MyDCNet

Since 2000, when I first started circulating jobs to my friends on Capitol Hill, a lot has happened.  I  left my Hill job, ran the jobs list for a major Presidential alumni association, started a company and figured out that I had a lot to learn before I started my next company, got into human resources and recruiting professionally (it was too tempting not to), got married, changed the format of the list from a left of center/non-profit list to a left/right/private sector/non-profit list, and watched this list grow.

Boy did the list grow.  It went from a few hundred to over 80,000!  Right now it is on track to pass the 100,000 mark by the end of the year.  As many as 20,000 per month if you can imagine that.

I have kept the list free and would like to continue to do so.  There have been plenty of times when I have been tempted to start charging.  One such time happened about a year ago when someone emailed me and asked me why I had not posted more right of center jobs on my list.  I replied and invited the reader to send in right of center jobs and I would share them.  I think it was right around that time that I added left of center and right of center categories to accommodate requests from readers who wanted to be able to differentiate between jobs from DC employers with political leanings.  The reader responded by launching a site of his own and put a creepy looking pixel lock on his site so that readers would have to pay to read the site.  I have also watched numerous lists come and go in the last eight years…I have an idea which direction that one will go in.

To keep the list free I had to figure out a way to make it consume less of my time.  I couldn’t count how many hours I have invested in this list if my life depended on it.  To do this I have implemented a job posting tool over on Jobmatchbox.com that will allow me to either approve or reject jobs.  The job posting tool works really well - it allows you to post just to my list, or to a number of other (bigger) job boards.  When you want to remove a job you can do it yourself, just like when you go to post a job.  With the time that I will get back as a result of this I am going to start using this page, MyDCNet.com, to feature jobs and events around the city that I think will interest people in my circles of friends here in Washington, DC.  I may even do a bit of blogging here too.

All of the archived jobs on MyDCNet.com will be kept online for the time being.  They will eventually be taken down.  The rest of the content on the site will stay in one form or another along with the wiki.

I hope that employers who have been posting jobs on MyDCNet.com will embrace the new site, Jobmatchbox.com, and that my readers will too.  I tested the waters a little by adding a Jobmatchbox.com widget to the side of the page over the last month and the traffic to the site has been good which helped me make the decision to change up the format.
Feel free to comment on this post if you would like to share your thoughts.

A national sales representative is needed to sell a new software application that works with a popular robocall product.  The application allows users to sign in, opt-in, or opt-out, and choose how they want to be contacted (e-mail, phone, text, IVR, etc.).  The software is tested, and is being used for marketing purposes, but someone is needed to run the political side of the business.

The ideal candidate is someone with extensive political contacts with campaigns nationwide, who could sell the software on a commission basis.  The sales representative should count on making in the multiple six figures in the first year.  Last year, with no marketing, the robocall product that this product will compliment  brought in $500,000 in five weeks.

Send a cover letter and resume to jobs@mydcnet.com for consideration.

Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation are looking to significantly expand our outreach efforts both online and in person, with a specific focus on engaging online social communities and organizing outreach trips across the United States. To this end, we have created a new position of Outreach Coordinator.

Our “online” outreach mission is to transform our e-mail advocacy from a “top down” line of communication, which consists primarily of sending online “e-alerts” to our members, to an interactive community of activists using the Internet as an organizing tool. We want to make it easy for our supporters to communicate with us and for them to feel that they are involved in a discussion with us and with each other. The Outreach Coordinator will collaborate with staff to enhance and coordinate online social networking and blogging operations already in progress, as well as be responsible for developing new initiatives.

Our “in person” outreach mission primarily revolves around the Center’s already active Outreach Program, which sends retired senior military officers throughout the United States to engage local community leaders by speaking at events hosted by non-profit organizations, veterans groups, academic institutions, and local media outlets. The goal of the program is to enhance opportunities for informed public debate on U.S. security policy and to empower citizens to engage in discussion and raise important national security issues with policy makers at every level. The Outreach Coordinator will be responsible for helping to organize these trips, including identifying and reaching out to local partner groups and institutions, setting up events, communicating with local media, and collaborating with partner organizations. The Outreach Coordinator may also be called on to travel on several of these trips.

The Outreach Coordinator will likely engage in the following activities:

• Researching and identifying local groups and institutions to host speaking events for retired senior military officers
• Acting as liaison for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation with local partner organizations as part of Outreach Program
• Writing and promoting online “e-appeals” for online actions like letters, petitions, and contributions
• Coordinating and enhancing staff blogging activities
• Posting informative articles and managing information on our websites
• Moderating discussion space on our websites
• Maintaining the organizations’ presence on social networking sites such as Facebook
• Using social networking software to create and help organize local chapters
• Organizing local events like town hall meetings, district visits, meetings with our staff and board, and “birddogging” activities
• Creating and organizing online events like online chats with staff, board members, political candidates, and other people of interest
• Generating multimedia content for our websites like podcasts and videos
• Tracking and responding to new communications trends and technologies

Candidates are expected to have experience in one of the following three subject areas with a strong interest in the remaining two:

• Senate/House/Presidential campaign organizing or other grassroots organizing.
• Blogging, social networking, or so-called Web 2.0 communications
• Website maintenance and web standards.

Candidates should be comfortable and interested in technology, outgoing, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple assignments simultaneously. Candidates are also expected to have the skills, experience, and maturity to coordinate and set up speaking events for senior experts and support senior experts during Outreach trips.

The Outreach Coordinator will report directly to the Communications Director and Outreach Program Director and also work in close conjunction with the Technical Director, Chief Operating Officer, and Executive Director.

Candidates must hold a B.A. or B.S. Excellent writing skills are required. One to two years of experience is a plus but is not required.

Salary commensurate with experience. A full benefits package is included.

To apply, send resume, references, short writing sample, and salary history to:

Outreach Coordinator Search

Council for a Livable World/Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

322 4^th St NE

Washington, DC 20002

Or

Jobs@clw.org

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

Council for a Livable World and Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation are equal opportunity employers.

A new Events section has been added to MyDCNet.  Right now the events section primarily contains technology and new media events, but feel free to send in events that you know about and we’ll share them with the group. 

National Employment Law Project

Overview:
The National Employment Law Project delivers on the nation’s promise of
economic opportunity, taking on the growing challenges now faced by most
working people to support their families with good jobs and strong worker
protections.  NELP works to address the increasing economic risk facing
today’s workforce as middle class jobs deteriorate, and to confront
increasingly substandard working conditions in the growing low-wage
sectors left behind. NELP has played a leading role in promoting state and
national networks where unions and community groups have successfully
advocated for worker rights protections and a progressive economic
security agenda.  NELP now seeks a seasoned and charismatic leader to
build on the organization’s significant strengths and position the
organization to further expand its impact nationally and in the states.

The National Employment Law Project:
The National Employment Law Project (NELP) has advocated for nearly 40
years on behalf of low-wage workers, the poor, the unemployed and other
groups that face significant barriers to employment and government systems
of support.  To continue impacting the lives of working Americans, NELP is
committed to growth and expansion.  During this structured time of growth,
NELP is committed to four major programmatic priorities: improving job
quality for low-wage and immigrant workers, modernizing the nation’s
economic security system, removing unfair barriers to employment and
fighting for good job opportunities.  NELP is headquartered in New York
City, with offices in the Midwest, West Coast and Washington, DC.

Qualifications and Responsibilities:
The successful Executive Director candidate will be a collaborative leader
and an outstanding manager who has a demonstrated commitment to advocacy
on behalf of today’s working families.  Seasoned and enterprising, the
individual will have a track record managing an operation of similar size
and complexity and of directing successful growth in a thoughtful and
inclusive environment. S/he will be an innovative and strategic thinker
who can foster the translation of an ambitious vision into realistic and
diversely-funded strategies.  The candidate should possess the savvy and
strong interpersonal skills necessary to manage a national advocacy
nonprofit, combined with exceptional writing and communication skills.
The Executive Director will oversee the entire organization with a focus
on:  strategic planning, organizational oversight, external relations,
fundraising and financial management.

Applications and Nominations:
Applications are due by October 19, 2007, but will be reviewed as
received.  Interviews will begin and an offer may be extended before the
deadline.  Please send a cover letter describing your interest and
qualifications, your resume (in Word or pdf format), salary history and
how you learned about the position to: nelp-ed@nonprofitprofessionals.com.
In order to expedite the internal sorting and reviewing process, please
write your name (Last, First) as the only contents in the subject line of
your e-mail.

A longer, more detailed position description may be found here:
http://www.nonprofitprofessionals.com/searches/nelp-ed.htm

More information about National Employment Law Project may be found at:
http://www.nelp.org/