Resource Thursday (a day early): Idealist.org

I'm posting this resource a day early since I'm going to take tomorrow off for Thanksgiving!

If you have open career or volunteer opportunities, Idealist is an excellent place to start your search. Here's their mission statement:

Idealist connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.

Idealist is independent of any government, political ideology, or religious creed. Our work is guided by the common desire of our members and supporters to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect.

That doesn't tell you a whole lot about how your organization can use Idealist, so here are a few things to get you started:

• Add your organization (this is necessary to post jobs and internships)
• Find candidates for internships,  jobs and volunteer opportunities
• Publicize events and programs

From my experience, the best use of Idealist is finding candidates for open positions, but I'd love to hear success stories of how others have used it to publicize events and programs.

Happy hunting!