academy for Educational Development web site: www.aed.org/newvoices

   FOREFRONT runs an e-mail bulletin board. To subscribe to it, e-mail: hr-professionals-subscribe@derechos.net. It also has a web site: http://www.forefrontleaders.org
   • Anne Ballenger (anneball@erols.com) is a medical anthropologist and an active member Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), an international association based in the US. She has created a web site for students, as well as anthropology and public-health practitioners. It contains a variety of web pages that tell professionals about multidisciplinary research funding, job opportunities, etc. In addition to circulating information about job opportunities , her job listing pages are meant to increase public awareness about "What do applied anthropologists do?" and The site also provides information about scholarships and internships. Find this site at:
http://members.tripod.com/anneballenger/anthro/main.html, and follow links to monthly job listings.
   
   • Anthro TECH Career Connection is an interactive web site that aims to provide a more effective way of connecting employers who are interested in hiring anthropologists with employment-seeking anthropologists.. Career Connection contains two databases: one allows employers to post job listings, and the other lets prospective employees store their resumes. The service is free to employers and prospective employees.

You can visit the web site at: http://www.anthrotech.com/career/

Students who are interested in finding out more about careers in Anthropology can view the job opportunities section of the "WWW Virtual library: Anthropology," which is located at:
http://www.anthrotech.com/resources/Job_Opportunities/.
The section also includes links to career guides, funding opportunities, and job hot-lines in various sub-fields.

To send comments, questions, or suggestions about the Career Connection, please feel free to contact Eliot Lee at: eliot@anthrotech.com.
   
   • The International Career Employment Weekly (email at: alerts@internationaljobs.org) sends out "alerts" on various job openings for graduates in many fields, including anthropologists and sociologists. For more information and to view job ads, visit its web site at: www.internationaljobs.org
   • Monster.com is a job search web site that includes social sciences. You can look for anthropology postings at: http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?cy=US&q=anthropology or change the last word to search sociology.
   
 

 • The (American) National Association for the Practice of Anthropology maintains a number of links to web-based resources for internships and practicum opportunities. These are listed at:
http://www.policycenter.com/policycenter/napa/internships/intrndx.htm
   
   • The Public Service Commission of Canada offers job opportunities to students and graduates.

FSWEP (the Federal Student Work Experience program) has a large inventory of (about 8,000) summer employment opportunities for students. The web address, which allows you to submit an application, is: http://www.jobs.gc.ca/fswep-pfete/student/index_e.htm

NOTE: One of our graduates, who's working in the public service, advises students to strongly emphasize any research-methods courses taken or experience in bibliographic research, interviewing, survey research, demographic analysis, and data analysis. (Though the program is competitive – there are about ten applicants per job – it provides excellent experience and contacts.) Note that by December, most jobs for the following summer have been filled, so visit the site and apply early, if you're interested.

The Commission also makes full-time jobs available to graduates. While many positions require economics, business, or engineering, the job postings aren't restricted to these fields. The site's home page contains an option for information on post-graduate positions. You can find it at: http://www.jobs.gc.ca/home_e.htm
   
 
A number of other sites have been recommended to the departmental faculty.  These are:

 • American Evaluation Association Job Bank
http://www.eval.org/AEAJobBank/default.htm

 • American Folklore Society's Folkline
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/folkline.html

 • American Sociological Association Employment Bulletin
ASA Employment Bulletins: http://www.asanet.org/pubs/eb/

Their online "brochures", including The Sociology Major: As Preparation for Careers in Business and Organizations, and other resources are at: http://www.asanet.org/student/student.html

 • Feminist Career Center
http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/911jobs.html
   
   
 
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