This document provides a five-step guide for finding a nonprofit job in Portland, Oregon. The steps are to: 1) assess yourself by identifying strengths and goals; 2) conduct informational interviews to learn about opportunities; 3) network within your sector and on LinkedIn; 4) volunteer with organizations in your field of interest; and 5) apply to relevant job postings on sites like Mac's List. The document offers guidance and tips for completing each step to help land a nonprofit position.

1. How to Find a Nonprofit Job in
Portland
“Tell me,
what is it you
plan to do
with your one
wild and
precious life?”
-Mary Oliver

2. Five Steps to Success
“Courage is
the most
important of
all the virtues
because
without
courage, you
can't practice
any other
virtue
consistently.”
-Maya
Angelou
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Assess Yourself
Do Informational Interviews
Network
Volunteer
Apply to Jobs

3. Assess Yourself
“The only
journey is the
one within”
-Rainer Maria
Rilke
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Identify Your Strengths
Set Goals
Understand Networks

4. Conduct Informational Interviews
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“Judge a man
by his
questions
rather than by
his answers.”
― Voltaire
Ask Five Questions
 What
associations or groups should I
know about if I want to work in your
field?
 Are there any organizations you
recommend I research?
 Is there anyone you think I should
meet?
 Are there any events you think I
should attend?
 What educational opportunities do
you know of in your field?

5. Network
“Take risks: if
you win, you
will be happy;
if you
lose, you will
be wise.”
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–Author
Unknown
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Network in Your Sector
Connect on LinkedIn with Personal
Note
Look for Ways to Help Others to
Build Lasting Professional
Connections

6. Volunteer
“The
difference
between
ordinary and
extraordinary
is that little
extra.”
― Jimmy
Johnson
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Pick a Cause or an Organization
You Want to Work For
Join the Board
Volunteer for a Project

7. Apply to Jobs
“Whenever
you are asked
if you can do
a job, tell
„em,„Certainl
y I can!‟ Then
get busy and
find out how
to do it.”
–Theodore
Roosevelt
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Mac’s List
Willamette Valley Development
Officers (WVD0)
Community Nonprofit Resource
Group (CNRG)
Regional Arts and Culture Council
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
Idealist

8. Next Steps
“Do you want
to know who
you are? Don't
ask. Act!
Action will
delineate and
define you.”
- Thomas
Jefferson
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Connect with us
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
Email me with questions and I will
answer them on the “Mac’s List”
blog

9. Oregon Career Bloggers
“Hold fast to
dreams,
For if dreams
die
Life is a
brokenwinged bird,
That cannot
fly.”
- Langston
Hughes
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Vicki Lind
Joshua Waldman
Dawn Rasmussen
Jenny Foss aka Job Jenny

10. Books
“The
unexamined
life is not
worth living.”
- Socrates
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The 20 Minute Networking Meeting
Strengths Finder
What Color is Your Parachute

11. Questions?