HR Archives - The Nonprofit Recruiter

What Automated Assessments and Talent Intelligence Mean for Fair Hiring in 2026

by Jay | Jan 10, 2026 | Advice, AI, AI, Recruiting Strategy

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Workplace Diversity: Increasing Minority Representation Effectively

by Carmel Napolitano | Feb 10, 2011 | Featured, Management

Diversity in the workplace goes in and out as a hot topic. When economic times are not so great, the topic seems to take a backburner to the more pressing issue of the lack of job security for all of us. In early September, the Chronicle of Philanthropy devoted a...

What’s in Your Manual?: Nonprofit Employee Handbooks

by Joe Brown | May 12, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management

While the very smallest nonprofit organizations may not find it necessary, any organization with more than one or two employees should consider creating a written handbook outlining non-contractual employment terms and work conditions. This post takes a look at some...

Paying Attention to Turnover in the Nonprofit Sector

by Joe Brown | May 5, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management

“Where are they going to go?” “They’re lucky to have a job.” These are, unfortunately, actual statements I’ve heard in the past year from nonprofit managers offered as rationales for not taking steps to advance human resources...

Human Resources Maturity and the Three P’s, Part 2

by Joe Brown | Apr 16, 2010 | Advice, Management

In part 1, I outlined a model of human resources maturity among nonprofit organizations based on the clear delineation of position, person and performance. I also examined the first two phases of this maturity including their implications for the design and...

Human Resources Maturity and the Three P’s, Part 1

by Joe Brown | Apr 12, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management

During my years working as a consultant to nonprofits, I have observed three basic phases of organizations’ human resources maturity. This maturity can be defined in terms of how much delineation exists between position, person and performance. Each phase has...

Salary Ranges, Part 2: Anatomy of a Range

by Joe Brown | Apr 8, 2010 | Advice, Management, Recruiters

In my previous post, I made a case for the use of salary ranges as the foundation of a formal compensation program for nonprofit organizations. Particularly for organizations experiencing or have experienced significant growth, the use of salary ranges can go a long...

Salary Ranges, Part 1: Why Ranges?

by Joe Brown | Apr 6, 2010 | Management

In a recent post, compensation consultant Ann Bares questions whether salary ranges, long a staple of compensation programs among America’s companies and organizations, are still a useful tool given the relatively slow pace of salary annual growth during the...

The Power of Why

by Joe Brown | Mar 30, 2010 | Management

“Why?” “Because I said so.” This exchange, perhaps a staple of parent/child relationships, has no place in management. In fact, communicating to employees the why of their work — the context, value and relevance of their work — is...