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Career Field:  Social Enterprise

• Nature of Work
• Employment Opportunities
• Education & Training
• Dartmouth Resources
• Social Enterprise Bibliography

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Nature of Work

Career Information

• Ashoka: Innovators for the Public:  Excellent site for comprehensive overview of social entrepreneurship.
• Echoing Green:  Introduces and supports broad ideas for social change around the world.
• Skoll Foundation:  Organization which invests in, connects with and celebrates social entrepreneurs.
• Social Enterprise Library:  Amazing assortment of on-line social enterprise resources.

Social Enterprise Alumni Stories

Careers for the Common Good Dinners: Speakers/Links

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Employment Opportunities

Sample Employers

• Fast Company:  Social Capitalist Awards site annually features world-changing companies and non-profits.
• Business Ethics Magazine Of Corporate Responsibility:  100 Best Corporate Citizens list.

Job & Internship Listings

• JustMeans:  THE social media platform to look for jobs, read blogs, learn about conferences and engage in social networking with people who create change.
• CommonGood Careers:  Fee driven site offering wide array of services to job-seekers.
• Zoosa.org:  New start-up with mission to promote opportunities where professional skills meet social impact.
• NetImpact:  Member only network committed to using business for social good.

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Education & Training

Professional Associations

• StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation:  Four highly recommended one day conferences where Fellows learn about corporate responsibility, social entrepreneurship, cross sector partnerships and sustainability.
• Social Enterprise Alliance:  Hub of information for growing community of social enterprises.
• Social Venture Network:  Nonprofit network committed to building a sustainable world through business.
• Business for Social Responsibility:  Nonprofit organization which promotes cross-sector collaboration.

Resources at Other Colleges

• Center for Social Innovation at Stanford
• Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard
• Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke

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Dartmouth Resources

• Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network
• Alums for Social Change
• Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship at Tuck

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Social Enterprise Bibliography:  A Sampling of Books in the Resource Library

NOTE:  Italicized titles can be borrowed and are located in the Baker Library Project Room in the Reserve Corridor.  Click here for a complete list of books on reserve.

• How to Change the World:   Classic book about people who solve social problems on a large scale, inspired by Ashoka: Innovators for the Public.
• Making A Living While Making A Difference:  Revised edition with chapters devoted to work that protects and restores the environment and our communities