American Studies
American Studies can prepare you for many different careers such as journalism, publishing, arts management, law, social work, government, intelligence, business, and various corporate positions. The key here is its emphasis in thinking what many employers are looking for: drawing connections between ideas, learning how to connect one discipline to another thematically, and taking the initiative to put together an interdisciplinary major are all signs of a creative and innovative thinker. It's also excellent preparation for post- graduate study. The New York metropolitan area is a great region for American Studies majors as many non-profits and cultural institutions value the degree. Career Services and the American Studies faculty developed this resource of internships and jobs.
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Conservation / Environment / Historic
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Environmental / Green Jobs: Career Services' very own list of resources and videos. |
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Environmental Protection Agency: EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. |
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Municipal Art Society of New York: Urban design, planning, and preservation issues facing NYC. |
| National Park Service: The NPS offers opportunities to work in 397 national parks and in partnership with communities across the country to preserve their history and create places for outdoor fun. From full-time permanent careers, to seasonal positions, to internships that let students explore career choices, to volunteer jobs, you can work with us - in an "office" like no other. |
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New York Historical Society: Founded in 1804, New-York Historical has a mission to explore the richly layered political, cultural and social history of New York City and State and the nation, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history. |
| Student Conservation Association: SCA provides internships in environment, archaeology, Native American studies, historic preservation, public history, and anything related to the Great Outdoors. |
Government Service
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City of New York: Internships, fellowships, and full-time employment working for the City of New York. |
| The Fund for American Studies: This program combines internships in government with academic coursework and special briefings, lectures, and other learning experiences, featuring government and business leaders. Convenient housing is provided, and a fellowhip helps to cover some of the substantial costs. This program is recommended for students interested in government, international business, or journalism. Both the summer and semester programs are very competitive, but also highly recommended. |
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Government and Not for Profit: Career Services' list of resources and sites. |
| Make a Difference.org: Created by the Partnership for Public Service, you’ll find more information about the variety of exciting opportunities, benefits of federal service, and tips for finding and applying for a federal job. |
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State Employment: State government can provide full-time, internship, and seasonal opportunities. |
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USAJobs: The Federal government's official job list. |
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The Washington Center: This program combines semester-long internships with academic seminars in Washington D.C. Positions for all majors, as well as recent graduates, are included; employers include the federal government, non-profit organizations, news media, and international business. A special advantage is TWC's emphasis on matching each applicant with a position that matches his/her interests and qualifications. The internships are unpaid, though the successful intern receives academic credit. Due to the many costly features of the program, there are fees involved, but financial aid to meet these costs is available to those who qualify. Housing is also available. Interns attend the Presidential Lecture Series, the Congressional Breakfast Series, and other special activities. Needless to say, this program, like all Washington internship programs, is extremely competitive. |
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Westchester County: Urban and suburban, a unique blend of new and old, Westchester County is a great place to live and work. County government offers stability and a diversified, team-oriented working environment. |
Media
| EntertainmentJobs.com: An online, interactive database of jobs and internships focusing exclusively on careers in the creative, professional, production and technical areas of the entertainment industry. Since 1992, it has featured over 18,000 industry jobs and over 200 career articles and interviews with industry professionals. |
| Mediabistro: Dedicated to anyone who creates or works with content, or who is a non-creative professional working in a content/creative industry. That includes editors, writers, producers, graphic designers, book publishers, and others in industries including magazines, television, film, radio, newspapers, book publishing, online media, advertising, PR, and design. Our mission is to provide opportunities to meet, share resources, become informed of job opportunities and interesting projects and news, improve career skills, and showcase your work. |
| National Public Radio: Opportunities at NPR include full-time and part-time positions, as well as training programs such as fellowships for early to mid-career professionals, and a wide variety of internships for students and recent graduates interested in learning more about what we do. |
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NBC Universal: A joint venture owned by two highly respected companies with their own rich legacies, Comcast and GE. NBCUniversal and Comcast combined their content assets to provide some of the world's most popular entertainment, news and sports content, movies and film libraries to consumers anytime, anywhere. |
| Public Broadcasting Station (PBS): PBS offers employment opportunities in a variety of disciplines including communications, creative services, programming, interactive services, information technology, development, engineering, accounting and many other areas. Check for positions both at PBS headquarters Washington, D.C. area and your local PBS station in your area. |
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Public Radio International: We seek to hire people who support our mission and core principles, we strive to create a culture that reflects those principles. Along those lines, we expect and encourage PRI staff members to be fully present and engaged in their roles, working toward the collective good of the company and their co-workers; to be responsible for what they do and how they do it; to stand up for what they know to be true; and to speak up and share their ideas and opinions with others. |
Museums and Libraries
| American Association of Museums: Every type of museum is represented including art, history, science, military and maritime, and youth museums, as well as aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens, arboretums, historic sites, and science and technology centers. |
| American Library Association: The oldest and largest library association in the world. |
| Global Museum – A regularly updated compendium of museum, art gallery and nonprofit vacancies. |
| Museum Employment Resource Center - A large amount of museum related links as well as job vacancies. |
| Museums Throughout the Tri-State Area (PDF Document) |
| MuseumJobs.com – A database of national and international opportunities in museums. |
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Non-Profit
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Idealist.org - On Idealist, you can imagine a better world, connect with people who want to help build it, reach out to others, post and find nonprofit jobs, volunteer opportunities, events, and more, and donate to support all this. |
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Indeed.com - Indeed is a search engine for jobs - with a radically different approach to job search. In one simple search, Indeed gives job seekers free access to millions of employment opportunities from thousands of websites. Indeed.com includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages - and we continue to add new sites every day. |
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Not for Profit: Career Services has you covered with a great list of resources. |
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Non Profit Job Market - Search for fulltime jobs, internships and temp positions throughout the US. |
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OpportunityNOCs.org - The Internet's leading source of nonprofit jobs and career opportunities. |
Performing Arts
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Fine and Performing Arts: Career Services' compiled list of resources along with video tips. |
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The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The Kennedy Center strives to impart hands-on arts management experience to participants in its fellowship and internship programs. Also provides full-time job listings. |
Political Activism
| ActivistJobBoard.com: Your source for nonprofit jobs and jobs for activists. |
| National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: We bolster the strength of local LGBT activism in rural enclaves, small towns and cities nationwide. We build grassroots political muscle at every level by training activists, strengthening the infrastructure of local and state allies and organizing broad-based campaigns creating public support for full equality of LGBT people. Learn more about our Organizing & Training and Movement Building efforts. |
| New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU): One of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. |
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