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The Social Impact Job-Seekers Toolkit
The best things in life are free! Or they should be, at least. The resources on this page are enough to help you find a great social impact job and will always be available at no cost.
Here's what I ask in return: please share it with your friends or colleagues if you find it useful! If you think I can help anyone you know, give them my name or the link to my website.
Here's what I ask in return: please share it with your friends or colleagues if you find it useful! If you think I can help anyone you know, give them my name or the link to my website.
RECOMMENDED READING
Job Search and Transition Guide Books
Job Search and Transition Guide Books
I read a lot of job-hunt books. Many of them are not worth your time. These 12 are. Whether you are looking for practical advice, a system to follow, inspiring profiles or a new perspective on your search, these books will open your world and help you achieve your search goals.
Your local library should have all of these to borrow for free.
Your local library should have all of these to borrow for free.
WHAT I WANT
You want to find a job suited to you. This tool helps you reflect on your career and discover it.
You want to find a job suited to you. This tool helps you reflect on your career and discover it.
Through 10 targeted questions, the My Career Story guided exercise helps you discover your best fit jobs based on your career story.
Tip: Plan for about 2-3 hours to get the most out of the tool.
APPLICATION TRACKER & FEEDBACK
Frustrated by a lack of job-hunt feedback? Try this.
Frustrated by a lack of job-hunt feedback? Try this.
Use the Job Search Strategy Tool to get the feedback you wanted on your hunt. Input a few details about jobs you have applied for and you'll receive advice about how you are doing and what to do next based on your specific situation.
It's so hard to get useful feedback. This tool will help you focus on 4 KPIs that really matter and take the actions you need to get hired.
CLOSING THE DEAL
Negotiation 101: Everything you need to know to get the best deal possible
Negotiation 101: Everything you need to know to get the best deal possible
Knowledge is bargaining power. The offer negotiation is something that can make any of us anxious. It doesn't have to! The negotiation 101 slides contain my best advice for negotiating the best deal possible.
CAREER TRANSITION
You are not a generalist: a brief, humane, and practical guide to career transition
You are not a generalist: a brief, humane, and practical guide to career transition
Over 6 LinkedIn posts, Spencer debunks common yeet misguided ideas that stop folks from achieving their career transition. Informed by his own journey of transition and his work supporting laid-off federal workers in 2025, this short series is for anyone contemplating career reinvention.
Career transition is tough. Wrong ideas about it make it even harder.
FOR YOUNG JOB-SEEKERS
Internships and Fellowships
Internships and Fellowships
Internship and Fellowship Job Board. We monitor 100s of social impact companies, job boards and job-seeking communities for our clients. Using this data, we can curate comprehensive lists of opportunities in social impact. This one highlighting internships and fellowships is provided FREE of charge to all job-seekers.
TIP: If you are more senior and want a custom job-board for your search, get in touch with the agency and we can create one for you for a small fee.
We're here to help.
Spencer started this agency to help job-seekers who want to make a difference. We all deserve to find companies who will value us. If you'd like to connect with the agency, schedule a call today.
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