The document provides five steps to find a nonprofit job in Portland, Oregon: 1) Assess your strengths and set goals; 2) Conduct informational interviews to learn about opportunities; 3) Network within your sector and on LinkedIn; 4) Volunteer for an organization in your field of interest; 5) Apply for jobs listed on sites like Mac's List and through nonprofit associations. The document also provides tips and resources for each step of the process.

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
 Assess Yourself
 Do Informational Interviews
 Network
 Volunteer
 Apply to Jobs

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

4. Conduct Informational Interviews
“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.”
–Author
Unknown
 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
 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
 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
 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
broken-
winged bird,
That cannot
fly.”
- Langston
Hughes
 Vicki Lind
 Joshua Waldman
 Dawn Rasmussen
 Jenny Foss aka Job Jenny

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

11. Questions?