The process of finding a job is a long and challenging one, especially if you don’t know where to begin. For a lot of people, particularly marginalized folks, first-generation folks, and people of color, this process is a mystery shared by mentors and in secret. We hope to demystify this process for everyone and help you feel more prepared as you search for a new position. In this series, we’ll share tips to help you throughout the process.
Why you shouldn’t send that email after submitting your application if the organization says no calls or emails.
Whether in the initial application process or during a job negotiation, a 990 is one of our most powerful job searching tools. But you have to know how to find it and how to read it.
Here's how to approach someone respectfully and appropriately for an informational interview.
One of the most nerve-wracking parts of the hiring process is the salary negotiations. For a lot of us, it can be uncomfortable to name our labor in terms of a dollar value, and even more scary to wonder what someone else thinks our labor is worth. This is complicated more when organizations don’t say how much a position pays and it becomes a guessing game until the moment we’re offered a position or if they’re basing your potential new salary on your previous underpaid positions. It’s enough to turn anyone into a stress ball.
Through our work, we’ve come to understand the negative impacts of unpaid internships and be inspired by those who advocate changing institutions that allow them (and yes, sometimes we are our own inspirations). Advocating for fair pay in the workplace when you’re coming in at a disadvantage can be extremely daunting, and that’s why it’s so important for all sectors of the workforce to understand the importance of paid internships.
We're here to share some lessons we’ve learned to help you on your journey to movement and movement-adjacent work—even if you don’t land one of the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements’ competitive fellowships.
As women of color research fellows for Pay Our Interns, we advocate for other women of color interns to be fairly and equitably compensated in Congressional internships. So we’re here to push other organizations to do the same. Enough is enough! It’s time to put an end to harmful practices that demand unpaid labor from BIWOC*.
Together, we can disrupt the capitalist heteropatriarchal system that makes this practice a necessity in the first place.
Racism and other oppressive -isms in a workplace show up due to organizational leadership and a long-standing fucked up culture, and it is not an individual intern’s problem to solve.
How you read a job description to get the most information out of it, and to get hints at what the organization's culture is like, is a honed skill.
For a lot of people—particularly marginalized folks, first generation folks, and people of color—this process is a mystery shared by mentors and in secret. We hope to demystify this process for everyone and help you feel more prepared as you search for a new position.
The application process is long and stressful. It’s vulnerable and can challenge you mentally, physically, and emotionally. Hopefully, these tips will help you turn in the best application materials you can.
Scroll through these questions and practice your answers to help you feel confident for your next job interview.
You probably have more transferable skills than you realize!
Transitioning into reproductive health, rights, and justice from another field? Start here.