Miscellaneous

New Year, New Job

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Overwhelmed by careerbuilder.com? Tired of getting scammed by craigslist? Is using monster.com too much like taking a sip of water from a fire hydrant?

If you're looking for a job, best of luck to ya. We've been there and it's not easy. Persevere, and take a look-see here:

• ABA: The American Bar Association always has a ton of classifieds in their numerous publications, but they also post their own job announcements for positions in Chicago, DC, and around the world. These are not just for attorneys -- office staff, analysts, editors/writers, membership/association services, techies, and others need apply.


• Chronicle of Higher Education: Academics and whackademics alike can search for faculty, administrative, research, and other positions at institutions of higher learning.


• CSG: The Council of State Governments offers interesting policy work from locations in California, DC, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, and New York. Its jobs page includes both CSG and related employment opportunities elsewhere.


• Feds: The federal government posts jobs at usajobs.gov. The search engine is pretty handy (we used it ourselves many times), and the range of jobs -- legal, medical, technical, sciences, engineering, etc. -- is incredible. All federal jobs are posted here, and many federal-related sites will direct viewers to usajobs rather than post their own jobs on their own site.


• Fine Arts Fund: Arts-related jobs in and around Cincinnati. If this sounds like a crazy path for law- and court-based employees, guess again. Those office, organizational, and grant-writing skills, plus a strong dose of community-mindedness, are all transferable to the arts field (among others).


• NCSC: The National Center for State Courts, with offices in DC, Williamsburg, and Denver, plus international outposts, posts their job announcements here. The Center also maintains a list of job postings from the courts, and houses state-by-state links to state and state court employment/HR pages.


• NCSL: The National Council of State Legislatures has a clearinghouse of jobs in state legislatures. It includes jobs in states, with NCSL itself (which has offices in Denver and DC), and related employment postings from other places.


• NLADA: The National Legal Aid & Defender Association posts jobs from across the country for attorneys, legal office staff, paralegals, program coordinators, etc.

Hang in there!

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on January 10, 2010 (boomark / email).