By featuring one job a day, we like to think that we make job search easy to digest. Causecast is trying to make finding cool causes easier by featuring ten every month. That’s just the start of it, though. They have a community/social networking aspect, and they also link non-profits with brands and celebrities. For exapmle, Generation Rescue is supported by Jenny McCarthy and sponsored by, well, it looks like Causecast is still working on the sponsorships. They use the power of Web 2.0 to collect a ton of relevant information on organizations, and they even provide an easy way to donate to the causes of your choice. You can see what the total donations from the Causecast community are to date, which is also cool. The community, so far, is still pretty small, but Causecast’s website is excellent and will certainly generate a lot more interest in the future.

.Org or .Com?

One funky thing about Causecast is that they’re apparently both a for-profit and a non-profit (so we had a hell of a time whether our post about them should be during the week or the weekend when we feature non-profit jobs). There’s no information about this on their website, but I asked a question on the post about Causecast on TechCrunch and was told that by two people. This is something that I think Causecast should be more forthright about. With a .org domain name and a name like Causecast, one would think that they’re entirely non-profit. All donations through Causecast go through their non-profit entity, so they’re not taking a cut of donations, but it seems as though they make their money through the partnerships that they create between non-profits and brands. I don’t have a problem with a company’s trying to make money while doing good, but I don’t think that it’s ok to give the impression that you’re solely non-profit when you’re not. I don’t think this intentional, and I know that Causecast just launched, but I hope they’ll be more clear about this in the future.

Working at Causecast

Causecast is located in Santa Monica, CA, and they’re looking for both a Web Application Developer and a Cause Account Coordinator. The former is a perfect position for a new college grad who wants to make the world a better place (but get paid a decent salary) with his or her coding skills, while the latter is probably not the best fit for new college grads (they want 3 years of experience). You can get the full scoop on Causecast’s Jobs page. Causecast is a brand new startup, so this is a chance to get in near the beginning. If you think that working at Causecast would be awesome (even if there isn’t a job listing just for you), send your cover letter and resume to jobs@causecast.org. Causecast is also offering internships, and one of the descriptions adds that they plan to do a lot more entry level hiring in the next 6 months, so keep an eye on them (or intern now to give yourself a leg up).

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• Causecast.org
• Jobs at Causecast
• About Causecast
• Causecast’s Blog
• Causecast’s FAQ

We've identified Causecast as having career opportunities in the following categories:

• account management
• all employers
• California
• non-profit
• social media
• social networking
• software development
• web development

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