Graduate School CPSY Career and Professional Resources Finding Employment as a Mental Health Professional
 



Finding Employment As a
Mental Health Professional:

Job Websites That Include Postings
for Mental Health Professionals

"Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night."
(Marian Wright Edelman)



NOTE: CPSYCPR Contains Two Employment Pages
Many employers post their openings on job websites.
Do weekly searches of these job sites (links below).
Some employers also notify us directly of mental health jobs.
Check our Special Job Notices page often, too.



Counselor & MCFT Vacancies: Oregon

  • CareerCenterJobs.org
  • CascadeLink Job & Career Resources
  • CraigsList Portland
  • EdZapp's Jobs in Oregon Schools
  • OregonLive Best Local Jobs
  • State of Oregon Jobs Page
  • Oregon Community Mental Health Programs
  • Oregon Mental Health Organizations
  • Oregon Tutoring and Other Part-time Employment
  • Worksource Oregon's iMatchSkills
  • Counselor & MCFT Vacancies: National

  • Action Without Borders' Career Center
  • AAMFT Jobs for Marriage & Family Therapists
  • AAPC's Employment: Pastoral Counselors
  • American Counseling Association's Career Center
  • American MH Counselors Association's Job Board
  • American Psychological Association Jobs
  • Careers.com
  • CareerBuilder.com
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education Careers
  • Craig's List National & International
  • Employee Assistance Professionals' Career Central
  • Human Services Career Network
  • Monster Jobs
  • Nat'l. Academic Advising Assn. Positions
  • NAADAC's Addiction Counselor Career Ads
  • National Assn. of Colleges & Employers' JobWire
  • National Assn. of Stu. Personnel Admininstrators
  • Peace Corps Vacancies & Jobs
  • USAJOBS, Federal Government's Official Jobs Site
  • Hospitals and Health Departments:
    Regional and National

  • CascadeLink Health Resources
  • American Hospital Directory


    Note: When employers send job notices directly to CPSYCPR directly, those openings are posted individually on the Special Notices page.
    Check both pages weekly for new postings.

  • Job Search Engine

    Indeed.com is a clean, free, easy-to-use search engine for jobs and related matters.

    NOTE: Adam York,
    CPSY 2008 graduate, highly recommends Indeed.com

    Academic Careers

    Academic Careers Online is an academic job site where universities/colleges can advertise faculty, research & administrative openings. Applicant services, offered at no cost, include: (1) Search openings, (2) Post resumes & vitae, & (3) Receive email alerts when matching jobs are posted. For personal attention, contact info@academiccareers-jobs.com.

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    Are you creative?

    Any ideas how to address unmet needs? Visualize yourself working in new ways? Interested in proposing a new role or position to an employer? Be specific. Express ideas clearly (written & verbal). Alumni pioneered new services that are now well-anchored (e.g., women in transition programs, oncology counseling, support services for grieving children, faith-based counseling, etc.).

    New Job or Position?

    We'd love to publish the good news on this webpage. What are you doing and where? Any tips to share? cpsycpr@lclark.edu

    Request for News

    News items related to employment in our field? Please submit for online release.



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