Twitter updates from the past week

Executive Director, Brooklyn Public Library, Brookyln, NY http://t.co/UdpgZGa #NYC #jobs #nonprofit # Dean Central Michigan University Mt Pleasant, MI http://cot.ag/c3EBXQ #academic #highered #jobs # Director of Development, NY Regional Office American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science http://cot.ag/cYYd3B #NYC #fundraising # Executive Legal Counsel to the President and Labor Designee Baruch College – CUNY [...]

Twitter updates from the past week

#nonprofit #jobs Executive Director Anew America Berkeley, California http://bit.ly/cR1gGi # #nonprofit #jobs Regional Chapter Executive-State of Mississippi American Red Cross Jackson, Mississippi http://bit.ly/bCUHRd # #nonprofit #jobs Executive Director US Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association Colorado Springs, CO http://bit.ly/brL9Pj # #nonprofit #fundraising #jobs Development Manager FreedomWorks Washington, DC http://bit.ly/dyBd4c # Is Switching To the Nonprofit Sector [...]

Should You Approach Life and Career As Would an Artist/Entrepreneur?

I am reading the novel Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey. It is based on the travels of a young French nobleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited the United States in the early 1800s and wrote about the young country.

Rebooting Your Job Search

Last week, a client contacted me with the question, “How should I update my resume to meet this market?” I quickly realized that talking about updating the resume is just the beginning of the story because when seeking a new position, it’s not just about the resume anymore. It’s about making sure all written and media materials are in perfect alignment.

But, what does that mean?

Take a minute and survey all of the ways you are “out there” and accessible online (or all of the ways you could be …).

Are You Disengaged At Work? What Can Be Done About It?

At times, organizational life by virtue of its structure has the capacity to stamp out the human spirit. It can shut down the spark of creativity, cramp boldness and individuality and perpetuate mediocrity. The result is a pitiful waste of human potential.  Careers fail to flourish, learning dries up, and opportunities for positive change and growth wither [...]

Development in Demand: Challenges Facing Fundraising Professionals and Employers

For the vast majority of the country’s more than 1.2 million registered 501(c)(3) organizations, the development function, and therefore development professionals, has always been of critical importance.

Influencing – Getting Better at a Key 21st Century Skill

Whether you are president of a board, a senior executive or a job seeker, you need to be good at influencing others.  We live in a complex world where there are limits to our authority; no matter how senior we are, the old hierarchies and command and control structures of power are going the way [...]

The Art of Self-Reinvention or Three Steps to Customizing your Career

Customizing your career used to be necessary for career changers and candidates transitioning between the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. But, in the current job market, where there is no cookie cutter candidate and candidate supply in most fields exceeds demand, the onus falls on individuals to design their own careers. Everyone needs self re-invention skills to mould and [...]

Q & A: How do you ask for a raise?

Question: How do you ask for a raise? Answer: From what I am seeing and hearing, the practical answer is that you don’t.  Many employers are not even hiring on a full-time basis let alone giving raises.  Many have cut bonuses or have made them entirely discretionary.  If, despite the uncertain times and these hesitant [...]

“I’ve landed!” One Woman’s Secrets to Finding a Job in a Tough Market

Tania Jones’ job search lasted ten months, one week and five days. She counted each one of them.