diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptab
 #### Table Of Contents
 
 * [Submitting Issues](#submitting-issues)
+* [Your First Contribution](#your-first-contribution`)
 * [Pull Requests](#pull-requests)
 * [Git Commit Messages](#git-commit-messages)
 * [CoffeeScript Styleguide](#coffeescript-styleguide)
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ you're having an issue with Atom core, open an issue on this repository.
 For more information on how to work with Atom's official packages, see
 [Contributing to Atom Packages](https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/docs/contributing-to-packages.md)
 
+## Your First Contribution
+
+Unsure where to begin contributing to Atom? You can start by looking through these `beginner` and `help-wanted` issues:
+
+* [Beginner issues][beginner]
+* [Help wanted issues][help-wanted]
+
 ## Pull Requests
 
 * Include screenshots and animated GIFs in your pull request whenever possible.
@@ -352,3 +360,6 @@ Please open an issue on `atom/atom` if you have suggestions for new labels, and
 [search-atom-org-label-requires-changes]: https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+user%3Aatom+label%3Arequires-changes
 [search-atom-repo-label-needs-testing]: https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+repo%3Aatom%2Fatom+label%3Aneeds-testing
 [search-atom-org-label-needs-testing]: https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+user%3Aatom+label%3Aneeds-testing
+
+[beginner]:https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Abeginner+label%3Ahelp-wanted+user%3Aatom+sort%3Acomments-desc
+[help-wanted]:https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ahelp-wanted+user%3Aatom+sort%3Acomments-desc