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A web site that lists 97 nonprofit job boards, fellowships for "education entrepreneurs" and a scholarship program for women over age 40 seeking new job skills and training are among the new opportunities and resources available to individuals seeking encore careers.

• "The Ultimate Nonprofit Job Guide" is featured on GuidetoOnlineSchools.com, whose goal is "to be the most comprehensive authority on distance learning and online education." The Nonprofit Job Guide lists 97 job boards specializing in nonprofit positions, with the top 10 highlighted at the top.

  If you're interested in taking a course online, check out the site's list of online colleges and universities. If you just want a refresher course and don't need a degree, visit the Free Online Courses page, which offers a customized Google search of free classes, including those offered by Yale, Stanford and MIT. The Career Profiles page describes a variety of careers, with the training needed and salary levels, to make sure you're headed in the right direction.

• For more background on how 33 major nonprofit job boards work, including site usability and fees charged, see the "Nonprofit Job Sites Directory" by Tom Battin on BlueAvocado.org.
• Another aggregator of online courses is Online-Education.net, which lets you search hundreds of online colleges by degree, subject or program.
• Career Stories offers an in-depth look at what it's like to work in different occupations through written accounts by more than 1,600 people working in 200 professions. It's part of CityTownInfo.com, which provides comparative information about local U.S. communities, careers and colleges. Other sections of interest are Career Videos, which presents 500 videos of people at work, and Top Cities by Career. Being an Elementary School Teacher is a 64-page e-book that provides unvarished opinions and advice about being an elementary teacher.
• Women 40 and older may apply through March 31 for the AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program, which provides funds to those seeking new job skills, training and educational opportunities to support themselves and their families. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, able to demonstrate financial need and enrolled in an accredited school or technical program in the U.S. within six months of the scholarship award.
• The Mind Trust is on the lookout for innovative individuals who want to transform public education. Its national Education Entrepreneur Fellowship program is aimed at ventures that target underserved and disadvantaged children with solutions that attack the root problems in the delivery of K-12 public education. People of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels are invited to apply on a rolling basis for the two-year fellowships, which offer a salary of $90,000 per year, full benefits and a $20,000 start-up stipend.
• People in encore careers who are applying technology to address urgent social challenges may want to apply for a 2010 Tech Award. The awards are given annually by The Tech Museum in San Jose in partnership with Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology and Society to 15 laureates in environment, economic development, education, equality and health, with $50,000 going to the top winner in each category. The deadline for nominations is March 31.

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