Courtesy of CSUF Career Center Hosted By: Elizabeth Munoz, CSUF College Career Specialist Featuring St. Jude Representative: Tracy Bryars

1. Exploring Careers
in Non-profit
Elizabeth Muñoz
CSUF College Career Specialist
Tracy Bryars
St. Jude Medical Center,
Healthy Communities Initiative Manager

2. Does this describe you? ●
Making a
difference
Public
Service
Philanthropy Helping
Community
Service
Grassroots
Calling Advocacy
Public
Interest
Social
Justice

3. What are Non-profits? ● ●
• Career with a mission
• Contributing rather than competing
• These organizations do not exist to make money for
owners or investors
• They are not able to mandate changes through
legislation or regulations enforceable by law
• Relying on a small group of paid staff and the voluntary
service and financial support of large numbers of their
members or the public

4. Non-profits●
• Function on local, national, and global levels to
address all sorts of issues from health care and
politics to social and religious issues
• Some often are called nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) or civil society organizations
• Examples: The Red Cross, Greenpeace,
Amnesty International, and Doctors Without
Borders

5. Benefits in Non-profits●
 Ability to use professional skills on others behalf
 High sense of ethics and standards
 Sense of personal well-being from service others
 Chance to work with compatible and caring
colleagues
 A humanistic, people-oriented approach to
personnel management
 More than a job
 More job flexibility

6. Challenges in Non-profits●
• Limited upward mobility in one/small organization
• Limited training
• Financial rewards may not match level of
responsibility
• Lack of adequate resources
• Limited funds may reduce job security
• Volunteer/staff roles may be ambiguous

7. Employment outlook for Non-profits●
EXCELLENT due to…
 Public awareness of social and political issues
 Persistence of traditional social problems
 Turnover due to retirement or relatively low wages

8. Categories of Non-profits● ●
 Arts, Culture, and Humanities
 Education
 Environment/Animals
 Health
 Human Services
 International and Foreign Affairs
 Public/Societal Benefit
 Religion-Related

9. Non-profits engage in activities
such as● ●
• Lobbying
• Professional and Public Education
• Public Relations
• Establishing Programs
• Grant Writing
• Offering Public Services
• Funding Research and Activities
• Issuing Reports and Publications
• Coordinating Volunteers
• Managing and Investing Donations and Endowments

10. Typical organizational charts
in the Non-profit sector ●

11. Typical organizational charts
in the Non-profit sector ●

12. Examples of Non-profits
positions ● ●
 Directors of Volunteers, Event Managers
 Case Managers, Social Workers
 Teachers, Education Coordinators
 Public Health Educators, Health System Manager
 Environmental Education Program Directors
 Fund-Raisers, Grant Coordinators and Writers
 Program Assistants, Program Directors
 Policy Advocates
 Museum Directors, Curators, and Attendants
 National Park Service Employees
 Non-profit Social Service Directors, Social Service
Coordinators

13. Non-profit industry sites● ●
 Titan Connection
 LinkedIn
 http://www.indeed.com/
 http://www.simplyhired.com/
 http://www.idealist.org
 http://www.socialservice.com/
 http://opportunityknocks.org/
 http://theNon-profitnetwork.org/
 http://www.volunteercenter.org/
 http://www2.guidestar.org
 http://www.onetonline.org/
 https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/

14. Examples of Non-profit
professional associations●
 National Council of Non-profits
 http://www.councilofNon-profits.org
 Association of Fundraising Professionals
 Grantsmanship Center
 National Association of Social Workers
 American Public Health Association
 Child Life Council

15. Resources●
CalNon-profits
Member Directory

16. • Gain experience
• Internships
• Volunteering
• Extra-curricular activities
• Part-time jobs
Overall, it takes more than a degree● ●

17. ?
Questions