Select Job Boards
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| Leverage LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, to build relationships, connect with Northwestern alumni and other professionals and research employers of interest. | |
| Handshake | Handshake is Northwestern's central platform for accessing career services. You can use it to find PhD-specific job and internship opportunities; students can schedule an appointment with NCA advisers; learn about career events; view on-campus employer events, and more. Handshake is NCA's primary tool for communicating with you about the wide array of career-related events, workshops, and opportunities to help you in your career planning and searches. |
| Academia/Higher Education | Overview |
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| The Chronicle of Higher Education has a Careers page, which includes primarily academic and higher education job postings and career resources. Filter by discipline, location, institution type, and position level. | |
| Inside Higher Ed Careers | Inside Higher Ed has a Careers page, which includes primarily academic and higher education job postings and career resources. Filter by discipline, location, institution type, and position level. |
| Higher Ed Jobs | The Higher Ed Jobs board includes primarily academic and higher education job postings and career resources. Filter by discipline, location, institution type, and position level. |
| Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) |
The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is a nonprofit consortium of colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non- and for-profit organizations, committed to expanding the candidate pool and fostering inclusive workplaces. HERC Jobs is a pathway to a career in higher education, offering a comprehensive job board and free career resources. |
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The Postdoc Opportunities Board is a free resource to help find postdoc positions where you will thrive and succeed. The board features positions at 17 world-leading institutions across ten different states. Visit the site to find: postdoc positions, career advice, funding information, institution profiles, and recruitment events. |
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The Postdoc Portal offers advanced graduate students and current postdocs searching for their next position the chance to connect directly to faculty, research groups and centers at universities and research labs across the country in STEM. With an account and a submitted profile, users are automatically matched to all the profiles and job postings, based on shared areas of research interest. Users can also browse and search through all postings in the Portal. |
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| National Postdoc Association Career Center and Career Planning Portal | The National Postdoc Association provides a career portal with a job board and career development resources. |
| AAMC Career Connect | Job board for Careers in academic medicine |
| H-Net Jobs | Job board for academic positions in the humanities and social sciences. |
| Policy/Government | Overview |
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| Daybook is the leading job search resource for political, policy, non-profit, and remote jobs. | |
| Public Solutions Job | A centralized, growing list of open roles in research, civic tech, data, and policy across universities, nonprofits, and state/local government. |
| USAJobs | The federal government’s official employment site with job postings and federal resume support. |
| Advocacy/Nonprofit/Philanthropy | Overview |
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| Idealist | Idealist is the world’s largest social-impact job board. Job listings include opportunities spanning a variety of nonprofits, social-impact businesses, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Users can filter roles by location, experience level and issue area. |
| Foundation List | A national job board for nonprofit organizations, foundations, healthcare and medical organizations, and educational institutions (universities, K-12 schools, and private schools). |
| The Chronicle of Philanthropy |
Job board focused on careers in philanthropy, development, and foundations. |
| Work for Good |
Job board for candidates looking to start a career, make a pivot or grow their career in a mission-oriented organization. |
| National Nonprofits |
National Nonprofits connects nonprofit organizations with the talent and resources they need to successfully pursue their missions. Create an account and customized job searches tailored to your geographic preferences, focus area, and job function. |
| 80,000 Hours |
80,000 Hours provides free research and support to help talented people move into careers that tackle the world’s most pressing problems. They offer career guides, podcasts, job boards, and 1-1 services. |
| Non-academic Job Boards | Overview |
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| A site for advanced degrees — primarily PhDs — looking for non-academic careers. Emphasis on Humanities & Social Sciences backgrounds. | |
| NEC Bridge | New England Conservatory's Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection provides you with access to over 3,000 opportunities in music and arts administration, including auditions, teaching positions, administrative positions, competitions, grants, scholarships, and festivals to take your music career to the next level. |
| All Tech Is Human | This Responsible Tech Job Board highlights new career opportunities in Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, Tech & Democracy, Public Interest Technology, and Youth, Tech, and Wellbeing |
| International Resources | Overview |
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| A database of organizations that have applied for H-1B Visas on behalf of previous candidates, and other resources including U.S. City Guides and International Country Guides. | |
| Lockin U | LockinU is a recruiting platform that supports Chinese and foreign applicants with finding and applying to opportunities in China and select surrounding countries. |
| My Visa Jobs | A searchable H-1B visa database with a job board that posts international student-friendly job openings. |
| E-Verify Search Tool | E-Verify is a web-based system through which employers electronically confirm the employment eligibility of their employees. Use the E-Verify search tool to find employers who are currently enrolled in E-Verify. |