Career Services
BARPCV Career Networking Support. The BARPCV Careers Committee leverages the greater Boston RPCV community to support former and current volunteers seeking resources and events that promote career counseling, networking, and informational interview opportunities for personal growth and fulfilling employment. Please join the BARPCV professional networking community on LinkedIn.
Career Resources and Job Postings. Be sure to check out the following links:
Career Resources and Job Postings. Be sure to check out the following links:
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Career Resources PDF for information and website links to tools ranging from self-assessments to how to market yourself for the job search, career counseling assistance, where to research potential employers, and the best places to find jobs!
For a listing of organizations in Boston, click here. Or find by sector
Career Support
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The Boston-based New England Regional Recruiting Office – Features an RPCV Desk with job listings, resource books, newsletters, etc. Address: Tip O'Neil Building 10 Causeway Street Boston, MA. Phone: (617) 565-5555.
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The Washington, DC-based Office of Returned Volunteer Services (RVS) – Provides career, educational and re-entry-related assistance and information to more than 3,500 Peace Corps Volunteers returning to the U.S. each year. RVS strongly encourages a self-directed job search approach by providing numerous materials, nationwide services and programs, and carefully-planned workshops. RVS focuses on educating RPCVs on how to manage career and life transitions. Click here for more information.
Career/Employment Counseling and Workshops
Informational Interviews
The following Boston-based RPCVs have volunteered to assist RPCVs with informational interviews. If you are interested in meeting with any of these people or would like to share information about your own occupation with other RPCVs, please contact the BARPCV Careers Committee at careers@barpcv.org.
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Kevin Daley (Samoa 1986-89) is a lawyer who runs his own Boston-based firm – Kevin V. Daley & Affiliates.
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Julia de la Torre (Moldova 2003–05) is Program Director at Primary Source, a nonprofit that encourages the teaching of global issues in the American classroom.
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David Kircheis (Tanzania 1992-94) is a software engineer and Product Manager at Pegasystems Inc.
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Mark Largess (Kazakhstan 2004-06 ) is a Sr. Accountant at EF Education First, which provides both students and professionals with language education and cultural exchange opportunities.
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Robert O’Connell (India 1966-68) works in the field of education.
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Alex Minier (Turkmenistan 2003-05) is an Underwriting Analyst at Chartis Insurance.
List of organizations in Boston
Advocacy Human Development and Capability Association http://www.capabilityapproach.com/index.php
Advocacy Be The Change http://www.bethechangeinc.org/
Animal Safety World Animal Net Directory http://www.worldanimal.net/
Community City Life/Vida Urbana http://www.clvu.org/
Community Chelsea Collaborative http://www.chelseacollab.org/
Community Chinese Progressive Association http://www.cpaboston.org/
Community Community Labor United http://massclu.org/
Community Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative http://www.dsni.org/
Community Somerville Community Corporation (SCC) http://somervillecdc.org/
Community Engagement Berkana Institute http://www.berkana.org/
Culture & Heritage American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies http://www.aisls.org/
Culture & Heritage Frosina Information Network http://frosina.org/
Culture & Heritage Gawou Ginou Foundation http://www.gawouginoufoundation.org/
Disaster Relief American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ma/boston
Economic Development Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group http://www.aidg.org/
Economic Development Boston Community Capital http://www.bostoncommunitycapital.org/
Economic Development Boston Institute for Developing Economics http://www.bide.com/
Economic Development Clinton Foundation http://www.clintonfoundation.org/
Economic Development Economic Development Research Group http://www.edrgroup.com/
Economic Development Foundation for the Technological and Economic Advancement of Mirebalais, Haiti http://www.fatem.org/
Economic Development Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
Economic Development Oxfam America http://www.oxfamamerica.org/
Economic Development South Asia Research Institute for Policy and Development http://www.sarid.net/
Economic Development Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing http://wiego.org/
Economics National Bureau of Economic Research http://www.nber.org/
Education Educators for Social Responsibility http://esrnational.org/
Education Nepalese Children's' Education Fund http://www.nepalchildren.org/
Education One Hen, Inc. - Microfinance for Kids http://www.onehen.org/
Education One Laptop per Child http://one.laptop.org/
Education Peace First http://peacefirst.org/
Education Reach out and Read http://www.reachoutandread.org/
Education Sabre Foundation http://www.sabre.org/
Education The Achievement Network http://www.achievementnetwork.org/
Education World Education, Inc. http://www.worlded.org/WEIInternet/
Education WorldTeach http://www.worldteach.org
Education Americorps http://www.americorps.gov/
Education and Enviromental International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment http://www.the-icsee.org/
Education/Youth America SCORS Boston http://americascoresboston.org/
Enviromental Alliance for Global Sustainability http://www.globalsustainability.org/
Enviromental Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies http://www.ceres.org/
Enviromental Ecological Development Fund http://www.ecologic.org/
Enviromental and Infrastructure CDM http://cdmsmith.com/
Environmental Home Energy Efficency Team (HEET) http://www.heetma.com/
Environmental Charles River Watershed Association http://crwa.org/
Environmental Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) http://www.ace-ej.org/
Environmental Urban Ecology Institute (UEI) http://www.urbaneco.org/
Environmental Mass Energy Consumer Alliance http://www.massenergy.org/
Environmental "Citizens Energy
" http://www.citizensenergy.com/main/Home.html
Environmental Massachusetts Clean Energy Center http://www.masscec.com/
Homelessness Funders Together to End Homelessness http://homeless.samhsa.gov/organization/funders-together-to-end-homeless...
Housing Citizens' Housing And Planning Association http://www.chapa.org/
Housing Father Bill's & MainSpring http://helpfbms.org/
Human Rights Grassroots International http://www.grassrootsonline.org/
Human Rights South Africa Development Fund http://www.sadevelopmentfund.org/
Human Rights/Advocacy Cultural Survival http://www.culturalsurvival.org/
Human Rights/Advocacy Schooner Foundation http://www.schoonercapital.com/schooner_foundation.html
Human Rights/Public Health Physicians for Human Rights http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/
Immigration MA Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) http://www.miracoalition.org/
Immigration The Immigrant Learning Center http://www.ilctr.org/
Land Policy Lincoln Institute of Land Policy http://www.lincolninst.edu/
Leadership/Capacity Building Society for Organizational Learning http://www.solonline.org/?home
Microfinance Accion http://www.accion.org/
Microfinance Council of Microfinance Equity Funds http://www.cmef.com/Page.aspx?pid=1557
Microfinance MicroCapital http://www.microcapital.org/about/
NonProfit Nonprofit Quarterly http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/
Nuclear Disarmerment Wand Education Fund - Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament http://www.wand.org/
Peace Women's International League for Peace and Freedom http://www.wilpf.org/
Philanthropy Associated Grant Makers http://www.agmconnect.org/
Philanthropy CyberGrants Online Grantmaking http://www.cybergrants.com/
Philanthropy and Advocacy Hunt Alternatives Fund http://www.huntalternatives.org/
Planning Livable Streets Alliance http://www.livablestreets.info/
Planning Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) http://www.mapc.org/
Planning Boston Redevelopment Authority http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/Home.aspx
Planning Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance http://ma-smartgrowth.org/
Poverty Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) http://www.bostonabcd.org/
Poverty AFAB KAFANM http://www.afab-kafanm.org/
Poverty Room to Grow http://www.roomtogrow.org/
Poverty Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund http://www.tpaf.org/
Poverty/Public Policy Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL); Innovations for Poverty Action, Inc. http://www.povertyactionlab.org/
Public Health Boston Public Health Commission http://www.bphc.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Public Health Cambridge Health Alliance http://www.challiance.org/Main/Home.aspx
Public Health Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-initiative/clinton-hea...
Public Health Codman Square Health Center http://www.codman.org/
Public Health Dana Farber Cancer Institute http://www.dana-farber.org/
Public Health Dimock Health Center http://www.dimockcenter.org/
Public Health Global Health Delivery Project http://beta.globalhealthdelivery.org/
Public Health Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/Pages/default.aspx
Public Health International Nutrition Foundation http://www.inffoundation.org/
Public Health Izumi Foundation http://www.izumi.org/
Public Health John Snow, Inc. http://www.jsi.com/JSIInternet/
Public Health Latin American Health Institute http://www.lhi.org/Homepage.aspx
Public Health Management Sciences for Health (MSH) http://www.msh.org/
Public Health Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/
Public Health Massachusetts Public Health Association http://www.mphaweb.org/
Public Health Mattapan Community Health Center http://www.mattapanchc.org/
Public Health Nueva Salud http://www.nuevasalud.org/
Public Health Partners in Health http://www.pih.org/
Public Health Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center http://www.bu.edu/phhprc/
Public Health Pathfinder International http://www.pathfind.org/
Public Health AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts http://www.aac.org/
Public Health & Education La Alianza Hispana http://www.laalianza.org/
Public Policy Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research http://pioneerinstitute.org/
Social Enterprise ABT Associates http://www.abtassociates.com/
Social Enterprise FHI 360 http://www.fhi360.org/
Social Enterprise Root Capital http://www.rootcapital.org/
Social Enterprise Root Cause http://rootcause.org/
Social Workers National Association of Social Workers http://www.naswdc.org/
Youth ROCA http://www.rocainc.org/
Youth Youth Violence Prevention http://www.bostonyvpfunders.org/
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