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APPLICANT
RESOURCES

HOW TO PREPARE 

LOWER TIME INVESTMENT STEPS

  1. Skim or read our handbook "How to Launch a High-Impact Nonprofit"

  2. Learn more about our Research Process

  3. Plan & demonstrate that you have or are teaching yourself and practicing good evidence-led decision-making, for example

    • ​Apply the principles taught in the handbook to your own decisions/work decisions

    • Plan and undertake an independent project and then include this in your CV

FOR THE CURIOUS

IN-DEPTH RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS

These are ordered by area. Get curious, get a sense of the landscape of things to learn about out there, and consider what might be most important for you to focus on - especially things you might know less about or be weaker on.

4. Learn more about Effective Altruism

  • In general: Get a “degree” in Effective Altruism. Read the forum regularly, engage with other EAs, go to conferences, talks, and meetups. Get used to discussing challenging topics in thoughtful ways. Be critical. Listen.

  • Learn more about EA concepts - there are a great many resources for this. Besides googling around for what you are curious about and reading what you find, we recommend the following:

5.Get motivated to be ambitious

6. Get better at decision-making and meta skills

7. Get better at productivity systems

8. Get better at being fast and lean

9. Work on your creativity

10. Get better at quantitative work, research, science

11. Learn more about scientific methods and evidence

12. Get more resilient and confident confident

13. Learn more about running a charity

14. Learn more about balancing difficult work with your own passion and excitement

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