Some of my formative moments in life were invested in exploring career options through internships and fellowships at the community, state and federal level. Although meager in pay, most make up on the experience and insight you gain about yourself and direction in life, and often times job placements. The following resources represent careers, internships & fellowships in public services. Please add many other links that you have come across by responding to this blog post.
Internships in Public Service (includes helpful hints, internship internet resources, city/county/state management internship programs, nonprofit internships, international internships, general internship database.
Foreign Service (becoming a Foreign Service Officer)
HHS Emerging Leaders Program (ELP is a highly competitive, competitively paid internship)
PostAdjust (click on link): Practical support for people pursuing an international career with the UN, NGOs, diplomats and international development specialists.
PostAdjust was launched to provide free practical support for people and families pursuing an international career. The site has a search engine that gathers all UN and NGO vacancies. Through PostAdjust's "post report "you have access to updated information about the duty station where you are posted or that you are interested in, you can post questions to other international colleagues who are based in the duty station that you are interested in, and post ads to buy, sell or ask for anything that you want. Not only good when you are relocating but also a way to communicate and share information over organizational boundaries at duty stations world-wide.
