Works for manufacturers, retailers, service industries, and social service organizations. Works with administrators in funding matters, supplying them with data about monies raised and its sources. Works for universities and colleges. Housing coordinators may oversee state and federal funds, facilitate the purchasing and renovating of property, update zoning regulations, and educate the community about the need for low-income housing. Promotes effective relations with colleges, universities, and other institutions that supply prospective employees.
Positions exist in many settings, including search firms.
Works for employers of all kinds. Organizers usually help develop an organizational committee, identify leaders on the work site, and then train those individuals. Organizers often have to counter the anti-union campaigns run by the company and work to get 50 percent of the workers to join. Involves library research, attendance at conferences and committee meetings, and writing of reports. Employers include a diversity of special and public interest groups as well as professional lobbyists.