CareerAccelerator
An innovative social spin on the traditional career fair!
Saturday, October 27 2007 - 1 to 5pm
in partnership with the NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development
With the support of
The CareerAccelerator is an eye-opening career fair which showcases inspiring and exciting professional options in social innovation. Through the CareerAccelerator, participants will discover employment, internship, study, research, funding and volunteering opportunities linked with best practices in social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. Presenters come from organizations across the non-profit and for profit sectors and represent a variety of fields such as education, finance, arts, health, environment, research, etc. Unlike the highly selective Institute for Social Innovation, all are welcome to attend the CareerAccelerator.
As an exhibitor, you will have the opportunity:
- To meet and recruit highly talented emerging leaders
in fields ranging from fashion to finance and education to agriculture
- To
network with innovative organizations driving positive social change across
sectors
- To showcase your services and expertise
As a participant, you will be presented with:
- Jobs
that which match your values and aspirations
- Networking opportunities with leaders in social innovation
and inspiring social entrepreneurs
- Grants programs for emerging social entrepreneurs
- MBA and graduate school programs focusing on social
entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility
- Career coaching from Commongood Careers to ease your
professional transition
Help us Grow to 3500 Fellows
"As a training model, I think StartingBloc could be scaled fairly well and easily so that thousands of its fellows could be out there. Quite frankly, they are the best kept secret in social entrepreneurship."
Michael Brown
President, City Year
600 Alumni of the Program
300+ Universities Rep. by Fellows
100+ Organizations Rep. by Fellows
3 Insitute Locations
47 Languages Spoken Fluently
50+ countries
10 Graduate School Partners
Size of the Network in 2010
3500 Alumni of the Program
10 Insitute Locations
500+ Universities Rep. by Fellows
250+ organizations Rep. by Fellows
60+ Languages Spoken Fluently by Fellows 100+ Countries
25 Graduate School Partners