Career Center
Welcome to the CAP alumni online Career Center! We hope you find the resources below helpful in your job search. If there is anything else we can do for you, please feel free to contact Amy Schill, Alumni Manager, at aschill@chrisapp.org or 606-256-0973.
Transitioning to the workforce and/or to the nonprofit sector
Publications from idealist.org
Service Corps to Social Impact Career
Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers
Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers
Making a Difference: A Guide to Personal Profit in a Nonprofit World
Webinars from Catholic Volunteer Network
Leveraging your volunteer service for career success
Networking
As a CAP volunteer alumnus, you have the benefit of being part of a network of more than 2,000 active members with knowledge and experience to share. A Spring 2011 survey of CAP’s short-term, summer camp and long-term alumni found that CAP alumni now work in a wide variety of career fields, the most popular being education (29%), human services (18%) and health science (10%). The survey also gathered career and contact information from alumni available and willing to talk to alumni and current volunteers about their career field. If you would like to get in touch with a CAP alum from a particular career field, contact Amy Schill at aschill@chrisapp.org or 606-256-0973.
Resume resources
Including volunteer work on your resume
AmeriCorps Alums Resume Assistance webinar (lots of technical difficulties in the beginning, but stick with it!)
Job postings
Job postings listserv: Join our job postings Google group to receive new postings at CAP and other faith-based nonprofits. If you have an opening at your workplace, email the list to let your fellow alums know.
Nonprofit Job Search Sites: You know Monster and Career Builder, but here are some good sites for alumni interested in a career in the nonprofit field
Idealist (Action Without Borders)
Community Career Center
Non-Profit Jobs
www.opportunityknocks.org
