Q: We updated our fundraising department with new software that allows us annually to reach thousands of targeted prospects. Our current Development Director does not know how to work the software, and she is a bit of a technophobe. Already, we see gaps between how she conducts outreach and what our new software can do. What should we do with her?
Q: After applying for a new, professional job for quite some time, I finally have an offer from a well-known, regional insurance company. However, the offer is making me angry. I will be hired on a contract basis for the first year and am expected to generate at list three times my salary in sales starting in the second year. My prospective employer keeps telling me “the sky is the limit,.” But, to me, it feels like I am getting all of the risk and the company is taking no risk at all. Should I accept this offer?
I have been crushed by the lack of response to my resume. My more than 33-year career has been as a corporate executive, an entrepreneur and an adjunct professor, so I am very taken back at the seeming lack of interest. After circulating the current version of my resume to a range of people, whose opinions I value, I have come to the conclusion that “ageism” is at play. Do you think this is a possibility? What do you think?
