Mba-Nonprofit Connection

Programs: Career jobs program the mnc monitors the nonprofit job market in major u. S. Cities, identifies opportunities appropriate for mbas (from new grads to alumni with 15+ years of experience) and publicizes the jobs through its network of partner schools. The mnc provides career center liaisons with periodic career job posting reports broken down by issue, geography, and level of experience. We posted 200 career job listings in 2014, with strong representation in education, health, international development, philanthropy, and youth development. The most common roles were in finance, general management, and program management. Summer jobs program each year the mnc helps place mba students in a variety of social-impact internships, with many of the jobs supported in part by the david and lucile packard foundation. Organizations that hired summer associates through the mnc in 2014 included acumen, california environmental associates, ceres, the conservation fund, environmental defense fund (multiple offices), manta consulting, the nature conservancy (multiple offices), point 97 (an ecotrust affiliate), and tdc. Tracking alumni in social-impact jobs the mnc provides regular reports that cumulatively help partner schools keep track of their alumni working in nonprofits or social-purpose for-profits. The schools can then reach out to these alumni to serve as on-campus speakers, career panel participants, and role models and mentors in the social-impact arena.